Brazil: Update to Responses to Information Requests BRA28515.E, BRA28516.E and BRA28524.E of 16 January 1998 on the political parties Partido Democratico Trabalhista (PDT) and the Partido de Trabalhistas (PT) in the state of Parana and on the practice of approaching political parties for financial assistance in return for party support
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 April 1998 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | BRA28776.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Brazil: Update to Responses to Information Requests BRA28515.E, BRA28516.E and BRA28524.E of 16 January 1998 on the political parties Partido Democratico Trabalhista (PDT) and the Partido de Trabalhistas (PT) in the state of Parana and on the practice of approaching political parties for financial assistance in return for party support, 1 April 1998, BRA28776.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6accf98.html [accessed 18 May 2023] |
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For information on the political parties PDT and PT in the state of Parana and on the practice of approaching political parties for financial assistance in return for party support, please consult the attached letter from an Andrew Mellon Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Pittsburgh, who specializes in Brazilian politics in the state of Parana.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
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University of Pittsburgh, Department of Political Science, Pennsylvania. 30 January 1998. Letter from an Andrew Mellon Professor of Comparative Politics specializing in Brazilian politics of the state of Parana.
