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2020 São Paulo Mayoral Election
The 2020 São Paulo municipal election took place in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, with the first round taking place on 15 November 2020 and the second round taking place on 29 November 2020. Voters voted to elect the Mayor, the Vice Mayor and 55 city councillors for the administration of the city. The result was a 2nd round victory for incumbent Mayor Bruno Covas of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB), winning 3,169,121 votes and a share of 59,38% of the popular vote, defeating political activist Guilherme Boulos of the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL), who took 2,168,109 votes and a share of 40.62% of the popular vote. Background In the 2016 São Paulo mayoral election, João Doria of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB) was elected Mayor of São Paulo in first round with a share of 53,29% of the popular vote, defeating then incumbent Mayor Fernando Haddad, of the Workers' Party (PT). Later, Doria resigned to run for governor of the State of São Paulo in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Covas
Bruno Covas Lopes (7 April 1980 – 16 May 2021) was a Brazilian lawyer, economist, and politician who was a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) and served as the mayor of São Paulo from 2018 until his death in 2021. Covas was the grandson of former São Paulo state governor Mário Covas. Before becoming mayor, Bruno Covas had served as national president of PSDB Youth and São Paulo state secretary for the environment. In October 2016, Covas was elected vice mayor of São Paulo, as the running mate of PSDB mayoral candidate João Doria. In early April 2018, Covas took office as mayor after João Doria resigned to run for the state governorship in the 2018 general elections. Covas was diagnosed with gastrointestinal cancer in October 2019, in the form of an adenocarcinoma, but continued to serve as mayor while receiving chemotherapy. In November 2020, his disease had stabilised, and Covas was elected as mayor, beating Socialism and Liberty Party ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jair Bolsonaro
Jair Messias Bolsonaro (; born 21 March 1955) is a Brazilian politician and retired military officer who has been the 38th president of Brazil since 1 January 2019. He was elected in 2018 as a member of the Social Liberal Party, which he turned into a conservative party, before cutting ties with it. In 2021, he joined the Liberal Party. From 1991 to 2018, Bolsonaro served in Brazil's Chamber of Deputies, representing the state of Rio de Janeiro. Bolsonaro was born in Glicério, in the state of São Paulo. He graduated from the Agulhas Negras Military Academy in 1977 and served in the Brazilian Army's field artillery and parachutist units. He became known to the public in 1986, when he wrote an article for ''Veja'' magazine criticizing low wages for military officers, after which he was arrested and detained for 15 days. A year later, the same magazine accused him of planning to plant bombs in military units, which he denied. A lower court convicted him, but the Brazilian Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party (Brazil, 2011)
The Social Democratic Party ( pt, Partido Social Democrático, PSD) is a political party in Brazil led by Gilberto Kassab and uniting dissidents from various political parties, especially the Democrats, Brazilian Social Democracy Party and Progressive Party. The party has become a major force for centrism in Brazil and commonly unites with both left-wing and right-wing parties. In this way, the party managed to have members occupying positions in ministries and important secretariats in the governments of presidents Dilma Rousseff, Michel Temer, and Jair Bolsonaro. As such, PSD has been considered by political scientists as a big tent party, which is part of the ''Centrão''. Until March 2021, PSD congressmen had on average more than 90% alignment with the Bolsonaro government in terms of votes in the National Congress. History The party, founded in 2011 by São Paulo mayor Gilberto Kassab, was criticized by members of the opposition political parties, primarily the Democrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Matarazzo
Angelo Andrea Matarazzo (born 22 November 1956) is a Brazilian entrepreneur, radio host and politician, member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). He is grandson of Andrea Matarazzo, grand-nephew of Count Francesco Matarazzo, nephew of Ciccillo Matarazzo and brother of the etiquette and behavior journalist Claudia Matarazzo. Biography From 1991 to 1992, he was special assistant of the Ministry of Education and Culture. After that, he was Secretary of Industrial Politics of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism between 1992 and 1993. During Mário Covas administration in São Paulo, he became State Secretary of Energy and president of São Paulo Energetic Company. Matarazzo was Secretary of Industrial Politics during the government of Itamar Franco, Secretary of Communication of Government of the Presidency of the Republic (1999–2001) and Brazilian Ambassador to Italy (2001–2003) in the government of Fernando Henrique Cardoso. After FHC presidency, Matarazzo was Sub- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Liberal Party (Brazil)
The Social Liberal Party ( pt, Partido Social Liberal, links= Partido Social Liberal, PSL) was a far-right political party in Brazil, that merged with the Democrats and founded the Brazil Union. Founded in 1994 as a social-liberal political party, the PSL was registered on the Superior Electoral Court in 1998. In January 2018, former Social Christian Party politician Jair Bolsonaro joined the party and later converted it into an economically liberal, Brazilian nationalist, radically anti-communist and social conservative party. The original name remained after the ideological shift, and after Livres (the party's original main wing) left the party and formed their own political movement to continue the party's original goals. Bolsonaro became the party's nominee for the 2018 Brazilian general election and won in both rounds. Bolsonaro left the party in 2019 after disagreements with its president, Luciano Bivar, and then founded Alliance for Brazil. On October 6, 2021, the part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joice Hasselmann
Joice Cristina Hasselmann ( née Bejuska; 29 January 1978) is a Brazilian politician, journalist, writer, activist, and political commentator. Hasselmann worked on CBN, BandNews FM, VEJA as a host of the magazine's video channel, RecordTV on the affiliate broadcaster RIC TV and SBT on the affiliate Rede Massa TV. She worked for a short period on the Jovem Pan in São Paulo, where she presented ''Os Pingos nos Is'' program, an absolute audience leader at 6 p.m. (UTC−3 (BRT)). On her YouTube channel, Hasselmann presents and comments the national news daily, and lectures and congresses around the country. She is a critic of several politicians, such as the former governor Beto Richa, the former President Dilma Rousseff, the former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as well as Workers' Party. In 2015 and 2016, she participated in several protests against the Dilma government and later participated as a guest of the prosecution session for the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jilmar Tatto
Jilmar Augustinho Tatto (born 25 June 1965) is a Brazilian politician affiliated to Workers' Party (PT) since 1981. He is the brother of the São Paulo state deputy Enio Tatto and São Paulo councilors Arselino and Jair Tatto. He is graduated in History from the Faculty of Philosophy Sciences and Languages of Moema and was militant at Basic Ecclesial Communities in Socorro. by Naimeg Group (2011) He was elected president of the Sao Paulo directory in 1995, elected São Paulo in 1998, and he held positions at the secretariat of the city of |
Impeachment Of Dilma Rousseff
The impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, the 36th president of Brazil, began on 2 December 2015 with a petition for her impeachment being accepted by Eduardo Cunha, then president of the Chamber of Deputies, and continued into late 2016. Dilma Rousseff, then more than 12 months into her second four-year term, was charged with criminal administrative misconduct and disregard for the federal budget in violation of article 85, items V and VI, of the Constitution of Brazil and the , article 36. ''Art. 36: Credit operations are forbidden between a state financial institution and the Federal entity which oversees it in the capacity of loan beneficiary.'' The petition also accused Rousseff of criminal responsibility for failing to act on the scandal at the Brazilian national petroleum company, Petrobras, on account of allegations uncovered by the Operation Car Wash investigation, and for failing to distance herself from the suspects in that investigation. Rousseff was president of the Pet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Socialist Party
The Brazilian Socialist Party ( pt-BR, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, PSB) is a political party in Brazil. It was founded in 1947, before being abolished by the military regime in 1965 and re-organised in 1989 after the re-democratisation of Brazil. It elected six Governors in 2010, becoming the second largest party in number of state governments, behind only PSDB. In addition to that, it won 34 seats in the Chamber of Deputies"Saiba a nova composição da Câmara" G1. 4 October 2010. and three seats in the Senate, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patriota
Patriota (, ), abbreviated PATRI and formerly known as the National Ecological Party ( pt, Partido Ecológico Nacional, abbreviated PEN), is a right-wing to far-right political party in Brazil. It was registered in the Superior Electoral Court in the summer of 2012. The President of the party is 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 is 51. Its platform involves 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 is against corruption in Brazil, and seeks to uphold traditional values based on Christian ethics. The party has links with the Assemblies of God, the largest Christian evangelical denomination i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cracolândia
Cracolândia (literally ''Crackland'' in Portuguese) is a popular denomination for a region of the city of São Paulo, which is notorious for high incidence of drug trafficking and drug use in public. It is located within the central region of the city, near Luz Station. Recent history Since 2005, the city hall has shut down bars and hotels associated with drug distribution and prostitution, displaced homeless people, and increased police presence with the intent to inhibit drug use in Cracolândia. Hundreds of building were designated as public utility in a 1.1 million square feet area, and were expropriated. The objective of the project was to increase the attractiveness of the region to private businesses. In 2007, the São Paulo city hall launched a program named Nova Luz (''New Light'' in Portuguese, referring to the broader region around Luz Station) in order to promote the execution of the planned changes to the region. Among the proposed measures were tax breaks, especial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Do Val
Arthur Moledo do Val (born 21 August 1986 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian politician, activist member of Free Brazil Movement, YouTuber and entrepreneur. In the 2018 Brazilian general election, he was elected State Deputy of São Paulo as member of Democrats (DEM), being the second most voted with 478,280 votes, after Janaína Paschoal. do Val ran for mayor of São Paulo in the 2020 election. He is a defender of mostly classical liberal ideas and uses his channel MamãeFalei on YouTube to spread political news and opinions among his followers, which are more than 2.5 million subscribers. In 2022 he announced his run for governor of the State of São Paulo, but withdrew after he had private audios leaked to the public in which he made sexually explicit comments towards Ukrainian women refugees while on a visit to a refugee camp during the Russian invasion. In one audio he stated “they are easy because they are poor”. He resigned his state deputy seat on April after the legis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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