Alliance for Brazil ( pt, Aliança pelo Brasil, ALIANÇA) was a Brazilian
far-right
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that aimed to become a
political party
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. With
national-conservative
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roots, it was announced by
President of Brazil
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Jair Bolsonaro
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on 12 November 2019 after stating his departure from the Social Liberal Party (PSL). The organization disbanded in April 2022 for lack of support and after Bolsonaro joined another party.
After a meeting in
Palácio do Planalto
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2 November
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I announced my resignation from PSL and beginning of creation of a new party: Alliance for Brazil", thanking "everyone who collaborated with me in PSL and who were partners in the 2018 elections". In the weeks before the announcement of the party creation, Bolsonaro had many misunderstandings with PSL president
Luciano Bivar
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, which triggered an internal crisis. In October 2019, Bolsonaro stated to a supporter to "forget" the party, saying that Bivar was "doomed".
According to Bolsonaro, the Alliance for Brazil is a "conservative party, that respects all religions, backs
family values
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, supports the right to self-defense, the right to possess a firearm, free-trade with the whole world, without any ideological agenda." The Brazilian media has labeled Bolsonaro's new party as a
far-right
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and
right-wing populist
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Republicanos
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,
Patriota
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, and the
Liberal Party
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(PL) expressed openness to having ALIANÇA candidates on their electoral slates.
A year after the project was launched, however, Bolsonaro admitted several times in late 2020 and early 2021 about the failure to collect the necessary signatures for the creation of Alliance for Brazil, as he only managed 13% of the necessary signatures, eventually joining the
Liberal Party
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to compete in the
2022 Brazilian general election
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