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{{Short description|Brazilian think tank}}
{{Infobox institute
|name = Instituto Millenium
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|motto =
|founder = [[Patrícia Carlos de Andrade]]<br />[[Denis Lerrer Rosenfield|Denis Rosenfield]]
|established = 2005
|mission =
|focus = [[New Right]], [[Economics]]
|president =
|chairman = Priscila Barbosa Pereira Pinto
|head_label = CEO
|head =
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|country = Brazil
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|website = {{URL|imilwww.institutomillenium.org.br/}}
|dissolved =
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}}{{Liberalism in Brazil}}
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The '''Instituto Millenium''' ('''MilleniumMillennium Institute'''), also known by the acronym '''Imil''' (or '''IMIL'''), is a [[Brazil|Brazilian]] "[[Think tank|advocacy think tank]]" based in [[Rio de Janeiro]]. It was created in 2005 by the [[economist]] [[Patrícia Carlos de Andrade]] and the [[Philosophy]] [[professor]] [[Denis Lerrer Rosenfield|Denis Rosenfield]], to disseminate a [[world view]] based on [[economic liberalism]] (or "[[New Right|modern right]]").<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imil.org.br/artigos/revolucionando-a-agenda-politica-2/|title=Revolucionando a agenda política|last=Leis|first=Hector|language=Portuguese|date=2005-04-13|accessdate=2013-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193820/http://www.imil.org.br/artigos/revolucionando-a-agenda-politica-2/|archive-date=2016-03-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> ItAccording to [[Observatório da Imprensa]], it has the support of large corporations and media groups, with the aim of influencing the Brazilian society through the diffusion of ideas of its representatives, experts and [[columnist]]s.<ref name="Leal">{{cite web|url=http://observatoriodaimprensa.com.br/news/view/_ed700_imprensa_sob_suspeita|title=Imprensa sob suspeita|last=Leal Filho|first=Laurindo Lalo|date=2012-06-26|language=Portuguese|publisher=[[Observatório da Imprensa]]|accessdate=2013-10-26|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020104941/http://observatoriodaimprensa.com.br/news/view/_ed700_imprensa_sob_suspeita|archivedate=2013-10-20}}</ref>
== History ==
The Instituto Millenium (Imil) was founded in 2005 as "Instituto de Estudos da Realidade Nacional" (''Institute for the Study of National Reality''),. aIn name2009, thatImil curiouslybecame resembles thea ''CentroCivil deSociety EstudiosOrganization deof laPublic Realidad NacionalInterest'' where(OSCIP), [[Armandthe Mattelart]]equivalent wasof a professor-researcher at the [[SalvadorUnited Allende]]'sStates [[Socialismof America|socialistU.S.]] [[Chile501(c) organization|non-profit organization 501(c)(3)]].<ref name="Imil">{{cite web|url=http://www.untag-smdimil.acorg.idbr/filesinstitucional/Perpustakaan_Digital_2quem-somos/POLITICAL%20ECONOMY%20International%20political%20economy%20and%20mass%20communication%20in%20Chile.pdf|title=InternationalQuem politicalSomos|publisher=Instituto economy and mass communication in ChileMillenium|language=Portuguese|accessdate=2013-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211163135/http://www.imil.org.br/institucional/quem-somos/|archive-date=2009-02-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>
national intellectuals and transnational hegemony|last=Davies|first=Matt|format=pdf|publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan Press]]|year=1999|accessdate=2013-10-26}}</ref> In 2009, Imil became a ''Civil Society Organization of Public Interest'' (OSCIP), the equivalent of a [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[501(c) organization|non-profit organization 501(c)(3)]].<ref name="Imil">{{cite web|url=http://www.imil.org.br/institucional/quem-somos/|title=Quem Somos|publisher=Instituto Millenium|language=Portuguese|accessdate=2013-10-26}}</ref>
== Activities ==
Imil discloses its [[world view]] through "seminars, conferences and meetings around the country, contact with the press and publishing daily analysis on the portal." Of course, the fact that it is sponsored by [[Media conglomerate|media groups]] makes this outreach work more easy.<ref name="Imil"/><ref name="Leal">{{cite web|url=http://observatoriodaimprensa.com.br/news/view/_ed700_imprensa_sob_suspeita|title=Imprensa sob suspeita|last=Leal Filho|first=Laurindo Lalo|date=2012-06-26|language=Portuguese|publisher=[[Observatório da Imprensa]]|accessdate=2013-10-26}}</ref>
== Ideological linkage ==
Officially, Imil declares itself as "unrelated to [[Political party|political parties]]." Butand its disclosedpromotes values (of "[[individual freedom]], [[property rights]], [[market economy]], [[representative democracy]], [[rule of law]] and institutional limits to government action"),.<ref name="Imil"/> attracts thinkers, politicians and personalities linked to a [[Conservatism|conservative]] ideological spectrum and to [[economic liberalism]]. Imil, however, do not assume itself as "liberal", since according to its founder, Patricia Carlos de Andrade, this word was incorrectly translated in Brazil as "[[Right-wing politics|rightist]]" or "supporter of [[military dictatorship]]s."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://exame.abril.com.br/rede-de-blogs/instituto-millenium/2009/06/03/conversa-com-patricia/|title=Conversa com Patrícia|language=Portuguese|last=Allan|first=Ricardo|publisher=Instituto Millenium|date=2009-06-01|accessdate=2013-10-26|archive-date=2013-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131108172952/http://exame.abril.com.br/rede-de-blogs/instituto-millenium/2009/06/03/conversa-com-patricia/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Imil aligns itself with similar institutions, Brazilian or international, linked to the [[Conservatism|conservative thought]]. Amongamong them, are the ''Instituto Liberal'', ''Instituto Liberdade'', ''Instituto Ling'', ''Instituto de Estudos Empresariais'',<ref name="Parceiros">{{cite web|url=http://www.imil.org.br/parceiros/|title=Mantenedores e Parceiros|publisher=Instituto Millenium|language=Portuguese|accessdate=2013-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111218224032/http://www.imil.org.br/parceiros/|archive-date=2011-12-18|url-status=dead}}</ref> the [[Chile|Chilean]]an network ''Latinoamerica Libre''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latinoamericalibre.org/enlaces/|title=Latinoamerica Libre - Enlaces|publisher=Latinoamerica Libre|language=Spanish|accessdate=2013-10-26}}</ref> and the global [[Atlas Economic Research Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://atlasnetwork.org/public_html/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/68141.1_CC-ATLAS_web.pdf|title=Directory|publisher=[[Atlas Economic Research Foundation]]|format=pdf|accessdate=2013-10-26|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505144919/http://atlasnetwork.org/public_html/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/68141.1_CC-ATLAS_web.pdf|archivedate=2012-05-05}}</ref>
Thinkers and writers identified with the [[political right]] are also among the founders, experts and regular contributors to Imil. Among them, [[Rodrigo Constantino]],.<ref>{{Cite [[Reinaldoweb|last=Fang|first=Lee|last2=|first2=|date=|title=Sphere Azevedo]],of [[OlavoInfluence: deHow Carvalho]],American [[DemétrioLibertarians Magnoli]],Are [[MarceloRemaking Madureira]]Latin andAmerican the [[Cuban dissident movement|anti-Castro]] [[Cuba|Cuban]] [[Blog|blogger]] [[Yoani Sánchez]].<ref>{{cite webPolitics|url=httphttps://wwwtheintercept.imil.org.brcom/categoria2017/especialistas08/09/atlas-network-alejandro-chafuen-libertarian-think-tank-latin-america-brazil/|titlearchive-url=Especialistas|publisherarchive-date=Instituto Millenium|languageaccess-date=Portuguese|accessdate=20132020-1011-2608|website=The Intercept|language=en}}</ref>
== Funding and structure ==
By becoming an OSCIP, Imil became eligible to "receive [[income tax]] deductible donations from legal persons up to 2%."<ref name="Imil"/> Among his supporters, partners and sponsors are media companies like [[Grupo Abril]] (''[[Veja (magazine)|Veja]]'' and ''[[Exame (magazine)|Exame]]'' magazines) [[O Estado de S. Paulo|OESP Group]] (''[[O Estado de SãoS. Paulo]]'') and [[Grupo RBS|RBS Group]] (affiliated to [[Rede Globo]] in [[southern Brazil]]), the second largest private university in Brazil ([[Estácio Universities|Estácio de Sá]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2012/08/08/277643/10001435/en/Estacio-University-Realizes-Significant-Annual-Savings-with-Informatica.html|title=Estacio University Realizes Significant Annual Savings with Informatica|publisher=[[Informatica Corporation]]|date=2012-08-08|accessdate=2013-10-26}}</ref> the [[American Chamber of Commerce]] (''AmCham Rio''), industrial conglomerates ([[Gerdau|Gerdau Group]] and [[Suzano]]), [[Service (economics)|service companies]] (''Localiza Rent A Car''), [[insurance companies]] (''Porto Seguro''), and [[Financial institution|financial corporations]] such as [[Bank of America Merrill Lynch]].<ref name="Parceiros"/> The institute also accepts donations from individuals.<ref name="Imil"/>
== Related personalities ==
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* [[Arminio Fraga]] (former [[Governor]] of the [[Central Bank of Brazil]])
* [[Gustavo Franco]] (former [[Governor]] of the Central Bank of Brazil)
* [[Ives Gandra]] (jurist and [[Taxtax law|tax lawyer]]}yer)
* [[João Roberto Marinho]] (vice president of [[Globo Organizations]])
* [[Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter]] (chairman of the [[Gerdau|Gerdau Group]])
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* [[Ricardo Diniz]] (vice president of [[Bank of America Merrill Lynch]] Brazil)
The late [[Roberto Civita]], [[Grupo Abril]]'s chairman, was also one of the counselors of the Instituto Millenium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imil.org.br/blog/roberto-civita-multiplicidade-de-vozes-fundamental/|title=A multiplicidade de vozes é fundamental|publisher=Instituto Millenium|language=Portuguese|date=2013-05-27|accessdate=2013-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190546/http://www.imil.org.br/blog/roberto-civita-multiplicidade-de-vozes-fundamental/|archive-date=2013-10-29|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Controversies ==
Imil has been pointed out by representatives of the [[Left-wing politics|left media]] and scholars (in what can be considered a classic leftist attempt to demonize their right opponents <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/impresso,a-virtude--esta-a-esquerda--,1088965,0.htm|title="All virtue is on the left"|publisher=O Estado de São Paulo|language=Portuguese|date=October 24,2013|accessdate=2013-10-26}}</ref>), as the successor of the [[Instituto de Pesquisas e Estudos Sociais|IPES]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cutter.unicamp.br/document/?code=vtls000447225|title=O conservadorismo em construção: o Instituto de Pesquisas e Estudos Sociais (IPES) e as reformas financeiras da ditadura militar (1961-1966)|publisher=[[UNICAMP]]|last=Briso Neto|first=Joaquim Luiz Pereira|language=Portuguese|year=2008|accessdate=2013-10-26}}</ref> and [[Instituto Brasileiro de Ação Democrática|IBAD]] think tanks,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.marilia.unesp.br/revistas/index.php/aurora/article/view/2351/1912|title=Complexo IPES/IBAD, 44 Anos Depois: Instituto Millenium?|publisher=[[Universidade Estadual Paulista|UNESP]]|last=Pastore|first=Bruna||format=pdf|language=Portuguese|year=2012|accessdate=2013-10-26}}</ref> which have played a leading role in the creation of an ideological environment conducive to [[1964 Brazilian coup d'état|overthrow the government]] of [[President of Brazil|President]] [[João Goulart]] in 1964<ref name="Leal"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cartacapital.com.br/destaques_carta_capital/saudades-de-1964/|title=Saudades de 1964|publisher=[[CartaCapital]]|last=Fortes|first=Leandro|language=Portuguese|date=2012-12-07|accessdate=2013-10-26}}</ref>, that, in the view of those who took his power, led Brazil to the "path of communism".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mundoestranho.abril.com.br/materia/o-que-foi-a-revolucao-de-64|title=What was the "64 Revolution"?|publisher=Mundo Estranho|language=Portuguese|date=2013|accessdate=2013-10-26}}</ref>
One of the supporters of IBAD was the [[Carioca]] newspaper "[[O Globo]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cpdoc.fgv.br/producao/dossies/Jango/artigos/NaPresidenciaRepublica/O_Instituto_Brasileiro_de_Acao_Democratica|title=O Instituto Brasileiro de Ação Democrática - IBAD|last=Jalles de Paula|first=Christiane|publisher=[[Fundação Getúlio Vargas]]|language=Portuguese|year=2012|accessdate=2013-10-26}}</ref> In 2013, in an [[editorial]] that sparked little interest,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/ombudsman/2013/09/1339179-ghosts-from-the-past.shtml|title=Ghosts from the Past|last=Singer|first=Suzana|publisher=[[Folha de S. Paulo]]|date=2013-09-09|accessdate=2013-10-26}}</ref> the newspaper admitted for the first time that it had supported the establishment of the [[military dictatorship]] in Brazil.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oglobo.globo.com/pais/apoio-editorial-ao-golpe-de-64-foi-um-erro-9771604|title=Apoio editorial ao golpe de 64 foi um erro|publisher=[[O Globo]]|language=Portuguese|date=2013-08-31|accessdate=2013-10-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/sep/09/brazil-newspapers|title=Brazilian media group apologises for supporting military dictatorship|last=Greenslade|first=Roy|authorlink=Roy Greenslade|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|date=2013-09-09|accessdate=2013-10-26}}</ref> The movement who withdrew Jango from the presidency gathered various social sectors: industrial and agrarian elites (businessmen and large landowners), bankers, the Catholic Church, much of society in general, and the military itself, everyone feared that the Brazil was moving toward a socialist regime. The military coup did not find large popular resistance, just a few demonstrations that were easily suppressed. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://educacao.uol.com.br/disciplinas/historia-brasil/governo-joao-goulart-1961-1964-polarizacao-conduz-ao-golpe.htm|title=João Goulart government (1961-1964): Polarization leads to a military coup|publisher=UOL|language=Portuguese|date=2006|accessdate=2013-10-26}}</ref>
== See also ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.imil.org.br/about-us/ Instituto Millenium - About Us]
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