Álvaro Dias
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Alvaro Fernandes Dias (born December 7, 1944) is a Brazilian politician. He has represented Paraná in the
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since 1999. Previously, he was the governor of Paraná. He is a member of Podemos.


Early life and career

Alvaro Dias was born in
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, in the countryside of São Paulo state, to farmer Silvino Fernandes Dias and housewife Helena Fregadolli. He was raised in the city of
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, Paraná, and attended the
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, where he graduated with a degree in history in 1967. Dias began his political career as an alderman for Londrina in 1968, being elected as a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB). In the 1970 elections, he was elected to serve as state deputy of Paraná. In 1974, Dias was elected to the
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, representing Paraná, and was re-elected in 1978. In 1982 Dias was elected to the
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. In 1986, he defeated former federal deputy Alencar Furtado to serve as
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. In his second year as governor, Dias attained a 90% approval rate. In 1989 he ran for the PMDB presidential primary but lost to São Paulo congressman Ulysses Guimarães. Dias subsequently left PMDB and joined the
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(PST). In 1994 Dias joined the Progressive Party (PP) and ran for Paraná governor for a second time, losing to Jaime Lerner. That same year, he left PP and joined the
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(PSDB).


2018 presidential campaign

On 4 August 2018, Alvaro Dias officially launched his candidacy for President of Brazil in the
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as a member of Podemos. His campaign received the support of the Social Christian Party (PSC) and the Progressive Republican Party (PRP). Economist
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(PSC) joined Dias's ticket as his running mate. Later on, the
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(PTC), the party of former president Fernando Collor, gave its support to Dias's candidacy.


Teacher's Massacre

On August 30, 1988, the Military Police of the State of Paraná held a confrontation with teachers who were demonstrating for their rights in an act carried out in the state capital. The teachers' strike, which motivated the act, at that time, had already lasted fifteen days. It is not known for sure what sparked the confrontation, but the date was marked in the history of Paraná due to the brutal action of the police, who used stun bombs, horses and dogs against the demonstrators. As reported by Gazeta do Povo reporter Jônatas Dias Lima, "The repression left ten people injured and resulted in the arrest of five protesters." The reporter also tells us that the Paraná Teachers Association devoted the following years to recording the event, making a large part of it available on youtube, as is the case of the video "30 Anos do 30 de Agosto de 1988" which features footage of the police repression. The former governor, however, denies that there was any truculence and insists that the action was used for political ends. Jônatas recalls that back in 1988 the state government published a full-page advertisement highlighting that there were several points that could be distorted by personal or partisan interests. In 2018, during an interview with Jovem Pan, when asked about the matter by Marco Antonio Villa, who recalled that the date is remembered annually by the Teachers’ Association, the former governor called the episode “fake news”, “lie” and “factoid”. He also argued that the date is only historical for the APP-Sindicado, which, according to him, would be a Worker's Party device.


References

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