Cidadania

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Cidadania (Brazilian Portuguese: [sidadɐˈni.ɐ]; lit. 'Citizenship') is a Brazilian political party. It was originally founded as the Popular Socialist Party (Portuguese: Partido Popular Socialista, PPS) by members of the former Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), as a centre-left social democratic and democratic socialist party. The PPS launched Ciro Gomes as its presidential candidate at the 1998 and 2002 elections, on the former Gomes became the third-most voted candidate. Despite its left-wing alignment, PPS moved to be opposition against the Workers' Party since 2004, forming alliances with centre-right parties, in particular the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), and supporting the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff. As the PPS moved more towards the center and demphasized most of its traditional socialistic politices, the party's National Convention adopted the new naming in March 2019, and it was later approved by the Superior Electoral Court that September. The party then began moving...

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