Brazil: Marina Silva Joins the Brazilian Socialist Party

[Paul Pott]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-24416480

What could this mean?

So, which parties are in opposition to Dilma Rousseff's party besides the Social Democrats (the people with the toucan mascot)? Which ones are right wing and which have social democratic platforms?

[motion denied]

Marina Silva is an eco-capitalist opportunist who is very religious, against abortion etc. Marina got 25% votes last election mainly from 'apolitical people who didn't want to go for PT or PSDB'. She failed to form her own party (REDE Sustentabilidade), so she went to PSB (Brazilian Socialist Party, not even soc-dems). PSB has just left the government because their main man, Eduardo campos, wants to run for president. He grew as a PT ally and as governor of Pernambuco state; pretty popular. PSDB, main oppositionist, will have either Aécio Neves or José Serra as candidate.

This means little though. Dilma Roussef should win.

Main opposition parties: PSDB (Party of Brazilian Social Democracy, tucan mascot, far from european soc-dem, right wing), PPS (Popular Socialist Party, right wing), PSB (see above), DEM (Democrats, right wing pieces of shit, probably the worst of them), PP (Progressive Party, right wing), PSD (Social Democratic Party, right wing)

Main left opposiotionists: PSOL (Party of Socialism and Liberty, many tendencies from revolutionaries to genuine soc-dems and opportunists), PSTU (Unified Socialist Workers' Party, trots), PCB (Brazilian Communist Party, marxist-leninists), PCO (Party of Workers' Cause, trots)

As you can see, we have tons of self-described socdems and socialists who are more 'right' than european socdems or american greens.

[CyM]

Well, psdb is the traditional bourgeois party, no? The PT should not have been in a coalition with them in the first place.