The Sustainability Network (Portuguese: Rede Sustentabilidade, REDE) is an environmentalist Brazilian political party[2] founded in 2013 by Marina Silva, a Brazilian politician from Acre.[10] The party formed a strategic alliance with the Brazilian Socialist Party for the 2014 Brazilian general election, until its registration as an independent political party was approved in 2015.[11] The Sustainability Network has 19,090 members as of January 2017.[12]
The party has been described as left-wing,[13][14][15] centre-left[7][8][9] and centrist.[16][17]
For the Brazilian general election of 2018 REDE formed with the Green Party the coalition United to transform Brazil, in support of Marina Silva.[18] In the 2022 Brazilian general election REDE formed a coalition with other leftist parties for the pre-candidacy of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with the coalition Let's go together for Brazil.
Electoral history
Presidential elections
| Election | Candidate | Running mate | Coalition | First round | Second round | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||||
| 2018 | Marina Silva (REDE) | Eduardo Jorge (PV) | REDE; PV | 1,069,578 | 1.00% (#8) | – | – | Lost 
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| 2022 | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) | Geraldo Alckmin (PSB) | PT; PCdoB; PV; PSOL; REDE; PSB; Solidariedade; Avante; Agir | 57,259,405 | 48.43% (#1) | 60,345,999 | 50.90% (#1) | Won 
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| Source: Election Resources: Federal Elections in Brazil – Results Lookup | ||||||||
Legislative elections
| Election | Chamber of Deputies | Federal Senate | Role in government | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | ||
| 2018 | 816,784 | 0.83% | 1 / 513
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New | 7,166,003 | 4.18% | 5 / 81
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New | Opposition |
| 2022[a] | 782,917 | 0.72% | 2 / 513
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8,133 | 0.01% | 1 / 81
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Coalition |
- ^ Ran in federation with the Socialism and Liberty Party.
References
- ^ "Rede Sustentabilidade". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ a b Goldstein, Ariel Alejandro (2016-12-31). Alvares, Claudia (ed.). "The contribution of the liberal-conservative press to the crisis of Dilma Rousseff's second term". Cogent Social Sciences. 2 (1): 1253202. doi:10.1080/23311886.2016.1253202.
That circumstance allowed Marina Silva, initially VP candidate in the Campos ticket, to compete within the remit of a political coalition between the Socialist Party and the small ecologist party Rede Sustentabilidade (Sustainability Network).
- ^ Castro, Julio Cesar Lemes de (2017). "Neoliberalismo bricoleur: o imaginário político de Marina Silva". Teoria & Pesquisa: Revista de Ciência Política (in Portuguese). 26 (3): 199. doi:10.31068/tp.26308.
This article of theoretical reflection, based on bibliographical research and on analysis of government program, electoral propaganda, debates and polls, proposes to analyze the political imaginary projected by Marina Silva, as well as its deadlocks, having as focus the presidential campaign of 2014. Although her candidacy embraces the economic agenda of neoliberalism, it represents an aggiornamento of the neoliberal imaginary. The aura of modernity is conferred by the idea of sustainability and the metaphor of network. At the same time, Marina adds a moral component to the rational consensus of neoliberalism with her proposal of a new politics. Besides, the candidate tries to capitalize on her unique personal image, popular origins, political trajectory, and religiosity through a messianic posture. From this heteroclite combination stems something like a bricoleur neoliberalism.
- ^ Contrera, Flávio; Hebling, Matheus Lucas (December 2021). "Perspectivas ideológicas em política externa nas eleições presidenciais brasileiras de 2018". Latinoamérica. Revista de estudios Latinoamericanos (in Portuguese) (73): 69–102. doi:10.22201/cialc.24486914e.2022.73.57257. ISSN 1665-8574.
Expressa na categoria "Protecionismo: negativo", a defesa do livre-comércio e de maior abertura comercial foi manifestada por PODEMOS, PSL, MDB, NOVO, REDE, PSDB e PDT. Entre as propostas mais abordadas pelos partidos está a negociação de novos acordos de livre-comércio (Podemos, MDB, NOVO, REDE e PSDB), o aprofundamento do livre-comércio dentro do Mercosul (MDB, REDE e PDT), a conclusão das negociações com a União Europeia (MDB e REDE), a busca de um acordo de livre-comércio com a Aliança do Pacífico (REDE), e a redução de tarifas de importação (PODEMOS, PSL, REDE e PDT). [...] São casos desviantes a REDE e o PDT na defesa do livre-comércio e o PATRIOTA na defesa do anti-imperialismo econômico.
[Expressed in the category “Protectionism: negative”, the defense of free trade and greater commercial openness was expressed by PODEMOS, PSL, MDB, NOVO, REDE, PSDB and PDT. Among the proposals most addressed by the parties are the negotiation of new free trade agreements (Podemos, MDB, NOVO, REDE and PSDB), the deepening of free trade within the Mercosur (MDB, REDE and PDT), the conclusion of negotiations with the European Union (MDB and REDE), the search for a free trade agreement with the Pacific Alliance (REDE), and the reduction of import tariffs (PODEMOS, PSL, REDE and PDT). [...] These are cases that divert REDE and the PDT from the defense of free trade and the PATRIOTA from the defense of economic anti-imperialism.] - ^ Schipani, Andres; Leahy, Joe (2018-05-22). "Lula's legacy of working-class gains at risk in Brazil's election". Financial Times. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
A former minister and presidential candidate, this daughter of a humble family of rubber tappers affiliated with the Sustainability Network (Rede) party is running on a social/environmental platform with a liberal economic bias. She is polling around 11.2 per cent.
- ^ Latham, Robert (2020-04-08). Challenging the Right, Augmenting the Left: Recasting Leftist Imagination. Fernwood Publishing. ISBN 978-1-77363-230-8.
It is no wonder that the largest political parties dealing with the environmental agenda fall into the green capitalism spectrum — both Rede Sustentabilidade and Brazil's Green Party.
- ^ a b Domingues, José Maurício (2018-06-21). Esquerda: Crise e Futuro (in Brazilian Portuguese). Mauad X. ISBN 978-85-7478-902-6.
Além disso, outros deslocamentos, sobretudo pela base, inclinam a Rede á centro-esquerda (conquanto Marina Silva, ela mesma, tenda a mover-se em direcáo contrária, a comecar pelo provável passo em falso dado ao apoiar o impeachment de Rousseff).
- ^ a b "Brazil: Bolsonaro's pardon of ally draws opposition challenges". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
The centre-left Rede Party on Friday filed a petition to the Supreme Court to annul Bolsonaro's decree, published in the government gazette, which it deemed "unconstitutional"
- ^ a b "Lula: Brazil ex-president nominated for poll despite jail term". BBC News. 2018-08-04. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
Two other candidates were also nominated on Saturday - Marina Silva by the centre-left Rede party and Geraldo Alckmin by the centre-right Social Democracy Party.
- ^ "Brazil's Marina Silva launches 'sustainability party'". BBC. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
- ^ "TSE registra Rede Sustentabilidade, partido fundado por Marina Silva". 22 September 2015.
- ^ "Eleitores filiados". inter04.tse.jus.br. Archived from the original on 2018-11-03. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
- ^ "Brazil corruption: Senate head Renan Calheiros ordered to resign". BBC News. 2016-12-05. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
Judge Marco Aurelio Mello approved the injunction requested by the left-wing Rede party arguing that a politician facing criminal charges cannot be in the presidential line of succession.
- ^ Tarouco, Gabriela (2024-09-16). "Brazilian Parties in the XXI Century and the Conservative Agenda of the New Right". Desafíos. 36 (2): 1–24. doi:10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/desafios/a.13806. ISSN 2145-5112. Archived from the original on 2025-01-21.
See the table
- ^ Bogéa, Daniel (2021-05-13). Partidos Políticos e STF: Decifrando a Simbiose Institucional (in Brazilian Portuguese). Editora Appris. ISBN 978-65-250-0345-0.
No campo da esquerda, foi criada a Rede Sustentabilidade.
- ^ Eduardo, Maria Cecilia; Santos, Maria Helena; Teixeira, Ana Lúcia (August 2023). "Gender and Politics: A Descriptive and Comparative Analysis of the Statutes of Brazilian and Portuguese Political Parties". Social Sciences. 12 (8): 434. doi:10.3390/socsci12080434. ISSN 2076-0760.
Starting our analysis by observing the use of inclusive language in the statutes, we can mention that, in Brazil, less than a quarter of right-wing parties (AVANTE, CIDADANIA, and REPUBLICANOS), half of the left-wing parties (PT, PDT, and PCdoB), and one center party (REDE) have adopted it.
- ^ "Brazilian Electoral Bulletin 2022". Washington Brazil Office. 13. May 6, 2022.
The party alliance supporting Lula da Silva's candidacy is practically defined and will be composed of one center-right party (Solidariedade), two center parties (Green Party, PV; Sustainable Network, REDE), three center-left parties (Workers' Party, PT; Communist Party of Brazil, PCdoB; and the Brazilian Socialist Party, PSB), and one left-wing party (Party of Socialism and Liberty, PSOL).
- ^ Ribeiro, Marcelo; Peron, Isadora (4 August 2018). "Rede aprova por aclamação chapa Marina Silva-Eduardo Jorge" (in Portuguese). Valor Econômico. Retrieved 8 September 2018.