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As some of you may know, Brazil has around 30 political parties. Most of them are politically irrelevant, here's a list of them:
The major ones:
PT - Worker's Party - Democratic Socialism - Government
PMDB - Democratic Movement Party - Centrism - Government
PSD - Social Democratic Party - Centrism - Government
PSDB - Social Democracy Party - Liberalism - Opposition
DEM - Democrats - Conservatism - Opposition
The medium-sized ones:
PP - Progressive Party - Conservative Populism - Government
PDT - Democratic Labour Party - Democratic Socialism - Government
PTB - Labour Party - Conservative Populism - Government
PSC - Christian Social Party - Conservative Populism - Government
PR - Republic Party - Conservative Populism - Government
PSB - Socialist Party - Democratic Socialism - Government
PCdoB - Communist Party - Socialism - Government
The smaller ones:
PRB - Republican Party - Conservative Populism - Government
PV - Green Party - Green Politics - Opposition
PPS - People's Socialist Party - Social Democracy - Opposition
PSOL - Socialism and Freedom Party - Libertarian Socialism - Opposition
The irrelevant:
PMN - National Mobilization Party - Nationalism - Opposition
PTC - Christian Labour Party - Conservative Populism - Government
PHS - Humanist Solidarity Party - Centrism - Government
PSDC - Christian Social Democratic Party - Christian Democracy - Opposition
PTdoB - Labour Party - Conservative Populism - Opposition
PRP - Progressive Republican Party - Conservatism - Government
PSL - Social Liberal Party - Liberalism - Opposition
PRTB - Labour Renewal Party - Centrism - Government
PTN - National Labour Party - Conservative Populism - Government
PSTU - Socialist Worker's Party - Socialism - Opposition
PCB - Communist Party - Communism - Opposition
PCO - Worker's Cause Party - Communism Opposition
I'm planning to make a TL where all these parties are reduced to 7 of them:
Communist -The extreme-left radicals
Socialist - The democratic socialists and the supporters of Lula
Labour - Libertarian socialists and supporters of Brizola
Democratic - Moderates and some oligarchs
Liberal - Center-right elitists and some oligarchs
Republican - The christian right and conservative populists
National - Supporters of the military dictatorship, oligarchs and extreme-right radicals