"Niemeyer had a left-wing political ideology. In 1945, many communist militants who were arrested under the Vargas' dictatorship were released, and Niemeyer, sheltered some of them at his office. He met Luís Carlos Prestes, perhaps the most important left-wing in Brazil. After several weeks, he gave up the house to Prestes and his supporters, who founded the Brazilian Communist Party.[55] Niemeyer joined the party in 1945[54] and became its president in 1992, after the fall of the Soviet Union."
