Podemos (Brazil)

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Podemos (PODE, [poˈdemus], lit. 'We can'), previously known as the National Labour Party (Portuguese: Partido Trabalhista Nacional, PTN) is a centre-right Brazilian political party. Historically labourist and Janist, since 2016 the party shifted its focus to support anti-corruption policies and direct democracy. Led by the Abreu family (José Masci de Abreu, Dorival de Abreu, and Renata Abreu) since its foundation in 1995, the PTN claimed lineage with the original National Labour Party, the party of former President of Brazil Jânio Quadros, which was banned in 1965, and his ideology of Janism. In 2016, PTN changed its name to Podemos (lit. 'We can'), claiming that the inspiration for its name was the slogan of Barack Obama's campaign slogan "Yes, we can", claiming a new program based on greater citizen participation, transparency in politics, and direct democracy. However, most political scientists classify it as a member of the Centrão, a bloc of centrist and center-right parties known...

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