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Brazilian Social Democracy Party

Social liberalism

Logo of Brazilian Social Democracy Party.

Governed Brazil under Fernando Henrique Cardoso, whose Plano Real ended hyperinflation. A centrist party of market economics with social provision, much diminished since 2018.

Founded
1988
Positions as of
2022 programmatic guidelines
Last verified
01

What does it believe?

  • Wealth and inequality

    The Plano Real stabilisation and subsequent privatisations of telecoms, mining and power remain the party’s central record.

  • Tradition and change

    Created the conditional cash transfer programmes later consolidated and expanded as Bolsa Família.

02

Where it sits on each dimension

Wealth and inequality

62

Evidence: Well documented

The state in the economy

66

Evidence: Well documented

Personal liberty

64

Evidence: Documented

Tradition and change

60

Evidence: Documented

Nation and the world

34

Evidence: Documented

Power and its limits

76

Evidence: Documented

Sources

Sources are prioritised in this order: official manifestos, official party documents, parliamentary records, academic research, then high-quality reporting.

  • Programa Partidário · Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira
  • Diretrizes Programáticas · Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira · 2022

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