| Libertarian Party | |
| Native Name: | Libertários |
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| Chairperson: | André Rufino |
| Ideology: | |
| Position: | Right-wing |
| International: | Interlibertarians |
| Colors: | Black and yellow |
| Country: | Brazil |
The Libertarian Party (LIBER; Portuguese: Partido Libertários) is a libertarian Brazilian political organization listed as a political party by the Superior Electoral Court (Portuguese: Tribunal Superior Eleitoral; TSE). The party was founded on June 20, 2009, in Belo Horizonte.[1]
The concept of the Brazilian Libertarian Party first surfaced in 2005 among users of the Orkut social networking service.[2] LIBER's program and statutes were published in the Federal Official Gazette in January 2010.[3] The party has organized demonstrations on the Rio de Janeiro waterfront against the PNDH 3 bill,[4] and have also participated in liberal forums and seminars, such as the Austrian Economy Seminar[5] and the Liberdade e Democracia Forum in Belo Horizonte.[6]
The Libertarians are affiliated with the Inter-libertarians,[7] an international association of Libertarian parties and organizations. Because of its strong defense of a market economy with minimal state interference, the party has been associated with the new right.[8] Although their stances on economic issues tend to lean right, on social issues libertarianism tends to be left-wing. Traditionally, libertarian theory is related to the classical liberal tradition, whose proponents include John Locke, David Hume, Adam Smith and Immanuel Kant.[9]
The party promotes economic libertarianism, drawing inspiration from the Russian-American writer and philosopher Ayn Rand, the American economist Murray Rothbard, and the American philosopher Robert Nozick. It supports free-market policies and is ideologically informed by Austrian-British writer and philosopher Friedrich Hayek and Austrian-American economist and historian Ludwig von Mises. The party identifies with the Austrian School.[10]
In an interview with Instituto Pais Melhor, the former president of LIBER Bernardo Santoro defined libertarianism as "a political philosophy based on individual sovereignty, non-initiation of aggression, and self-ownership." In this definition, a man is the owner of his body and mixes his work with nature, which creates a legal system with private property ownership and an economic system with a free market and free interaction between individuals."[11]
The party is not registered with the Superior Electoral Court, as they do not have the required 500,000 supporters.
Note: The following table is sorted alphabetically by state names.
| Directories | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | City | State | Address | Status | |
| Brasília | DF | Active | |||
| São Paulo | SP | Active | |||
| Regional | Salvador | BA | Inactive | ||
| Fortaleza | CE | Inactive | |||
| Goiânia | GO | Inactive | |||
| São Luís | MA | Inactive | |||
| Campo Grande | MS | Active | |||
| João Pessoa | PB | Inactive | |||
| Curitiba | PR | Inactive | |||
| Rio de Janeiro | RJ | Inactive | |||
| Natal | RN | Inactive | |||
| Florianópolis | SC | Inactive | |||
| São Paulo | SP | Active | |||
| Aracaju | SE | Active | Active | ||