Popular Unity (Brazil)

Popular Unity (Portuguese: Unidade Popular, UP), or even Popular Unity for Socialism (Portuguese: Unidade Popular pelo Socialismo, UPS), is a Brazilian politician party founded on 16 June 2016, which had its right to launch candidacies recognized by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) on 10 December 2019.[2]

Popular Unity

Unidade Popular
PresidentLeonardo Péricles
Founded16 June 2016 (2016-06-16)
Registered10 December 2019 (2019-12-10)[1]
HeadquartersSQN 316, Bloco K, 330
Brasília, DF
IdeologySocialism[2]
Anti-capitalism[2]
Marxism[3]
Political positionLeft-wing[2]
Colors     Black
     White
TSE Identification Number80
Website
www.unidadepopular.org.br
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The party is connected to movement that act in defense of popular housing and defends the nationalization of the bank system, the social control of all monopolies and capitalist consortiums and of the means of production in strategic sector of the economy and the Popular Agrarian Reform.[4]

In 2018 general election, Popular Unity supported the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) presidential bid of Guilherme Boulos (PSOL) and Sônia Guajajara (PSOL).[5]

Its first National Congress was held in Belo Horizonte, on 23 and 24 March 2019, and had as theme: "Party of the poor, with the poor and for the poor".[6]

On 10 December 2019, TSE approved the party registration and conceded the number 80 for pollings.[2]

Ideology

The party defends socialists ideas and the overcoming of the capitalism, fighting against the international financial capital and the richest ones.[6]

The UP proposes to be a pole that contributes with the reorganization of the left-wing in the middle of the poor people from a revolutionary program, but which, at the same time, dialogues with the people. Who should we fight? The international financial capital and the richest ones, the classes which dominate Brazil, that bring since the slavery the racism, sexism, authoritarism and, specially, the anti-poor politics that makes Brazil being dependent, humiliated and plundered as it is today.[7]

— Leonardo Péricles, President of the Popular Unity

References
  1. "TSE aprova registro do estatuto e do órgão de direção nacional do partido Unidade Popular (UP)" (in Portuguese). Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  2. Amorim, Felipe (10 December 2019). "Brasil ganha seu 33º partido: Unidade Popular é de esquerda e socialista" (in Portuguese). Uol. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  3. Amorim, Felipe (10 December 2019). "Brasil ganha seu 33º partido: Unidade Popular é de esquerda e socialista". UOL. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  4. "TSE aprova criação da Unidade Popular, o 33° partido político no país" (in Portuguese). Poder360. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  5. "Unidade Popular: contra os banqueiros, Boulos para presidente! - Partido Comunista Revolucionário – PCR". Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  6. "Unidade Popular realiza congresso nacional para se constituir como partido político" (in Portuguese). Revista Fórum. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  7. "TSE oficializa e Brasil ganha novo partido político: o Unidade Popular (UP), de esquerda e socialista" (in Portuguese). Revista Fórum. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
Preceded by
77 - SOLIDARIEDADE		 Number of Brazilian Official Polical Parties
80 - PU (UP)		 Succeeded by
90 - RPSO (PROS)
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