Popular Unity Unidade Popular | |
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President | Leonardo Péricles |
Vice President | Samara Martins |
Founded | 16 June 2016 |
Registered | 10 December 2019[1] |
Headquarters | SQN 316, Bloco K, 330, Brasília |
Newspaper | A Verdade (The Truth) |
Ideology | |
Political position | Left-wing[2] to far-left[3] |
Colors | Black and white |
TSE Identification Number | 80 |
Website | |
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Popular Unity (Portuguese: Unidade Popular, UP), also known as Popular Unity for Socialism (Portuguese: Unidade Popular pelo Socialismo, UPS), is a Brazilian political 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] As a socialist party, it is connected to homeless workers' movements and defends the nationalization of the banking system, social control of all monopolies, capitalist consortia, and the means of production at-large, as well as rural land reform and collectivization.[4]
In the 2018 Brazilian general election, Popular Unity supported the Socialism and Liberty Party presidential bid of Guilherme Boulos and Sônia Guajajara.[5] Its first National Congress was held in Belo Horizonte from 23 to 24 March 2019. Its slogan is "party of the poor, with the poor, and for the poor".[6] On 10 December 2019, the TSE approved the party's registration and assigned the number 80 for pollings.[2]