National Renewal Alliance Party

The National Renewal Alliance Party or Aliança Renovadora Nacional (ARENA) was a conservative political party that existed in Brazil between 1965 and 1979. It was the official party of the military juntas that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985.Up to 1965, there were three main parties in Brazil: the center-leftist Brazilian Labour Party (PTB), the social-democratic Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the rightist National Democratic Union (UDN). In 1964, the government of President João Goulart was overthrown by a military coup d'etat, but in contrast to other Latin American dictatorships, the Brazilian military-controlled government did not abolish Congress. Instead, in 1965, the government banned all existing political parties and created a two-party system. Most of the politicians from PSD and UDN formed the ARENA, the government party, while most from the PTB and some from the PSD formed the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB), the opposition.
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