Rui Costa Pimenta
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Rui Costa Pimenta | |
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| File:Rui Costa Pimenta PCO ABr (cropped).jpg Pimenta in 2014 | |
| National President of PCO | |
| Assumed office 7 December 1995 | |
| Preceded by | Created office |
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| Born | Rui Costa Pimenta 25 June 1957 São Paulo, SP, Brazil |
| Political party | PCO (1995–present) PT (1980–1995) |
| Spouse(s) | Anaí Caproni (m. 1995) |
Rui Costa Pimenta (born in São Paulo, 25 June 1957) is a Brazilian politician and a perennial presidential candidate aligned with the Trotskyist Workers' Cause Party (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.).
He was their candidate in the 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 presidential elections and placed last in all of the elections he ran.[1]
Early life and activism
Pimenta studied at Faculdade Cásper Líbero and started participating in student activism during this period, having been present at the National Union of Students' Refoundation Congress in 1980. He was also director of the Academic Center of Literary and Linguistic Studies (CAELL) of the Faculty of Letters at the University of São Paulo[2]
Also in 1980, he was part of the Fourth International Organization's Foundation Congress. This congress saw the birth of the Workers' Cause coalition in the Workers' Party. In 1985, during his participation in the labor movement in protest against then President Sarney, he was elected as the director of the Central Única dos Trabalhadores, Brazil's largest trade union center, in the Greater São Paulo region.[2]
In 1992, the members of the Workers' Cause coalition officially declared their intentions to split from the Workers' Party. In 1996, the Workers' Cause Party was registered.[2]
In March of 2024, Pimenta met with Ismail Haniyeh, leader of Hamas.[3]
Political positions
Pimenta is a marxist and trotskyist. He opposes imperialism,[4] neoliberalism,[5] identity politics,[6] and restrictions on free speech[7] and gun ownership.[8]
He supported Luís Inácio Lula da Silva in the 2018 and 2022 Brazilian general elections.
References
- ↑ "PCO pede registro de Rui Pimenta como candidato a presidente". Terra Networks (in Portuguese). 5 July 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2011.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Rui Costa Pimenta". PCO (in português). Retrieved 2020-01-14.
- ↑ Pavini, Murilo (2024-03-03). "PCO monta palanque para chefe do Hamas". O Antagonista (in português). Retrieved 2024-03-16.
- ↑ "Imperialismo". PCO (in português). Retrieved 2025-07-02.
- ↑ "Rui Costa Pimenta: Chile foi cobaia da política neoliberal, agora a população vive na corda bamba". Brasil 247 (in português). 2019-10-25. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
- ↑ "Sobre o identitarismo e a concepção marxista da opressão - DCO". Diário Causa Operária (in português). 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- ↑ "Liberdade de expressão". PCO (in português). Retrieved 2025-07-02.
- ↑ "Rui Pimenta defende população armada para combater o crime". G1 (in português). 2014-08-20. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
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| New political party | National President of Workers' Cause Party 1995–present |
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| New political party | Workers' Cause Party nominee for President of Brazil 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 |
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