In 1970, he moved to the United States, where he worked at the FAO and at the IDB in Washington, before beginning a master's degree in agricultural economics at Cornell University.
Jorge Sampaio | Teodoro Sampaio, São Paulo | Teodoro Sampaio | Teodoro Fernandes Sampaio | Roberson de Arruda Alves | Plinio Nomellini | Plínio de Arruda Sampaio | Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira | Helton Arruda |
Among the party leaders are Heloísa Helena (Alagoas), federal deputies Luciana Genro (Rio Grande do Sul) and Babá (Pará), and a number of well-known Brazilian left-wing leaders and intellectuals, such as Milton Temer, Michel Löwy, Vladimir Safatle, Marcelo Freixo, Chico Alencar, Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, Renato Roseno, Carlos Nelson Coutinho, Ricardo Antunes, Francisco de Oliveira, João Machado, Pedro Ruas and others.