Libertarian Party Libertários
Chairperson	André Rufino
Founded	June 20, 2009; 14 years ago (2009-06-20)
Headquarters	São Paulo Brasília
Ideology	Libertarianism Anarcho-capitalism
Political position	Right-wing
International affiliation	Interlibertarians
Colors	Black and yellow
Website
libertarios.org.br
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The Libertarian Party (LIBER; Brazilian Portuguese: Partido Libertários) is a libertarian Brazilian political organization listed as a political party by the Superior Electoral Court (Portuguese: Tribunal Superior Eleitoral; TSE). The party was founded on June 20, 2009, in Belo Horizonte.^[1]

The concept of the Brazilian Libertarian Party first surfaced in 2005 among users of the Orkut social networking service.^[2] LIBER's program and statutes were published in the Federal Official Gazette in January 2010.^[3] The party has organized demonstrations on the Rio de Janeiro waterfront against the PNDH 3 bill,^[4] and have also participated in liberal forums and seminars, such as the Austrian Economy Seminar^[5] and the Liberdade e Democracia Forum in Belo Horizonte.^[6]

The Libertarians are affiliated with the Inter-libertarians,^[7] an international association of Libertarian parties and organizations. Because of its strong defense of a market economy with minimal state interference, the party has been associated with the new right.^[8] Although their stances on economic issues tend to lean right, on social issues libertarianism tends to be left-wing. Traditionally, libertarian theory is related to the classical liberal tradition, whose proponents include John Locke, David Hume, Adam Smith and Immanuel Kant.^[9]

Ideology

The party promotes economic libertarianism,^[2] drawing inspiration from the Russian-American writer and philosopher Ayn Rand, the American economist Murray Rothbard, and the American philosopher Robert Nozick. It supports free-market policies and is ideologically informed by Austrian-British writer and philosopher Friedrich Hayek and Austrian-American economist and historian Ludwig von Mises. The party identifies with the Austrian School.^[10]

In an interview with Instituto Pais Melhor, the former president of LIBER Bernardo Santoro defined libertarianism as "a political philosophy based on individual sovereignty, non-initiation of aggression, and self-ownership." In this definition, a man is the owner of his body and mixes his work with nature, which creates a legal system with private property ownership and an economic system with a free market and free interaction between individuals."^[11]

Registration process

The party is not registered with the Superior Electoral Court, as they do not have the required 500,000 supporters.

Directories

Note: The following table is sorted alphabetically by state names.

Directories
National	City	State	Address	Status
	Brasília	DF	Facebook	Active
	São Paulo	SP		Active
Regional	Salvador	BA		Inactive
	Fortaleza	CE		Inactive
	Goiânia	GO		Inactive
	São Luís	MA		Inactive
	Campo Grande	MS	Facebook	Active
	João Pessoa	PB		Inactive
	Curitiba	PR		Inactive
	Rio de Janeiro	RJ		Inactive
	Natal	RN		Inactive
	Florianópolis	SC		Inactive
	São Paulo	SP		Active
	Aracaju	SE		Active