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Liberal-conservative opposition to Vargas and to labor politics between 1945 and 1965, it defended free enterprise, anti-communism and the fight against corruption, had Carlos Lacerda as its loudest voice and backed the 1964 coup.
Political axes
Leans further toward globalism than 87% of the 159 parties and organizations in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Trade is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Power, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most parties and organizations.
Ideological proximity
Most compatible among the 266 ideologies
Right-wing current that combines free markets, free trade, and limited government with strong national identity, cultural assimilation, traditional and religious values, and a robust military.
Synthesis that unites free markets and economic freedoms with the appreciation of tradition, order, and institutions, defending prudent change and social stability within the framework of liberal democracy.
Political tradition that values order, customs, family, and consolidated institutions, preferring gradual and prudent change over rupture, based on historical experience and skepticism toward utopias.
The most distant ideology
CommunalismAnarchist27%
A military engineer and Bolsonaro's infrastructure minister, Tarcísio has governed São Paulo since 2023 with concessions, privatisations and a technocratic managerial pitch, running for re-election in 2026.
Closest, by dimension
Other compatible profiles
The most distant
German Christian-democratic party of Adenauer, Kohl, Merkel and Friedrich Merz, it defends the social market economy, Europe, NATO, order and family, with a conservative wing, and has led the German government since 2025.
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