João Goulart Filho's presidential campaign in 2018 was made official on August 5, 2018 having as vice president Léo Alves, a professor of Catholic University of Brasília.

The platform was purebred[1] and competed for the PPL.

[1] João Goulart Filho advocated for increasing public investments, doubling the minimum wage in up to 4 years, was opposed to privatization,[2] labor[3] and social security reforms.

[4] João Goulart Filho's campaign motto was "Who likes Brazil votes for him".

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