The Brazilian Green Party (in Portuguese, Partido Verde - PV) was constituted after the military dictatorship period and, like other Green Parties arround the world, is committed to establishing an whole set of policies on ensuring social-democracy and sustainable development.
Among the main items on PV's agenda, there are Federalism, environmentalism, human rights, a form of Direct Democracy, Parliamentarism, welfare, civil liberties and pacifism.
After Lula's election as president of Brazil in 2002, the Green Party was assigned the Ministry of Culture , to which pop singer Gilberto Gil was appointed.
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