Alliance for Brazil

Alliance for Brazil
Aliança pelo Brasil
AbbreviationAPB
PresidentJair Bolsonaro
Vice PresidentFlávio Bolsonaro
General SecretaryAdmar Gonzaga
TreasurerKarina Kufa[1]
Founded12 November 2019 (2019-11-12)
Dissolved30 April 2022 (2022-04-30)
Split fromSocial Liberal Party
Merged intoLiberal Party
HeadquartersBrasília, DF, Brazil
IdeologyAnti-communism[2]
Anti-globalism[2]
Brazilian nationalism[3]
National conservatism[3]
Religious conservatism[3]
Right-wing populism[4]
Social conservatism[5]
Political positionFar-right[6][7]
TSE Identification Number38[8]
Website
www.aliancapelobrasil.org/
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Alliance for Brazil (Portuguese: Aliança pelo Brasil, ALIANÇA) was a Brazilian far-right political group that aimed to become a political party. With national-conservative roots, it was announced by President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro on 12 November 2019 after stating his departure from the Social Liberal Party (PSL).[9][10][11] The organization disbanded in April 2022 for lack of support and after Bolsonaro joined another party.[12]

After a meeting in Palácio do Planalto with PSL lawmakers, Bolsonaro notified them of his resignation from the party and discussed ways to create a new one but still did not formalize his de-affiliation from PSL at that time.[9][8] After the meeting, Bolsonaro published a message in his social media, stating that "today [12 November] I announced my resignation from PSL and beginning of creation of a new party: Alliance for Brazil", thanking "everyone who collaborated with me in PSL and who were partners in the 2018 elections".[11] In the weeks before the announcement of the party creation, Bolsonaro had many misunderstandings with PSL president Luciano Bivar,[11] which triggered an internal crisis.[13] In October 2019, Bolsonaro stated to a supporter to "forget" the party, saying that Bivar was "doomed".[14]

According to Bolsonaro, the Alliance for Brazil is a "conservative party, that respects all religions, backs family values, supports the right to self-defense, the right to possess a firearm, free-trade with the whole world, without any ideological agenda."[8] The Brazilian media has labeled Bolsonaro's new party as a far-right and right-wing populist movement.[4] Although the party did not officially contest the 2020 Brazilian municipal elections,[15] the Brazilian Labour Renewal Party (PRTB), Republicanos, Patriota, and the Liberal Party (PL) expressed openness to having ALIANÇA candidates on their electoral slates.[16]

A year after the project was launched, however, Bolsonaro admitted several times in late 2020 and early 2021 about the failure to collect the necessary signatures for the creation of Alliance for Brazil, as he only managed 13% of the necessary signatures,[17] eventually joining the Liberal Party to compete in the 2022 Brazilian general election instead.[18]

  1. ^ "A advogada de Bolsonaro" (in Portuguese). IstoÉ. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b Arbex, Thais; Della Coletta, Ricardo; Fernandes, Talita (21 November 2019). "Bolsonaro lança partido com forte apelo a armas e religião e incertezas sobre viabilidade" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Vargas, Mateus (12 November 2019). "Novo partido se apresenta como 'sonho das pessoas leais a Bolsonaro'" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  4. ^ a b Bernardo Mello Franco (13 November 2019). "O partido do presidente" (in Portuguese). O Globo. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  5. ^ "In Brazil, Bolsonaro's COVID-19 Rift With Congress Will Stall Tax Reforms". Stratfor. 27 March 2020.
  6. ^ Benites, Afonso (12 November 2019). "Bolsonaro anuncia saída do PSL e seus planos para fundar sigla Aliança pelo Brasil" (in Portuguese). El País. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  7. ^ "O presidente e sua legenda" (in Portuguese). Istoé. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  8. ^ a b c "Número do Aliança pelo Brasil será 38, revela Bolsonaro" (in Portuguese). R7. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  9. ^ a b Amaral, Luciana (12 November 2019). "Bolsonaro anuncia saída do PSL e confirma novo partido: Aliança pelo Brasil" (in Portuguese). Uol. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  10. ^ Nolasco, Thiago (12 November 2019). "Bolsonaro anuncia saída do PSL e criança do Aliança pelo Brasil" (in Portuguese). R7. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  11. ^ a b c Mazui, Guilherme; Rodrigues, Paloma (12 November 2019). "Bolsonaro anuncia saída do PSL e criação de novo partido" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Idealizado por Bolsonaro, partido Aliança pelo Brasil acaba por falta de assinaturas" (in Portuguese). CNN Brazil. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  13. ^ "Entenda o racha entre Jair Bolsonaro e o PSL" (in Portuguese). G1. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  14. ^ Mazui, Guilherme (8 October 2019). "'Esquece o PSL, tá ok?', afirma Bolsonaro ao falar com apoiador no Palácio da Alvorada" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  15. ^ Xiu, Ying (28 February 2020). "Alliance for Brazil Concedes Inability to Field Candidates in 2020 Elections". The Rio Times. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  16. ^ Cruz, Isabela (27 February 2020). "Aliança não sai em 2020: quais as opções dos bolsonaristas" (in Portuguese). Nexo Jornal. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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  18. ^ "Bolsonaro to join right-wing Liberal Party for re-election campaign". The Brazilian Report. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.