Sustainability Network

The Sustainability Network (Portuguese: Rede Sustentabilidade, REDE) is a Brazilian political party[1][5] founded in 2013 by Marina Silva, a Brazilian politician from Acre.[6]

Sustainability Network

Rede Sustentabilidade
AbbreviationREDE[1]
SpokespersonPedro Ivo Batista
Laís Garcia
Founded16 February 2013 (2013-02-16)
HeadquartersBrasília
IdeologyGreen politics
Progressivism
Environmentalism[2][3][4]
Third Way
Anti-corruption[2][3]
Political positionCentre[2][3] to centre-left[4]
TSE identification number18
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies
1 / 513
Seats in the Senate
3 / 81
Website
https://redesustentabilidade.org.br/

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.[7]

The Sustainability Network has 19,090 members as of January 2017.[8]

For the Brazilian general election of 2018 REDE formed with the Green Party the coalition United to transform Brazil, in support of Marina Silva.[9]

References

  1. "Rede Sustentabilidade". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  2. Paraguassu, Lisandra; Brito, Ricardo (July 6, 2018). "Marina Silva counts on Brazil anti-graft wave in threadbare campaign". Reuters U.S. Brazilia: Reuters. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  3. "Bello" column (7 September 2017). "The Appeal of Macronismo in Latin America: Rebuilding the Radical Centre". The Economist, vol. 424, no. 9057, p. 34 (U.S. edition). Print edition uses the sub-title only. Author of the "Bello" column was identified in the online masthead as journalist Michael Reid.
  4. "Brazil's most popular politician, Lula, won't be on the October presidential ballot. Here's what comes next". Washington Post. September 5, 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  5. "Seja mais um elo da Rede Sustentabilidade!". www.redesustentabilidade.org.br (in Portuguese).
  6. "Brazil's Marina Silva launches 'sustainability party'". BBC. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  7. "TSE registra Rede Sustentabilidade, partido fundado por Marina Silva". 22 September 2015.
  8. "Eleitores filiados". inter04.tse.jus.br.
  9. Ribeiro, Marcelo; Peron, Isadora (4 August 2018). "Rede aprova por aclamação chapa Marina Silva-Eduardo Jorge" (in Portuguese). Valor Econômico. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
Preceded by
17 – SLP (PSL)
Numbers of Brazilian Official Political Parties
18 – NETWORK (REDE)
Succeeded by
19 – PODE


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