Libertarian Party (Brazil)
The Libertarian Party (LIBER; Brazilian Portuguese: Partido Libertários) is a libertarian Brazilian political organization listed as a political party by the Superior Electoral Court (Portuguese: Tribunal Superior Eleitoral; TSE). The party was founded on June 20, 2009, in Belo Horizonte.[1]
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| Chairperson | André Rufino |
| Founded | June 20, 2009 |
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| Political position | Right-wing |
| International affiliation | Interlibertarians |
| Colors | Black and yellow |
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The concept of the Brazilian Libertarian Party first surfaced in 2005 among users of the Orkut social networking service.[2] LIBER's program and statutes were published in the Federal Official Gazette in January 2010.[3] The party has organized demonstrations on the Rio de Janeiro waterfront against the PNDH 3 bill,[4] and have also participated in liberal forums and seminars, such as the Austrian Economy Seminar[5] and the Liberdade e Democracia Forum in Belo Horizonte.[6]
The Libertarians are affiliated with the Inter-libertarians,[7] an international association of Libertarian parties and organizations. Because of its strong defense of a market economy with minimal state interference, the party has been associated with the new right.[8] Although their stances on economic issues tend to lean right, on social issues libertarianism tends to be left-wing. Traditionally, libertarian theory is related to the classical liberal tradition, whose proponents include John Locke, David Hume, Adam Smith and Immanuel Kant.[9]
Ideology
The party promotes economic libertarianism,[2] drawing inspiration from the Russian-American writer and philosopher Ayn Rand, the American economist Murray Rothbard, and the American philosopher Robert Nozick. It supports free-market policies and is ideologically informed by Austrian-British writer and philosopher Friedrich Hayek and Austrian-American economist and historian Ludwig von Mises. The party identifies with the Austrian School.[10]
In an interview with Instituto Pais Melhor, the former president of LIBER Bernardo Santoro defined libertarianism as "a political philosophy based on individual sovereignty, non-initiation of aggression, and self-ownership." In this definition, a man is the owner of his body and mixes his work with nature, which creates a legal system with private property ownership and an economic system with a free market and free interaction between individuals."[11]
Registration process
The party is not registered with the Superior Electoral Court, as they do not have the required 500,000 supporters.
Directories
Note: The following table is sorted alphabetically by state names.
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| National | City | State | Address | Status |
| Brasília | DF | Active | ||
| São Paulo | SP | Active | ||
| Regional | Salvador | BA | Inactive | |
| Fortaleza | CE | Inactive | ||
| Goiânia | GO | Inactive | ||
| São Luís | MA | Inactive | ||
| Campo Grande | MS | Active | ||
| João Pessoa | PB | Inactive | ||
| Curitiba | PR | Inactive | ||
| Rio de Janeiro | RJ | Inactive | ||
| Natal | RN | Inactive | ||
| Florianópolis | SC | Inactive | ||
| São Paulo | SP | Active | ||
| Aracaju | SE | Active | ||
References
- "New Parties" (in Portuguese). PB Agora. 21 December 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- Partido nascido no Orkut prega o ultraliberalism
- "DOU 19/01/2010". Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
- "Brazil: The National Program for Human Rights – Part 1". 27 January 2010.
- José Fucs. Em defesa do ultraliberalismo. Época, Edição 622, 17 de abril de 2010. (English: In defense of ultraliberalism. Season, Edition 622, April 17, 2010.)
- Juliana Cipriani e Alessandra Mello. FHC apóia faxina e CPI, In: 1º Caderno, Estado de Minas. Belo Horizonte, 30 de Agosto de 2011, p. 4.
- Interlibertarians
- Jovens se organizam e tentam criar legendas da ‘nova direita’
- "Author and Citation Information for "Libertarianism"".
- "Trade and Economics" (in Portuguese).
- "IPM Interview Bernardo Santoro, president of LIBER, party that defends libertarianism" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2013-03-17. Retrieved 2019-04-07.