Social Liberal Party of Brazil (Operation Foxley)

The Liberal Social Party (PSL) is a brazilian liberal economic political party, defending conservatism in customs. The party was founded by the pernambucano businessman Luciano Bivar on October 30, 1994, and its registration was granted by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) on June 2, 1998. The PSL has about 271 millions members across the country.

Being one of the oldest parties in Brazil, the PSL first participated in a presidential election in 1998, with the candidacy of party president and founder Luciano Bivar, who finished the election in second place, behind the Social Democratic Party (PSD). However, after the 1998 elections, the party lost its popularity and went into a political crisis. In 2000, the party began a major restructuring and improving the party. In the 2018 elections, the PSL became the second largest party in Brazil by number of parliamentarians elected in the House of Representatives, second only to the Social Democratic Party (PSD). In addition, the party elected Jair Bolsonaro as president of Brazil in 2018, but the party itself lost the elections.

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