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A Brazilian politician, Brizola was one of the great names of labourism, defending nationalism, social reforms, public education, and workers' rights, with strong activity before and after the dictatorship.
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Leonel Brizola leans further toward public than 93% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Economy is where Leonel Brizola stands furthest from the rest.
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A 1970s Western European communist current that sought a national path to socialism through elections, party pluralism and civil liberties, independent of Moscow, with a mixed economy under democratic planning.
System in which collectively or publicly owned enterprises compete in markets, uniting the efficiency of competition with the socialist distribution of profits, without the rigid central planning of state economies.
Political tradition that values popular sovereignty, civic virtue, and the rule of law, defending citizens' self-government, the separation of powers, and protection against tyranny and the corruption of power.
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Authoritarian NeoliberalismFar-Right29%
A British writer, Orwell was a democratic socialist and fierce critic of totalitarianism, denouncing in works such as 1984 and Animal Farm authoritarianism, the manipulation of truth, and the oppression of power.
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Mostly French-speaking Canadian province, Quebec protects French as its common and official language and holds broad powers within the federation. Nationalism and secularism mark its politics; since October 2026 it is governed in a minority by the sovereigntist Parti Québécois.
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Under Allende's Popular Unity, Chile attempted democratic socialism through copper and bank nationalization, agrarian reform, and economic planning until the 1973 military coup.
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