Patriota

Patriot
Patriota
PresidentAdilson Barroso
Founded9 August 2011 (2011-08-09) (as the National Ecological Party)
Dissolved9 November 2023 (2023-11-09)
Merged intoDemocratic Renewal Party
HeadquartersBrasília, Federal District
Membership (2023)322,097[1]
IdeologyNational conservatism[2]
Christian right[2]
Economic liberalism[2]
Green conservatism[2]
Anti-communism[2]
Political positionRight-wing[3][4][5] to far-right[6][7][8]
Historical
Centre-right
ReligionChristianity
Colours  Dark green
Slogan"For a patriotic Brazil"
TSE Identification Number51
Website
patriota51.org.br

Patriota (Portuguese pronunciation: [patɾiotɐ], lit.'Patriot'), abbreviated PATRI and formerly known as the National Ecological Party (Portuguese: Partido Ecológico Nacional, abbreviated PEN), was a right-wing to far-right political party in Brazil. It was registered in the Superior Electoral Court in the summer of 2012. The last president of the party was the former State Deputy of São Paulo Adilson Barroso, who before creating PEN was a member of the Social Christian Party. The party's Superior Electoral Court identification number was 51.

Its platform involved support for conservative policies, a strong national military policy, zero tolerance politics regarding violence and crime, support for the Brazilian agrarian sector, and rejection of social and indigenous movements like the Landless Workers' Movement as well as an anti-communist stance. It stated it is against corruption in Brazil, and seeks to uphold traditional values based on Christian ethics. The party had links with the Assemblies of God, the largest Christian evangelical denomination in Brazil.

After the 2022 Brazilian general elections, Patriota failed to break through the electoral threshold, thus cutting access to party subsidies and free political advertisement. Thus, in November 2023 it merged with the Brazilian Labour Party to form the Democratic Renewal Party.[9]

  1. ^ "Estatísticas do eleitorado – Eleitores filiados". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Proposta Patriota". Partido Patriota (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  3. ^ "O que significa esquerda, direita e centro na política? - Política". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  4. ^ "Direita cresce e engole o centro no Congresso mais fragmentado da história". Congresso em Foco (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2019-02-01. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
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  6. ^ "A extrema direita evangélica do Brasil pode eleger o próximo presidente do país – PATRIOTA 51". Archived from the original on 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
  7. ^ "Patriotas acusa Jair Bolsonaro de "roubar" nome do partido". istoe.com.br. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  8. ^ "OPINIÃO E POLÍTICA – De partido ecológico à extrema direita, Patriota levará Bolsonaro às urnas – Por João Paulo Prudêncio". JH NOTÍCIAS. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  9. ^ "TSE aprova criação do Partido Renovação Democrática (PRD)". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-11-09. Retrieved 2023-11-10.