The Brazilian
Green Party (, PV) was constituted after the
military dictatorship period and, like other Green Parties around the world, is committed to establishing a set of policies on ensuring
social-democracy and
sustainable development. One of the party's founding members was the journalist and former anti-dictatorship revolutionary
Fernando Gabeira (a federal
deputy between 1995 and 2011), Alfredo Sirkis and Carlos Minc.