Free Brazil Movement

Free Brazil Movement
Abbreviation MBL
Formation November 1, 2014
Headquarters São Paulo, Brazil
Key people
 Kim Kataguiri[1]
Renan Santos[2]
Fernando Holiday
Website mbl.org.br

Free Brazil Movement (MBL, Portuguese: Movimento Brasil Livre) is a Brazilian conservative[3] and libertarian[4] movement founded in 2014. Its leader is the activist[5] Kim Kataguiri.[6]

According to the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, the MBL was mainly responsible for the convening of the demonstrations of 15 March and 12 April in 2015 against the social governmental establishment of Dilma Rousseff and the Workers' Party.[7] The group's headquarters are located in São Paulo, and according to The Economist, was "founded last year to promote the answers of the free market for the country's problems"[8] In manifesto published on the internet, the MBL, often described as the "Brazilian Tea Party"[9], cites its five goals, "free and independent press, economic freedom, separation of powers, free and reputable elections, and the end of direct and indirect subsidies to dictatorships".[10]

The movement also voices strong opposition to social liberal ideologies such as women's reproductive rights, more relaxed regulations on recreational drug consumption and gender-equality efforts. It has been described therefore as "liberal towards the economy and conservative towards habits" (sic).[11]

Holiday, Kataguiri, Bia Kicis, Carla Zambelli and Joice Hasselmann.

Many of the movement's pages were removed from Facebook in August 2018, before the 2018 elections, under the justification that the group was using the website to promote fake news.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Pieter Zalis e Eduardo Gonçalves (11 March 2015). "Quais são e como pensam os movimentos que vão para a rua contra Dilma no domingo". Veja. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Marcelo Gonzato (13 March 2015). "Quais são e como pensam os movimentos que vão para a rua contra Dilma no domingo". Veja. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Em fórum, MBL mira ampliação de bancada conservadora suprapartidária". Folha de São Paulo. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  4. ↑ Epstein, Jim (2 August 2016). "How Brazil's Libertarian Movement Helped Bring Down a President (New at Reason)". Reason.com. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  5. ↑ Thiago Ney (12 March 2015). "Roqueiro e ativista na web, líder anti-Dilma defende privatizar saúde e educação". iG São Paulo. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  6. ↑ The Associated Press (30 March 2015). "Teen Libertarian Is Face of Brazil`s Young Free-Market Right". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  7. ↑ Marcelo Gonzatto (14 March 2015). "Quem são os articuladores nacionais do protesto contra Dilma". Zero Hora. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Niche no Longer". The Economist. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "Tea Party à brasileira". Piauí. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  10. ↑ "No que acreditamos". Movimento Brasil Livre. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "De liberais anticorrupção a guardiães da moral: a metamorfose do MBL" (in Portuguese). El País Brasil. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  12. ↑ Haynes, Brad. "Facebook removes pages of Brazil activist network before elections". Reuters. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
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