Luis Favre

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(born in Buenos Aires, Argentina 1949) is the

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-born

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ian

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and

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Felipe Belisario Wermus. Favre joined the political party Politica Obrera as a young man. Later, he moved to France and became a member of the

Internationalist Communist Organisation The Internationalist Communist Organisation (french: Organisation Communiste Internationaliste, OCI) was a Trotskyist political party in France. Its successor was the Internationalist Communist Current of the Workers Party. History Origins The gr ...

(ICO), working especially in its international department. He moved to Brazil and became a critic of

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during the Fourth International tendency within ICO. He would later leave the party to become a member of the

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(PT). He is known to a broader public in Brazil as the second husband of Marta Smith de Vasconcelos Suplicy, former congresswoman and mayor of

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through PT. Since 1986 he has been an aide to the National Secretariat of International Relations of PT, attending various international events on its behal

He is linked to a group of former

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within PT known colloquially as the "Libelu" (named after their tendency, "Liberdade e Luta" or "Freedom and Fight"), which supports

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (; born Luiz Inácio da Silva; 27 October 1945), known mononymously as Lula, is a Brazilian politician, trade unionist, and former metalworker who is the president-elect of Brazil. A member of the Workers' Party, ...

's wing. His brother, José Saul Wermus (best known as

Jorge Altamira Jorge Altamira (born José Saúl Wermus in 1942), is an Argentine activist and politician leading the Workers' Party (''Partido Obrero'') in Argentina. He was born José Saúl Wermus (sometimes spelled "José Huermus") in Buenos Aires, on 14 Ap ...

), is the main leader of

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(Politica Obrera's successor). His other siblings are also active within that party in Argentina.

External links

Favre's blog
1949 births Argentine Jews Argentine expatriates in Brazil Jewish activists People from Buenos Aires Living people Workers' Party (Brazil) politicians Far-left politics in Brazil {{Brazil-activist-stub