Americas

Brazil

Political journey

A Portuguese colony until 1822, Brazil was an empire, then a republic, and lived under a military dictatorship from 1964 to 1985. Democracy has since brought landmark social programs under Lula, an impeachment in 2016, the far-right presidency of Jair Bolsonaro and Lula’s return in 2023, in a country deeply polarized between left and right.

Brazil today

Its current leader’s position on the ten Caucus dimensions.

💰EconomyLeaning state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityCentered on liberty and authority
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionCentered on religion
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

Who leads Brazil today

Portrait of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil, 2003 to 2010 and 2023 to present

A former union leader who expanded cash-transfer programs like Bolsa Família. He was jailed in 2018 and returned to office after his convictions were annulled.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and centered on liberty and authority. The clearest positions are leaning state-led on economy, leaning progressive on culture and leaning peace-first on war and peace. The profile is close to the middle on liberty and authority and religion.

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Political views closest to Brazil’s leadership

CooperativismPrefers businesses owned and run by workers, consumers or local communities.99%Modern monetary theoryArgues that governments issuing their own currency can spend to reach full employment,…98%Democratic socialismSeeks democratic control of key industries, broad public ownership and universal services.97%Market socialismCombines worker or public ownership of firms with markets and competition.97%

Other people from Brazil

Chico Mendes Brazilian rubber tapper and environmentalist, 1944 to 1988Dilma Rousseff President of Brazil, 2011 to 2016Fernando Henrique Cardoso President of Brazil, 1995 to 2003Jair Bolsonaro President of Brazil, 2019 to 2022

Countries with similar leadership

Ranked by how close their current leaders are on the ten dimensions.

South KoreaAsia & Oceania99%GuatemalaAmericas98%MexicoAmericas97%United KingdomEurope96%

Country histories are short summaries. Positions are simplified estimates of the leaders included in Caucus as of October 2026, and percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions.