União Democrática Ruralista
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União Democrática Ruralista (UDR) is a Brazil
Brazil
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ian right-wing association of farmers and activists. In English, the party's name means "Democratic Association of Ruralists". Its current president is the representative for Goiás
Goiás
Goiás is a state of Brazil, located in the central part of the country. The name Goiás comes from the name of an indigenous community...

 State, Ronaldo Caiado, of the Democratas
Democrats (Brazil)
The Democrats is a centre-right political party in Brazil, considered the main in the right-wing spectrum. Despite its former name , the party affiliates itself to the Centrist Democrat International, and the International Democrat Union. The name comes from its support to free market policies...

 (DEM) party.

History

União Democrática Ruralista opposes land reform and expropriation under its leader Brazilian farmer Luiz Antonio Nabhan Garcia. The organization was founded in 1985, following many expropriations of land in Brazil and remains active under its Brasília
Brasília
Brasília is the capital city of Brazil. The name is commonly spelled Brasilia in English. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central. It has a population of about 2,557,000 as of the 2008 IBGE estimate, making it the...

 based leadership. With tens of thousands of associates in all Brazilian states, UDR policy is to defend individual interests and private property. To the extent that the bourgeoisie
Bourgeoisie
In sociology and political science, bourgeoisie describes a range of groups across history. In the Western world, between the late 18th century and the present day, the bourgeoisie is a social class "characterized by their ownership of capital and their related culture." A member of the...

 accepts redistribution, it must be through the parceling of the land in hundreds of units after its legal dispossession. The “model of private appropriation” is similar to the classical capitalistic agrarian redistribution that promotes agricultural modernization under the agro industries’ control of the settlers’ production process. Thrugh its many members of the Brazilian Congress, the UDR endorses landowner interests and opposes proposals in favour of an agrarian reform
Agrarian reform
Agrarian reform can refer either, narrowly, to government-initiated or government-backed redistribution of agricultural land or, broadly, to an overall redirection of the agrarian system of the country, which often includes land reform measures. Agrarian reform can include credit measures,...

process.
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