Workers' Party (Brazil)
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The Workers' Party (Portuguese: Partido dos Trabalhadores; abbreviated PT) is a left-wing political party in Brazil. The party follows democratic socialist principles. Some members are followers of the Christian left, Labourism, democratic socialism and social democracy.
The party was founded on 10 February 1980 in São Paulo by Paul Singer.[1] It has been one of the most popular parties in Brazil since 2003.
Two Brazilian presidents have been members of the party, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff.
The party won every presidential election in Rio de Janeiro from 1998 to 2014 and in Minas Gerais from 2002 to 2014. The Workers' Party is also popular in the north and northeast. In the 2010 election, Dilma Rousseff received a lot of support from poor Brazilians.[2] She also had a majority of support from Catholics.
Workers' Party (Brazil) Media
Flag of the Workers' Party
Lula, at the time a Federal Deputy, makes a speech at the 1988 Brazilian Constituent Assembly
Workers' Party regional branch in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
Presidential elections against PSDB between 1994 and 2014
PT as a black cat chasing a toucan (PSDB's mascot) by Carlos Latuff
Demonstration of the Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT) — Brazil's largest national trade union center — in Brasília. Both CUT and PT share the same origin and both organizations maintain a strong connection
Activists of the Landless Workers' Movement, one of the main social movements linked to the Worker's Party
PT supporters in the 2018 election. The banner in the front says "Lula is arrested unfairly".
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References
- ↑ (in Portuguese) Agência Brasil. "Saiba mais sobre a história do PT". Terra. June 24, 2006.
- ↑ Entre mais pobres, Dilma teve 26 pontos de folga. O Estado de S. Paulo. 7 November 2010.