The '''National Renewal Alliance''' (in Portuguese: ''Aliança Renovadora Nacional'', '''ARENA''') was a [[political party]] of [[neo-conservative]] orientation that existed during the [[two-party]] system of the [[Brazilian military regime]]. On 27 October 1965, President [[Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco]] created the Institutional Act Number 2, which extinguished the [[multi-party]] system and reduced the Brazilian political to two parties,<ref name="2party">Schilling, Voltaire. [http://educaterra.terra.com.br/voltaire/brasil/2003/08/18/001.htm The bipartisanship during the military regime], Terra - Visited on 25/09/2010.</ref> one to give support to the current government (ARENA) and the other to house the [[opposition]] ([[Brazilian Democratic Movement]], current PMDB).<ref name="2party"/> | The '''National Renewal Alliance''' (in Portuguese: ''Aliança Renovadora Nacional'', '''ARENA''') was a [[political party]] of [[neo-conservative]] orientation that existed during the [[two-party]] system of the [[Brazilian military regime]]. On 27 October 1965, President [[Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco]] created the Institutional Act Number 2, which extinguished the [[multi-party]] system and reduced the Brazilian political to two parties,<ref name="2party">Schilling, Voltaire. [http://educaterra.terra.com.br/voltaire/brasil/2003/08/18/001.htm The bipartisanship during the military regime], Terra - Visited on 25/09/2010.</ref> one to give support to the current government (ARENA) and the other to house the [[opposition]] ([[Brazilian Democratic Movement]], current PMDB).<ref name="2party"/> |