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| Abbreviation | NOVO |
| President | Eduardo Rodrigo Fernandes Ribeiro |
| Vice President | Alfredo Adolfo Schnabel Fuentes |
| Founded | 12 February 2011 (2011-02-12) |
| Registered | 15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) |
| Headquarters | São Paulo |
| Think tank | Instituto Libertas[1] |
| Membership(2025) |  70,000[2] |
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| Political position | Right-wing[20] tofar-right[21] |
| Colours | Orange White |
| Slogan | We respect Brazil |
| TSE Identification Number | 30 |
| Federal Senate | 1 / 81 |
| Chamber of Deputies | 5 / 513 |
| Governorships | 1 / 27 |
| State Assemblies | 5 / 1,024 |
| Mayors | 19 / 5,568 |
| City Councillors | 263 / 56,810 |
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TheNew Party (Portuguese:Partido Novo, stylisedNOVO) is aBrazilianright-wing,classical liberal andlibertarianpolitical party, founded on 12 February 2011[22].
The party was registered on 23 July 2014, supported by the signatures of 493,316 citizens. Its creation was approved on 15 September 2015.[23] The party requested to use the number "30" for election identification. It is ideologically aligned withclassical liberalism, defendingeconomic freedom as its main agenda.[24]
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NOVO was founded on 12 February 2011 by 181 citizens of 35 different professions and originating from 10 differentfederative units. In an interview withInfoMoney,João Amoêdo, founder of NOVO, stated that none of the existing political parties would defend NOVO's ideals, and as such, it was easier to create a party from scratch. Amoêdo also paid for the majority of the R$5 million expenses surrounding the Party's founding, contributing with R$4.5 million.Pedro Moreira Salles also contributed with around R$100,000 and Cecília Sicupira, wife to businessmanCarlos Alberto Sicupira also made a significant contribution.[26]
Formally registered as a political party in 2015, NOVO won eight deputies in the2018 elections and had one of its own,Romeu Zema, elected governor ofMinas Gerais, Brazil's second most populous state. João Amoêdo himself was the Party's nominee for the presidential election, where he obtained 2.5% of the vote.[27]
The years of theBolsonaro administration were marked by internal conflicts for the New Party, with members such as Filipe Sabará being expelled from the party in the midst of the2020 municipal elections, where he was NOVO's mayoral candidate forSão Paulo. Sabará was expelled by the party after a series of inconsistencies were found in his resume,[28] but had previously quarreled with Amoêdo and other NOVO leaderships over his support for Bolsonaro. For Camila Rocha, author of the book "Less Marx, More Mises: Liberalism and the new right in Brazil", those conflicts stemmed from a lack of a party-wide consensus in ideas other than the defense of a radical free market.[29]
Amoêdo himself was expelled from the party during the2022 election for his endorsement ofLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva and for publicly criticizing the party in media interviews.[25][30] For Amoêdo, NOVO had become a "satellite of theLiberal Party".[27][31] After the first turn of the2022 presidential election, candidate Luiz Felipe D'Avila criticized Amoêdo, stating in an interview that his behaviour had caused "disillusions" and "only contributes to destroying what he has built".[30]
NOVO won only 0.47% of the vote in the2022 presidential election and three deputies in the parliamentary elections, but managed to get Romeu Zema re-elected governor of Minas Gerais. D'Avila attributed the election results to voters "doubling down on polarization", stating that the election had been "very poor in discussing proposals".[30]
In the first turn of the2024 municipal elections, the party elected 14 new mayors and managed to get its 4 preexisting mayors reelected.[32] NOVO also saw an 800% increase in elected city councillors,[32] a success that NOVO president Eduardo Ribeiro attributed to their decision to ease restrictions on party membership and candidacy in smaller municipalities, seeking to expand their reach whilst preserving party ideals. Ribeiro argued that the party's decision to restrict expansion had cost them in 2020 and 2022.[32][33] NOVO registered 7,604 candidacies (compared to 620 in the2020 elections), of which 34% were women and 43% wereBlack orPardo Brazilians.[32] In the runoff of the elections, NOVO also electedSérgio Victor as mayor ofTaubaté.[34]
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The New Party advocates for afree market economy featuring aminimal state and an absolute defense of theright to property. According to their website, NOVO believes in a "simple, light and efficient" state with a lean administrative structure focused onhealthcare,public security andbasic education.[35] It argues for the flexibilization of laws such as theBrazilian Labor Code (CLT),[36] theprivatization ofstate-owned enterprises likePetrobras andBank of Brazil, and the seeking of private partnerships for Brazilianpublic universities.[35][37][38] Other flagship NOVO proposals includetrade liberalization and the signing of a new federative pact seekingdecentralization and an increased autonomy for individualstates.[35]
It allows its members freedom to choose their stances on social issues such asabortion and thelegalization of drugs, but the party believes that legislation on those topics should be defined solely by theNational Congress. NOVO is pro-gun rights and supports same sex marriage.[39][35]
Other NOVO proposals include reforming the political system by endingcompulsory voting andparliamentary immunity, and extinguishing the Partisan and Electoral funds.[40] Public security proposals include reviewing and hardening theBrazilian Penal Code, increasing benefits for police officers and adopting public-private partnerships to manage the Brazilian prison system.[35]
The party opposes extensive regulation in many aspects of Brazilian society and their members believe the central bank should be independent from the state.[41]
The New Party charges a membership fee and monthly contributions from its members.[42] Originally, NOVO committed itself to not using any public money from the Electoral or Partisan Funds, maintaining itself solely through donations and member contributions.[43] Public funds were invested intofixed income securities in theBank of Brazil[44] after attempts to return the money were rejected.[45] For the2024 elections, the party defined criteria for the usage of Electoral Fund money, citing the increase in the Electoral Fund budget[46] and difficulties caused by increased regulations around private financing.[47]
| Name | Mandate | Ref. |
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| João Amoêdo | 12 February 2011 – 4 July 2017 | [48] |
| Ricardo Taboaço | 4 July 2017 – 25 July 2017 | [48] |
| Moisés Jardim | 25 July 2017 – 30 January 2019 | [49] |
| João Amoêdo | 30 January 2019 – 5 March 2020 | [50] |
| Eduardo Ribeiro | 5 March 2020 – present | [51] |
| Election | Candidate | Running mate | Coalition | First round | Second round | Result | ||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||||
| 2018 | João Amoêdo (NOVO) | Christian Lohbauer (NOVO) | None | 2,679,745 | 2.50% | – | – | Lost N |
| 2022 | Luiz Felipe d'Avila (NOVO) | Tiago Mitraud (NOVO) | None | 559,708 | 0.47% | – | – | LostN |
| Election | Chamber of Deputies | Federal Senate | Role in government | ||||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | ||
| 2018 | 2,748,079 | 2.79% | 8 / 513 | New | 3,467,746 | 2.02% | 0 / 81 | New | Independent |
| 2022 | 1,360,590 | 1.23% | 3 / 513 |  5 | 479,593 | 0.47% | 0 / 81 |  0 | Opposition |
O NOVO defende cidadão máximo e um Estado eficiente que priorize as áreas essenciais.[The New (NOVO) party advocates for maximum citizen empowerment and an efficient state that prioritizes essential areas.]
Austeridade com o dinheiro dos impostos é um dever com a sociedade. É importante o acompanhamento e a fiscalização pelos eleitores.[Austerity with taxpayers' money is a duty to society. Monitoring and oversight by voters is important.]
After the first round of voting, all of the other major candidates, along with the founder of the country's libertarian NOVO party, lined up behind him.
Federal deputy Gilson Marques, from the New Party, is the only Brazilian parliamentarian who declares himself a true libertarian, like the elected president of Argentina, Javier Milei.
Raphaël is a libertarian and, like Rothbard and Milei, argues that those who fight for freedom need to enter politics to make their ideas become reality.
Em respeito aos fatos, é preciso registrar que nenhuma destas virtudes fez-se manifestar em Minas, tanto pelo perfil do eventual ocupante do Palácio da Liberdade (como se dizia) quanto, se não mesmo especialmente, pelas ideologias frequentadas pelo chamado "Partido Novo" a que o Governo (!?) de Minas pertenceu durante estes anos. Em algo como uma ultradireita, aproximam-se de uma mundivisão anarcocapitalista que, talvez, possa ser melhor compreendida pela via da chave de leitura que propomos: são apenas piratas, portando-se frente ao Estado exatamente como os piratas de antanho se comportavam frente às potestades de outrora.[With respect to the facts, it is necessary to note that none of these virtues were manifested in Minas Gerais, both due to the profile of the eventual occupant of the Palácio da Liberdade (as was said) and, if not especially, due to the ideologies favored by the so-called “Partido Novo” to which the government (!?) of Minas Gerais belonged during these years. In something like an ultra-right, they approach an anarcho-capitalist worldview that, perhaps, can be better understood through the reading key that we propose: they are just pirates, behaving before the State exactly as the pirates of yesteryear behaved before the powers of yesteryear.]
Extrema direita: NOVO, PL; La Libertad Avanza, Buenos Aires Libre; Chega, Iniciativa Liberal.[Far right: NOVO, PL; Freedom Advances, Free Buenos Aires; Chega, Liberal Initiative.]
Em 2018, Romeu Zema, do Partido Novo - a ultra direita liberal - assume o governo de Minas Gerais, baseado no discurso de que, se eleito, seu governo seria uma alternativa à "velha política".[In 2018, Romeu Zema, of the Partido Novo - a liberal far right - assumes government of Minas Gerais, based on speech that, if elected, its government would be An alternative to “old politics”.]
O quadro abaixo nos permite visualizar de forma mais nítida estes resultados. Nele agrupamos os partidos em quatro grandes blocos: a) a extrema direita: (PL, Republicanos e Novo); b) o "centrão": PP, PSD, União, PRD, Podemos e todos os outros pequenos partidos deste campo político; c) o centro tradicional: MDB, PSDB e Cidadania; e d) a esquerda: PDT, PSB, PT, PSOL, PV, Rede e PCdoB. Este é um agrupamento meio arbitrário, mas eficiente para efeitos da compreensão da dinâmica política, pois se pode perceber a evolução dos partidos de uma eleição para a outra. Para isto este tipo de agrupamento em blocos pode ser bastante esclarecedor, como se pode ver abaixo.[The table below allows us to visualize these results more clearly. In it we group the parties into four large blocks: a) the extreme right: (PL, Republicans and Novo); b) the “centrão”: PP, PSD, União, PRD, Podemos and all the other small parties in that political field; c) the traditional center: MDB, PSDB and Cidadania; and d) the left: PDT, PSB, PT, PSOL, PV, Rede and PCdoB. This is a somewhat arbitrary grouping, but it is efficient for understanding political dynamics, as it allows us to see the evolution of parties from one election to the next. For this reason, this type of grouping into blocks can be quite enlightening, as can be seen below.]
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