João Goulart Filho | |
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| State Deputy ofRio Grande do Sul | |
| In office 1 February 1983 – 1 February 1987 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | João Vicente Fontella Goulart (1956-11-22)22 November 1956 (age 69) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Party | PCdoB (2018–present)[1] |
| Other political affiliations | |
| Spouse | Verônica Theml Fialho[2] |
| Relations | Neusinha Brizola (cousin) |
| Children | 7[3] |
João Vicente Fontella Goulart (born 22 November 1956), also known asJoão Goulart Filho, is a Brazilian philosopher and politician.
Son (henceFilho) of former president of the Brazilian RepublicJoão Goulart and DonaMaria Thereza, he lived his childhood and adolescence in exile inUruguay with his parents. He was one of the founders of theDemocratic Labor Party, alongside his uncleLeonel Brizola.[4]
He is the founder and current president ofInstituto João Goulart (João Goulart Institute), which aims to promote historical research and reflection on the Brazilian political process in favor of national sovereignty.[5]
During his lifetime, he served as a deputy at theLegislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul in 1982, elected byPDT.[6] In 2002, he ran forfederal deputy forPGT,[7] a party that merged with theLiberal Party together withPST [pt] in 2003.[8] He returned to PDT, where he remained until early 2017, when he left in opposition to party support for theRodrigo Rollemberg (PSB) government in theFederal District after the governor barred construction of theMemorial da Liberdade e Democracia Presidente João Goulart (President João Goulart Freedom and Democracy Memorial).[9]
During the promotion of his book on Brazilian territory in November 2002,Lincoln Gordon, former U.S. ambassador to Brazil in 1964, admitted that theCIA had bought Brazilian congressmen for five million dollars for the coup againstJoão Goulart,[10] in addition to the logistical and military support.[11] This led the Goulart family to raise a lawsuit for moral, property and image damages against the United States, with the desire to eventually take the case to theWorld Court.[12][10][13]
The 3rd Panel of the Superior Court of Justice, under the report ofNancy Andrighi [pt]'s minister, would have to decide whether the act was anact of empire ("anyone who contains an order or a co-active decision of the administration for the administered, such as an expropriation decree, an interdiction order or a requisition of assets") or anact of management ("act of management are those that the administration practices without using its supremacy over the recipients. This occurs in acts purely of administration of public goods and services and in negotiations with private parties, which do not require coercion over the interested parties").[12] This action was an appeal after the federal judge of the 10th Circuit Court of Rio de Janeiro extinguished the case, under the interpretation that it was an act of empire.[12]
The Federal Regional Court of the 2nd Region considered that the competence to handle the case lies with the STJ.[12]Nancy Andrighi [pt] considered that the United States has committed an act of management,[13] thus, welcoming the appeal.[13] However, there was no consensus among the ministers of the 3rd Class.[13]
In March 2008, MinisterSidnei Beneti [pt] of theSupreme Court of Justice postponed the analysis of the action.[14] The trial was returned on 24 June 2008.[15] The STJ finally dismissed the case, considering that the United States has immunity under Brazilian law[11] and theSTF finally denied the request in 2010, recognizing that the United States has immunity against Brazilian law.[11]
He was launched by theFree Fatherland Party (PPL) as a candidate for the presidency of Brazil for the2018 elections, with Léo da Silva Alves as his running mate.[16] His campaign aimed to resume thelabor and social reforms [pt] that, according to him, "were being developed and the process was interrupted with themilitary coup of 1964".[17]In the election, he received 30,176 votes (0.03% of the votes), ranking last and not qualifying for thesecond round.[18]
In December 2018, since it did not reach that year'selection threshold, Goulart Filho's PPL joined theCommunist Party of Brazil (PCdoB).[1][19]
On 18 December 2021, the Communist Party of Brazil launched João Vicente as a pre-candidate for the Federal District Government and Ana Prestes as a pre-candidate for the Senate.[20] However, on 16 July 2022, it was announced that his pre-candidacy was withdrawn in favor of the party's support for pre-candidateLeandro Grass (PV).[21]
| Year | Election | Position | Party | Coalition | Vice | Votes | % | Results |
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| 1982 | Gubernatorial in Rio Grande do Sul [pt] | State deputy | PDT | No coalition | — | 32.576 | – | Elected[24] |
| 2010 | District [pt] | District deputy | PDT | No coalition | — | 674 | 0.5% | Substitute [25] |
| 2018 | Presidential | President | PPL | No coalition | Léo da Silva Alves (PPL) | 30.176 | 0.03% | Not elected [26] |
| Party political offices | ||
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| New political party | PPL nominee forPresident of Brazil 2018 | Party extinct |
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