Sustainability Network

Image:Marina Silva Candidatura.jpg, the main leader of Rede Sustentabilidade.{{Cite web |url=http://www.capitalteresina.com.br/noticias/politica/marina-silva-apresenta-rede-sustentabilidade-em-teresina-1296.html |title=Marina Silva presents Rede Sustentabilidade in Teresina |website=Capital Teresina |author=Lyza Freitas |date=June 20, 2013 |access-date=April 24, 2015}}|left|258x258px]]

Marina Silva, former Minister of the Environment and former senator, ran for president in the 2010 presidential election for the Green Party (PV).{{Cite web |url=http://www.ebc.com.br/noticias/eleicoes-2014/2014/08/marina-silva-e-a-nova-candidata-a-presidencia-pelo-psb |title=Marina Silva takes on Eduardo Campos' legacy and runs for President for PSB |website=Agência Brasil |date=August 20, 2014 |access-date=April 24, 2015}} She received 19.6 million votes and came in third place.{{Cite web |url=http://eleicoes.terra.com.br/apuracao/2010/1turno/presidente/ |title=First round: President |website=Terra |date= |access-date=April 24, 2015}} In June 2011, Marina left the Green Party with the intention of creating a new political party.{{Cite web |url=http://revistaepoca.globo.com/Revista/Epoca/0,,EMI243893-15223,00-MARINA+PEDE+PARA+SAIR+DO+PV.html |title=Marina asks to leave the PV |website=Época |author=Mariana Sanches |date=June 25, 2011 |access-date=April 24, 2015}} In his farewell announcement from the party, he declared: "The experience in the PV served to feel to what extent the Brazilian political system is hardened and incapable of opening up to its own renewal."{{Cite web |url=http://g1.globo.com/jornal-nacional/noticia/2011/07/marina-silva-deixa-partido-verde-e-diz-que-vai-criar-novo-movimento.html |title=Marina Silva leaves the Green Party and says she will create a new movement |website=Jornal Nacional |date=July 7, 2011 |access-date=April 24, 2015}}

In early November 2011, Marina began to consolidate her political project for the 2012 and 2014 elections.{{Cite web |url=http://veja.abril.com.br/noticia/brasil/marina-quer-partido-para-atuar-ja-em-2012 |title=Marina Silva wants a party to act already in 2012 |website=Veja |date=November 2, 2011 |access-date=April 24, 2015}} The Movement for a New Politics, created by Marina with the declared goal of encouraging discussions about new ways of doing politics, was considered a "precursor to a future party" of the former presidential candidate.{{cite web|access-date=April 24, 2015 |author=Fernanda Krakovics |date=November 17, 2012 |website=O Globo |title=Success of 2010, Marina Silva is still directionless for 2014 |url=http://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/sucesso-de-2010-marina-silva-ainda-esta-sem-rumo-para-2014-6760036}} Officially, Marina declared that the movement had no partisan or electoral objectives.

In the 2012 municipal elections, Marina declared support for candidates from different parties, such as the Workers' Party (PT), the Democratic Labor Party (PDT), and the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB). In November of that year, the newspaper O Globo published an article stating that Marina was "adrift for 2014" and that she was facing difficulties in creating her new party. When asked by O Globo about the creation of a new party, she stated: "This is under discussion, people are pressuring, but I have many doubts about this outcome." A party is not created solely for the purpose of an election, but rather for a project, and it only makes sense if that project meets the challenges of the 21st century.

The Sustainability Network party was officially founded on February 16, 2013, at a meeting, named the National Meeting of the Pro-Party Network, it happened in Brasília.{{cite web |url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2013/02/novo-partido-de-marina-silva-vai-se-chamar-rede-sustentabilidade.html |title=Marina Silva leaves Green Party and says she will create new movement |website=G1 |author=Iara Lemos |date=February 16, 2013 |access-date=April 24, 2015}} the event was attended by former senator and councilor of Maceió Heloísa Helena, deputies Alfredo Sirkis, Walter Feldman, Domingos Dutra, from the councilor of the city of São Paulo Ricardo Young, from the councilor ex-PCB, Nelson Souza{{cite web |last=|date = October 29, 2013 |title=fight that follows! PCB lives and strengthens in Amapá! |url=http://pcb.org.br/portal2/5608}} and the Secretary of Environment and sustainability of Pernambuco Sérgio Xavier, among others.

The founding event of the network received the slogan "Pro-Party Network" and was attended by about 1.5 thousand people.{{cite web |url=http://www.ebc.com.br/news/politics/2013/02/marina-silva-lanca-embriao-de-um-novo-partido-politico |title=Marina Silva lança embrião de um novo partido Politico |website=EBC |author=Iolando Lourenço|date=February 16, 2013 |access-date=April 24, 2015}}{{cite web |date=February 16, 2013|access-date=April 24, 2015 |title=Marina Silva launches the Sustainability Network Party |url=http://epocanegocios.globo.com/Informacao/Acao/noticia/2013/02/marina-silva-lanca-o-partido-rede-sustentabilidade.html |website=época Negócios}}{{cite web |url=http://www.amazoniadagente.com.br |p=11077 |title=Sustainability Network is Marina Silva's new party |website=Amazônia da gente |date=February 16, 2013|access-date=April 24, 2015}} when the network was founded, Marina was already announced as a possible candidate by the Sustainability Network for the presidency of the Republic in the 2014 elections.{{cite web |title=Marina Silva says new party focus is not 2014 election |website=Reuters |date=February 16, 2013 |access-date = April 24, 2015 |url=http://br.reuters.com/article/topNews/idBRSPE91F01X20130216}}{{cite web |date=February 16, 2013 |access-date=April 24, 2015 |url=http://www.bemparana.com.br/noticia/247184/ex-senadora-marina-silva-disse-que-candidatura-em-2014-e-uma-possibility |title=former senator Marina Silva says candidacy in 2014 is a possibility |website=bemparana.com.br}}

In an interview with Roda Viva, Marina denied that she was creating the network only to run for President. She said a run for the presidency was only a possibility and that final registration depended on a "legal battle."{{cite web |url=http://epocanegocios.globo.com/Informacao/Acao/noticia/2013/02/marina-nega-que-novo-partido-vise-presidencia.html |title=Marina denies that new party aims for the presidency |website=época Negócios |date=February 19, 2013 |access-date=April 24, 2015}}

The name "network "was chosen through suggestions made on"internet" forums.{{cite web |date=February 16, 2013 |url=http://congressoemfoco.uol.com.br/noticias/marina-silva-cria-partido-rede-sustentabilidade/ |title=Marina Silva creates party 'Sustainability Network' |access-date=April 24, 2015 |website=Congress in focus/author=Fábio Góis}} a small group formed by supporters evaluated the suggestions and chose the one they considered the most appropriate name.{{cite web |date=February 7, 2013 |access-date=April 24, 2015 |website=Ig |author=Ricardo Galhardo |url=http://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/politica/2013-02-07/partido-de-marina-vai-se-chamar-rede.html |title=Marina's party will be called Rede}} according to Marina Silva, "the name we are going to register is network because we are going to be a network that dialogues with different sectors of society."{{cite web |author=Luciana Cobucci |date=February 16, 2013 |url=http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/politica/partido-de-marina-silva-vai-se-chamar-rede-sustentabilidade,2a1b3308644ec310VgnVCM5000009ccceb0arcrd.html |title=Marina Silva's party will be called Sustainability Network |access-date=April 24, 2015 |website=Earth}} still according to her, the "network" also represents that technological networks will be used, institutions to convey the ideas of the party.{{cite web|url=http://noticias.r7.com/eleicoes-2014/novo-partido-de-marina-silva-vai-se-chamar-rede-sustentabilidade-14062014|title=Marina Silva's new party will be called Sustainability Network|date=February 16, 2013 |access-date=April 24, 2015 |website=R7 |author=Marina Marquez}}

File:Mutirão de assinaturas da Rede Sustentabilidade no Masp.jpg, February 2013.]]

The network believed that by May 2013 it would be possible to reach the five hundred thousand signatures required by the Superior Electoral Court (Tse) to officially become a party and contest the 2014 elections. The movement wished to collect the necessary signatures in at least nine Federative units for the Superior Electoral Court to grant its legal registration.{{cite web |url=http://g1.globo.com/ac/acre/noticia/2013/02/apoiadores-do-partido-de-marina-silva-faz-sua-primeira-reuniao-no-acre.html |title=supporters of Marina Silva's party hold their first meeting in Acre|website=G1|author=Veriana Ribeiro|date=February 20, 2013| access-date=April 24, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2013/02/tres-deputados-manifestam-intencao-de-aderir-partido-de-marina-silva.html|title=three deputies express intention to join Marina Silva's party|website=G1| author = Fabiano Costa and Iara Lemos| date=15 February 2013|access-date=24 April 2015}} the deadline for the creation of new parties intending to run in the 2014 elections was 5 October 2013.{{cite web |url=http://g1.globo.com/ac/acre/noticia/2013/10/termina-sabado-prazo-para-filiacoes-para-concorrer-eleicoes-em-2014.html|title = ends Saturday deadline for affiliations to run for elections in 2014|website=G1| author=Veriana Ribeiro| date=October 4, 2013| access-date=April 24, 2015}}

In June 2013, the network announced that it already had more than half a million signatures to register with the Electoral Justice. To ensure the viability of the process, the organizers sought to obtain a margin of safety of three hundred thousand more collected names. The estimate was that there could be a loss of up to 40% of Subscriptions.{{cite web|url=http://congressoemfoco.uol.com.br/news/Marina-silva-party-announces-500-thousand-signatures| title=Marina Silva's Party announces 500 thousand signatures|website=Congress in focus| author=Mario Coelho |date=June 14, 2013 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}

Meanwhile, in the first half of 2013, a bill 4470 of 2012 defended by the government aimed to inhibit the creation of new parties in Brazil, restricting their access to party fund money and free propaganda time on radio and television.{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2013/06/relator-vota-no-stf-para-arquivar-projeto-que-inibe-novos-partidos.html| title=Rapporteur votes in the STF to archive project that inhibits new parties|website=G1| author=Mariana Oliveira| date=June 13, 2013|access-date=April 24, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www2.camara.leg.br/camaranoticias/noticias/POLITICA/440885-CAMARA-APROVA-RESTRICOES-A-NOVOS-PARTIDOS-PROJETO-VAI-AO-SENADO.html |title=House approves restrictions on new parties; project goes to the Senate|website=Chamber of Deputies of Brazil |date=April 23, 2013| access-date=April 25, 2015}} on April 23, the Chamber of Deputies approved the bill by 188-74.{{cite web |url=http://congressoemfoco.uol.com.br/noticias/camara-emperra-criacao-de-partidos-politicos/ |title=Câmara emperra criaçao de partidos políticos |website=Congresso em Foco |author=Mario Coelho |date=23 April 2013 |access-date=24 April 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.camara.gov.br/proposicoesweb/fichadetramitacao?idproposicao=556261 |title=PL 4470/2012 |website=Chamber of Deputies of Brazil |author= |date= |access-date=April 24, 2015}} in June, the matter ended up in the Supreme Federal Court (STF), where Minister Gilmar Mendes stated that the bill going through the National Congress was an initiative to prevent Marina Silva's candidacy for the presidency in 2014 and called it "anti-Marina Silva".{{cite web |url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2013/06/gilmar-mendes-chama-de-anti-marina-silva-projeto-que-inibe-novos-partidos.html|title=Mendes calls' anti-Marina Silva ' project that inhibits new parties|website=G1| author=Mariana Oliveira| date=June 13, 2013| access-date=April 24, 2015}} the STF reached interfere in the project that was pending in Congress, with an injunction granted by Gilmar.{{cite web |url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2013/06/subprocuradora-diverge-de-gurgel-sobre-regra-que-inibe-novos-partidos.html|title=prosecutor diverges from Gurgel on project that inhibits new parties|website=G1| author=Mariana Oliveira| date=June 5, 2013| access-date=April 24, 2015}}

On the possibility of filing the bill and on the vote of Minister Gilmar Mendes, rapporteur who defended the filing, Marina stated: "in fact, the vote of the rapporteur tries to repair the casualism and the real trampling that was the legislative process in voting on this law, establishing that there is a disrespect for our Constitution and also our democracy. The vote establishes the right of minorities to also be able to organize and the freedom of party organization."{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2013/06/marina-diz-que-ja-tem-assinaturas-necessarias-para-criar-novo-partido.html| title=Marina says she has enough signatures to register a new party|website=G1| author=Mariana Oliveira |date=June 12, 2013|access-date=April 24, 2015}}file:Membros da Rede Sustentabilidade durante a sessão do Tribunal Superior Eleitoral.JPG

However, in June, the full Supreme Court overturned the injunction granted, and Congress could again discuss the processing of the project.{{cite web|url=http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/nacional,congresso-vai-poder-retomar-votacao-de-projeto-que-inibe-criacao-de-partidos,1042153,0.htm?| title=Congress will be able to resume voting on a project that inhibits the creation of parties |website=the state of S. Paulo| author=Mariângela Gallucci |date=June 13, 2013|access-date=April 24, 2015}} some parliamentarians criticized the project, stating that it was unconstitutional and that it could not be valid for the 2014 elections.{{cite web |url=http://www2.camara.leg.br/camaranoticias/noticias/POLITICA/454103-SENADO-APROVA-RESTRICOES-A-NOVOS-PARTIDOS-PROJETO-SEGUE-PARA-SANCAO-PRESIDENCIAL.html |title=Senate approves restrictions on new parties; project follows for presidential sanction|website=Chamber of Deputies of Brazil |date=October 8, 2013| access-date=April 24, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/politica/2013-10-08/senado-aprova-projeto-de-lei-que-inibe-a-criacao-de-partidos.html| title=Senate approves bill that inhibits the creation of parties|website=Ig| date=October 8, 2013| access-date=April 24, 2015}} after approval by the Senado Federal, President Dilma Rousseff sanctioned PL 4470/12 at the end of October 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www2.camara.leg.br/camaranoticias/noticias/POLITICA/456085-LEI-QUE-INIBE-CRIACAO-DE-PARTIDOS-E-SANCIONADA-SEM-VETOS.html| title=law that inhibits the creation of parties is sanctioned without vetoes|website=Chamber of Deputies of Brazil| author = José Carlos Oliveira| date=October 31, 2013| access-date=April 24, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2013/10/dilma-sanciona-projeto-que-inibe-criacao-de-novos-partidos-politicos.html|title=Dilma sanciona project that inhibits the creation of new political parties|website=G1|date=October 31, 2013|access-date=April 24, 2015}}

On 3 October 2013, the Superior Electoral Court denied registration to the party with six votes against and one in favor.{{cite web|url=http://memoria.ebc.com.br/agenciabrasil/noticia/2013-10-03/maioria-do-tse-nega-registro-ao-partido-rede-Sustainability |title=majority of the TSE denies registration to the Sustainability Network Party |website=Agência Brasil |author=André Richter |date=October 3, 2013 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2013/10/03/interna_politica,456067/rede-sustentabilidade-de-marina-silva-tem-registro-negado-pelo-tse.shtml |title=Marina Silva Sustainability Network has registration denied by the TSE |website=on |date=October 3, 2013|access-date=April 25, 2015}} as justification, the ministers stated that the network had not reached the objective that the electoral justice requires to collect 492 thousand signatures, since many of them were challenged by the electoral registry offices.{{cite web |url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2013/10/por-6-1-tse-barra-partido-de-marina-silva-nas-eleicoes-de-2014.html |title=by 6 to 1, TSE barra Marina Silva's party in the 2014 elections |website=G1 |author=Mariana Oliveira and Nathalia Passarinho |date=October 3, 2013 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/politica/tse-nega-pedido-de-registro-do-partido-de-marina-silva,f3550df1cb081410VgnVCM5000009ccceb0aRCRD.html |title=TSE denies Marina Silva's party registration request |website=Terra |author=Gustavo Gantois |date=October 3, 2013 |access-date=April 25, 2015}} 442,525 signatures were validated, thus missing another 49 thousand to reach the required minimum.{{cite web |url=http://congressoemfoco.uol.com.br/news/Sustainability-Network-resumes-collection-of-signatures/ |title=Sustainability-Network-resumes-collection-of-signatures |website=Congress in focus |author=Mario Coelho |date=November 4, 2014 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/marina-vai-Coelho-leave-PSB-until-March-2015-when-network-for-party-14641390 |title=marina will leave PSB until March 2015, when Rede is partido |website=O Globo |author=Catarina Alencastro |date=November 24, 2014|access-date=April 25, 2015}} the court changed the "status" of the request to create the caption to "diligence", allowing the network to present more signatures.{{cite web |url=http://panelpolitico.com/Tse-nega-registro-ao-partido-rede-sustentabilidade/ |title=TSE nega registro ao partido Rede Sustentabilidade |website=political panel |date=October 4, 2013 |access-date = April 25, 2015}}

After the closing of the TSE session, Marina declared the Sustainability Network would continue to be a political project.{{cite web |url=http://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/politica/2013-10-03/maioria-no-tse-rejeita-criacao-da-rede-partido-de-marina-silva.html |title=TSE rejects network creation, Marina's party |website=Ig |date=4 October 2013 |access-date=25 April 2015}} she also stated that political party registration was "a matter of time".{{cite web |url=http://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/politica/2013-10-03/tenho-um-plano-a-e-continuo-no-plano-a-diz-marina-apos-derrota-no-tse.html |title='I have a plan A and I remain in Plan A', says Marina after defeat in the TSE |website=Ig |author=Nivaldo Souza |date=October 4, 2013 |access-date=April 25, 2015}} some parliamentarians criticized the court decision, he said the process of collecting signatures was legal.{{cite web|url=http://www.ebc.com.br/noticias/politica/2013/10/apos-derrota-no-tse-marina-anuncia-futuro-politico-as-15h |title=after defeat in the TSE, Marina announces political future at 15h |website=Agência Brasil |author=Carolina Gonçalves and Karine Melo |date=October 4, 2013 |access-date=April 25, 2015}} the network announced that it would continue seeking the registration of the political party, even without being able to contest the elections in 2014.{{cite web |url=http://noticias.bol.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/brasil/2013/10/03/apos-derrota-no-tse-marina-diz-que-plano-a-saiu-vitorioso.htm |title=after defeat in the TSE, Marina says that " plan A came out victorious |website=Bol |author = Fernanda Calgaro |date=October 3, 2013 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/politica/2013-10-04/em-nota-rede-afirma-que-mobilizacao-permanece-inabalavel.html |title=in note, Rede affirms that mobilization remains ' unshakable |website=Ig |date=October 4, 2013 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}

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Soon after the registration of the legend was rejected, seven political parties were willing to accept Marina's membership.{{cite web |url=http://economia.uol.com.br/noticias/valor-online/2013/10/03/apos-rejeicao-do-rede-marina-sinaliza-que-nao-vai-para-outro-partido.htm |title=after Network rejection, Marina signals that she will not go to another party |website=Uol |date=October 3, 2013 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.correiodopovo.com.br/Noticias/?Noticia=509044 |title=TSE denies registration to the party of former senator Marina Silva |website=Correio do Povo |date=October 3, 2013 |access-date=April 25, 2015}} a few hours before the deadline to be able to run in the 2014 elections, she announced her membership in the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB), stating that the Act would be a "symbolic affiliation" considering that the PSB recognized the network as a legitimate political party.{{cite web|date=October 5, 2013 |access-date=April 25, 2015 |url=http://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2013/10/05/marina-silva-diz-que-a-rede-e-o-primeiro-partido-clandestino-criado-na-democracia.htm |title=Marina joins the PSB, supports the candidacy of Eduardo Campos, but it does not say if it will be his vice |website=Uol |author = Edgard Matsuki}}{{cite web|date=October 5, 2013 |access-date=April 25, 2015 |url=http://politica.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,marina-criamos-1-partido-clandestino-da-democracia,1082453 |title = Marina: we created the 1st underground party of democracy |website=the state of S. Paulo |author=Débora Álvares and Ricardo Della Coletta}} Marina's affiliation was interpreted as a possible candidacy as vice president of Eduardo Campos, then governor of Pernambuco who was considered a likely candidate for president in 2014.{{cite web|url=http://noticias.terra.com.br/ciencia/marina-silva-se-filia-ao-psb-e-apoia-candidatura-de-eduardo-campos,d18ffcf032881410VgnCLD2000000ec6eb0aRCRD.html |title=Marina Silva joins the PSB and supports the candidacy of Eduardo Campos |website=Earth |date=October 5, 2013 |access-date=April 25, 2015}} Campos and Marina stated that the network was the "first clandestine party created in full democracy" and Marina also stated that she was not pleading for the candidacy of Eduardo Campos. president by PSB.{{cite web |url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2014/noticia/2013/10/marina-silva-se-filia-ao-psb-partido-de-eduardo-campos.html |title=Marina Silva joins the PSB and says she supports Campos ' candidacy |website=G1 |author = Fabiano Costa and Felipe Néri |date=October 5, 2013 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/politica/videos/marina-somos-o-1o-partido-clandestino-criado-em-plena-democracia,490361.html |title=Marina: "We are the 1st underground party created in full democracy |website=Earth |date=October 5, 2013 |access-date = April 25, 2015}}{{cite web|date=October 5, 2013 |access-date=April 25, 2015 |url=http://www.oimparcial.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2013/10/05/interna_politica,142911/somos-o-primeiro-partido-clandestino-em-plena-democracia-diz-marina.shtml |title=" we are the first underground party in full democracy", says Marina |website=the impartial}} at that time, she was in second place in polls of voting intention.{{cite web|url=http://noticias.r7.com/eleicoes-2014/marina-silva-e-eduardo-campos-anunciam-alianca-para-disputar-eleicoes-presidenciais-de-2014-14062014 |title = Marina Silva and Eduardo Campos announce alliance to contest 2014 presidential elections |website=R7 |author = Paulo Mondego |date=October 5, 2013 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}

In addition to Marina, other politicians from the network also joined the PSB and other parties.{{cite web |url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2013/10/apos-rejeicao-da-rede-miro-teixeira-anuncia-filiacao-ao-pros.html |title=after network rejection, Miro Teixeira announces affiliation to PROS |website=G1 |author=Mariana Oliveira |date=October 4, 2013 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ofluminense.com.br/editorias/politica/ex-senadora-marina-silva-anuncia-filiacao-ao-partido-socialista-Brazilian |title=Marina Silva announces affiliation to the Brazilian Socialist Party |website=O Fluminense |date=October 4, 2013 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://memoria.ebc.com.br/agenciabrasil/noticia/2013-10-05/marina-silva-filia-se-ao-psb-e-anuncia-apoio-eduardo-campos-em-2014 |title=Marina Silva joins the PSB and announces support for Eduardo Campos in 2014 |website=Agência Brasil |author=Wellton Máximo |date=October 5, 2013|access-date=April 25, 2015}} just over a hundred members joined other parties to run in the 2014 elections.{{cite web |url=http://extra.globo.com/noticias/brasil/rede-sustentabilidade-sera-29-partido-de-um-congresso-fragmentado-14292304.html |title=Rede Sustentabilidade será o 29º partido de um Congresso fragmentado |website=Extra |author=Catarina Alencastro |date=October 19, 2013 |access-date=March 9, 2025}} of these, the majority (68%) chose the PSB.{{cite web |url=http://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/politica/2014-09-06/rede-tenta-eleger-104-candidatos-em-12-partidos-de-diferentes-ideologias.html |title=network tries to elect 104 candidates in 12 parties of different ideologies |website=Ig |author=Wanderley Preite Sobrinho |date=September 6, 2014 |access-date=April 25, 2015}} the network authorized its members to support the parties they wished in the state elections and the PSB decided not to resort to party loyalty to ensure the mandates of candidates elected by the party that in the future, join the network.{{cite web|url=http://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/politica/2013-10-05/marina-silva-vai-para-o-psb-e-sera-vice-de-eduardo-campos.html |title=Marina joins the PSB with a proposal to be deputy of Eduardo Campos |website=Ig |author=Clarissa Oliveira and Wilson Lima |date=October 5, 2013 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/politica/2013-10-05/membros-da-rede-que-ficaram-sem-partido-tambem-se-filiam-ao-psb.html |title=Members of the network who left the party also joined filiam AO PSB |website=Ig |author=Wilson Lima |date=5 October 2013 |access-date=25 April 2015}}File:PSB oficializa chapa com Marina Silva e Beto Albuquerque.jpg

On April 14, 2014, Marina announced that she had accepted the invitation to be the vice-presidential candidate of Eduardo Campos, the presidential candidate in that year's presidential elections.{{cite web |date=April 14, 2014 |access-date=April 25, 2015 |url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2014/04/campos-e-marina-anunciam-chapa-do-psb-para-disputa-presidencial.html |title=PSB announces slate with Fields for president and Marina as vice |website=G1 |author=Felipe Néri and Filipe Matoso}} that month, Ibope released a poll indicating that Marina had 27% of voting intentions if she were a candidate for president, while Campos would have 10%.{{cite web |date=April 14, 2014 |access-date=April 25, 2015 |url=http://www.cartacapital.com.br/blogs/carta-nas-eleicoes/marina-silva-e-confirmada-como-vice-de-eduardo-campos-6669.html |title=Marina Silva is confirmed as deputy of Eduardo Campos |website=capital letter |author=Felipe Néri and Filipe Matoso}} in June, the Campos–Marina candidacy was made official, which also had the formal support of five other parties.{{cite web |date=June 28, 2014 |access-date=April 25, 2015 |url=http://www.jornalopcao.com.br/ultimas-noticias/psb-oficializa-candidatura-de-eduardo-campos-8609/ |title=PSB makes official candidacy of Eduardo Campos and Marina Silva |website=Jornal Opção |author=Sarah Teófilo}}{{cite web |url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2014/noticia/2014/06/saiba-de-quais-partidos-candidatos-presidente-terao-apoio-na-campanha.html |title=know which parties candidates for president will have support in the campaign |website=G1 |date=30 June 2014 |access-date=25 April 2015}}

The network and the PSB expressed divergence in relation to some state alliances, especially in São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and Paraná.{{cite web |date=June 28, 2014 |access-date=April 25, 2015 |url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2014/noticia/2014/06/psb-oficializa-neste-sabado-campos-para-presidente-e-marina-para-vice.html |title=PSB officializes this Saturday Campos for president and Marina for vice |website=G1 |author=Felipe Néri and Nathalia Passarinho}} in São Paulo, the network broke with Eduardo Campos and announced that it would not support the re-election of tucano Governor Geraldo Alckmin.{{cite web |url=http://correiodobrasil.com.br/noticias/politica/marina-rompe-alianca-por-discordar-de-acordo-entre-campos-e-alckmin/709089/ |title=Marina breaks alliance by disagreeing agreement between Campos and Alckmin |website=Correio do Povo |date=June 7, 2014 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}{{cite web |date=June 7, 2014|access-date=April 25, 2015|url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2014/noticia/2014/06/marina-diz-que-nao-seguira-alianca-do-psb-com-psdb-em-sao-paulo.html |title=Marina says that Rede no Seguir alliance of the PSB with PSDB in SP |website=G1}} at the national level there were also difficulties between the parties of the alliance. The president of the PPS, Roberto Freire, stated that "the PPS supports, but does not follow Marina Silva. She supports because she is vice president, she is with Eduardo Campos, who we support. But it does not follow Marina".{{cite web |author=Tércio Amaral |date=May 19, 2014 |access-date=April 25, 2015 |url=http://www.diariodepernambuco.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2014/05/19/interna_politica,504843/o-pps-apoia-mas-nao-segue-marina-silva-dispara-roberto-freire.shtml |title= "The PPS supports, but does not follow Marina Silva", fires Roberto Freire |website=Diário de Pernambuco}}

On August 13, Eduardo Campos died in a Cessna Citation 560 XLS+air crash in Santos.{{cite web |url=http://g1.globo.com/sp/santos-regiao/noticia/2014/08/eduardo-campos-morre-apos-queda-do-aviao-em-que-viajava.html |title=Eduardo Campos dies in Santos after the crash of the plane in which he was traveling |website=G1 |date=August 13, 2014 |access-date=April 25, 2015}} a week later, Marina was made official candidate for president by the PSB in union with the network and the other parties that supported Campos.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/portuguese/news/2014/08/140820_marina_candidatura_pai_jf |title=Marina assumes candidacy and says she will respect Campos agreements |website=BBC |author=João Fellet |date=August 20, 2014 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}{{cite web |author=Mayra Borges |date=August 21, 2014|access-date=April 25, 2015 |url=http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/politica/noticia/2014-08/marina-silva-confirmed-presidential-candidate |title = Marina Silva confirmed as presidential candidate |website=Agency Brazil}} Marina announced that she would maintain the alliances Campos had made, even those she disagreed with, but that she would not go up to the platforms of party allies in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Paraná.{{cite web |date=August 20, 2014|access-date=April 25, 2015 |url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2014/noticia/2014/08/marina-diz-que-aliancas-estaduais-estao-mantidas-mas-vai-se-preservar.html |title=Marina says state alliances are maintained, but it will be preserved |website=G1 |author=Priscilla Mendes and Filipe Matoso}} Marina's entry as a candidate for president caused disagreements in the PSB and the Coordination of the campaign was changed.{{cite web |date=August 21, 2014|access-date=April 25, 2015 |url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2014/noticia/2014/08/ela-que-va-cuidar-da-rede-dela-diz-dirigente-do-psb-sobre-marina-silva.html |title= 'let her run her network', PSB leader says about Marina Silva |website=G1 |author=Filipe Matoso and Priscilla Mendes}} in an election marked by twists and turns, she finished in third place with 22.1 million votes (21.32%).{{cite web |url=http://g1.globo.com/bom-dia-brasil/noticia/2014/10/eleicao-acirrada-foi-marcada-por-muitas-reviravoltas.html |title=close election was marked by many twists and turns |website=G1 |date=October 27, 2014 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2014/noticia/2014/10/dilma-e-aecio-decidirao-eleicao-para-presidente-no-segundo-turno.html |title=Dilma and Aécio will decide election for president in the second round |website=G1 |date=October 5, 2014|access-date=April 25, 2015}} in the second round, Marina declared support for Senator Aécio Neves (PSDB), despite internal resistance.{{cite web |author=Paulo Toledo Piza |date=October 8, 2014 |title=Marina Silva declares support for Aécio Neves in the second round |url=http://g1.globo.com/sao-paulo/eleicoes/2014/noticia/2014/10/marina-silva-declara-apoio-aecio-neves-no-segundo-turno.html |website=G1 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://oglobo.globo.com/Brazil/Rede-racha-sobre-apoio-explicito-aecio-no-segundo-turno-14178485 |title=Rede racha sobre apoio explicito a Aécio no segundo turno |website=O Globo |author=Sérgio Roxo |date = October 8, 2014 |access-date=April 25, 2015}} Marina's support for Aécio generated friction in the network, causing the departure of some members, including members of the National Directorate and state representatives.{{cite web |url=http://eleicoes.uol.com.br/2014/noticias/2014/10/13/apos-rachar-psb-apoio-de-marina-a-aecio-provoca-saida-de-membros-da-rede.htm |title=after cracking PSB, support of Marina to Aécio causes departure of members of the network |website=Uol |author=Guilherme Balza |date=October 13, 2014 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/alianca-de-marina-com-Aecio-causa-atritos-na-rede-14227684 |title=Alliance of Marina with Aécio causa atritos on the network |website=O Globo |author=Marco Grillo |date=October 12, 2014 |access-date=April 25, 2015}} officially, the network announced that it released the militants to vote for Aécio, blank or null.{{cite web |url=http://g1.globo.com/jornal-da-globo/noticia/2014/10/rede-sustentabilidade-recomenda-votar-em-aecio-em-branco-ou-nulo.html |title=Sustainability Network recommends voting for Aécio, blank or null |website=G1 |author=Michelle Barros |date=October 9, 2014 |access-date=April 25, 2015}} however, some members stated that Aécio and Dilma did not represent the group and that they would remain independent in the second round.{{cite web |date=10 October 2014 |url=http://g1.globo.com/sao-paulo/eleicoes/2014/noticia/2014/10/marina-esta-tranquila-sobre-apoio-no-segundo-turno-diz-feldman.html |title=Rede diz que projetos De Aécio e Dilma não representar grupo |website=G1 |author=Filipe Matoso e Tahiane Stochero |access-date=25 April 2015}}

In early November 2014, the Sustainability Network returned to collect signatures with the goal of reaching a new one hundred thousand supports by the end of that year.{{cite web |url=http://blogs.ne10.uol.com.br/jamildo/2014/11/04/rede-volta-coletar-assinaturas-e-quer-registro-ate-maio-de-2015/ |title=Rede returns to collect signatures and wants registration until May 2015 |website=Uol |author=Jamildo Melo |date=November 4, 2014 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}{{cite web |author=Elton Roza |date=November 4, 2014|access-date=April 25, 2015 |url=http://www.folhadoes.com/noticia/2014/11/04/rede-sustentabilidade-retoma-coleta-de-assinaturas-para-criacao-do-partido.html |title=Network Sustainability resumes collection of signatures to create the party |website=Folha do ES}} at the time, the movement announced that it intended to launch its own candidacies in the main capitals of the country in the 2016 elections.{{cite web |url=http://www.diariodepernambuco.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2015/03/30/interna_politica,568866/para-rede-sustentabilidade-nova-lei-nao-sera-obstaculo.shtml |title=for Sustainability Network, new law will not be an obstacle |website=Diário de Pernambuco |date=March 30, 2015 |access-date=April 25, 2015}} as of January 2015, the network began holding rallies across the country to collect more signatures.{{cite web |date=27 January 2015 |access-date=25 April 2015 |url=http://www.diariodepernambuco.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2015/01/27/interna_politica,557149/rede-sustentabilidade-realiza-mutiroes-de-coleta-de-assinaturas.shtml |title=Rede Sustentabilidade realiza mutirões de colecção de signatures |website=Diário de Pernambuco |author=Cláudia Ferreira}} In March 2015, spokesman Basileu Margarido said the network had reached the number of sufficient signatures to register with the TSE.{{cite web |url=http://www.bocaonews.com.br/noticias/principal/politica/110117,partido-de-marina-silva-ja-possui-assinaturas-suficientes-para-registo-no-tse.html |title=Marina Silva's Party already has enough signatures to register in the TSE |website=Bocão News |date=March 29, 2015 |access-date=April 25, 2015}} that same month, the minister of the TSE, Dias Toffoli, at the request of the network, unarchived the registration process.{{cite web |url=http://www.valor.com.br/policy/3965998/rede-pede-a-tse-que-desarquive-proceso-de-registro |title=Rede pede a TSE que desarquive proceso de registro |website=Valor |date=March 20, 2015 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}

In April 2015, the network announced through a note that the former president of the STF Sepúlveda Pertenece would monitor the processing of the registration application, replacing Torquato Jardim, former minister of the TSE.{{cite web |date=April 24, 2015 |access-date=April 25, 2015 |url=http://www.redebrasilatual.com.br/politica/2015/04/ex-ministro-do-stf-assume-processo-de-pedido-de-registro-da-rede-junto-ao-tse-1563.html |title=Ex - Minister of the STF assumes process of application for registration of the network in the TSE |website=Rede Brasil actual}}{{cite web |date=23 April 2015 |access-date=25 April 2015 |url=http://www.jornaldebrasilia.com.br/noticias/politica-e-poder/616046/sepulveda-pertence-defendera-registro-da-rede-sustentabilidade-no-tse/ |title=Sepúlveda belongs to the Sustainability Network registry at TSE |website=Jornal de Brasília}}{{cite web|url=http://noticias.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/agencia-estado/2015/04/23/sepulveda-pertence-defendera-registro-da-rede-sustentabilidade-no-tse.htm |title=Sepúlveda belongs to the Sustainability Network registry in the TSE|website=Uol|date=April 23, 2015|access-date=April 25, 2015}} He said he had not yet confirmed whether he would defend the network in court.{{cite web |url=http://www.diariodopoder.com.br/noticia.php?i=30744180096|title=belongs denies contract to defend the network|website=Diário do Poder|date=April 25, 2015 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}

In accordance with law 4470/12, at the time it is made official, the association will not be immediately entitled to television time and party funds.{{cite web |url=http://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/rede-sustentabilidade-fara-novo-pedido-de-registro-ao-tse-ate-marco-15158280 |title=Sustainability Network will make a new registration request to the TSE until March |website=O Globo |author=Juliana Castro |date=January 26, 2015 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.cearaagora.com.br/site/2015/01/rede-sustentabilidade-fara-novo-pedido-de-registro-ao-tse-ate-marco/ |title=Sustainability Network will make a new registration request to the TSE until March |website=Ceará now |date=January 27, 2015 |access-date=April 25, 2015}} if the movement did not achieve registration by October 2015, it could not participate as a party in the 2016 municipal elections.{{cite web |url=http://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2015/04/23/interna_politica,640611/sepulveda-pertence-defendera-registro-da-rede-sustentabilidade-no-tse.shtml |title=Sepúlveda belongs to the Sustainability Network registry at TSE |website=on |date=April 23, 2015 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2015/03/29/internas_polbraeco,477499/rede-sustentabilidade-diz-que-registro-chega-ate-o-fim-de-abril.shtml |title=Network Sustainability says registration arrives by the end of April |website=Correio Braziliense |author=Andre Shalders |date=March 29, 2015 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}

Although the most present members of the network affirm that the objective of the group is to transform the movement into a political party, there is a current of members who advocate the Union of the network with other existing parties to form a medium-sized political force. The ala advocates that the network join the PSB, PPS, PV and the other parties that supported Marina in 2014.{{cite web |url =http://extra.globo.com/noticias/brasil/rede-sustentabilidade-volta-colher-assinaturas-planeja-coalizao-14293826.html |title=Rede Sustentabilidade returns to collect signatures and plans Coalition |website=Extra |author = Catarina Alencastro |author2=Junia Gama |author3=Julianna Granjeia|date = October 19, 2014 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}

On September 22, 2015, the Sustainability Network obtained its definitive registration in the TSE and received the number 18.{{cite web |date=September 22, 2015 |access-date=September 30, 2015 |url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2015/09/tse-registra-rede-sustentabilidade-partido-fundado-por-marina-silva.html |title=Tse registers Sustainability Network, party founded by Marina Silva |website=G1 |author=Renan Ramalho}} in the same week, six congressmen joined the new party: Senator Randolfe Rodrigues (AP, ex-PSOL), and deputies Miro Teixeira (RJ, ex-PROS), Alessandro Molon (RJ, ex-PT), Ariel Machado (PR, ex-PCdoB), João Derly (RS, ex-PCdoB) and Deputy Eliziane Gama (MA, ex-PPS). With this, the network gained the "status" of a bench in the Chamber of Deputies.{{cite web |url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2015/09/senador-randolfe-rodrigues-anuncia-filiacao-rede-sustentabilidade.html |title=Senator Randolfe Rodrigues announces affiliation to the Sustainability Network |website=G1 |date=September 28, 2015 |access-date=September 30, 2015}}{{cite web |date=September 28, 2015 |access-date=September 30, 2015 |url=http://zh.clicrbs.com.br/rs/noticias/noticia/2015/09/deputado-joao-derly-troca-pc-do-b-pela-rede-sustentabilidade-4858301.html |title = Deputy João Derly exchanges PC do B for the Sustainability Network |website=Zero Hour |author= Guilherme Mazui}}{{cite web |title = Eliziane Gama joins Marina Silva's Sustainability Network|url=http://imirante.com/oestadoma/noticias/2015/09/30/eliziane-gama-se-filia-a-rede-de-sustentabilidade.shtml |access-date=2015-10-02}}

The network was the author of the lawsuit that asks defendants to leave the presidential line of succession of the Republic,{{cite web |title=STF judges action that questions whether defendant may be in the line of succession to the presidency/author=Beatriz Bulla |url=http://politica.estadao.com.br/blogs/fausto-macedo/ao-vivo-stf-julga-acao-que-questiona-se-um-reu-pode-estar-na-linha-sucessoria-da-presidencia/ |publisher=Estadão |access-date=December 5, 2016}} which was accepted on November 3, 2016 by the Supreme Federal Court (STF). The rapporteur of the action, Minister Marco Aurélio, initiated the vote in favor of the Prohibition of defendants to occupy the positions of the succession line of the presidency of the Republic. "Those who appear as a defendant in a criminal case in the Supreme Court cannot hold office whose constitutional duties include replacing the president of the Republic," the rapporteur said. The rapporteur's vote was followed by the majority of the ministers of the Supreme.{{cite web |url=http://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2016/11/03/stf-julga-se-reus-podem-ser-presidentes-da-camara-ou-do-senado.htm |publisher=UOL |title=majority of the Supreme Court votes that defendants can not be in the line of succession to the presidency |author=Felipe Amorim}}

In December 2016, the network called for the removal of Senate President Renan Calheiros, from the presidency,{{cite web|access-date=December 5, 2016 |title=network calls for Renan's removal from the Senate presidency |date=December 4, 2016 |website=O POVO |url=http://www.opovo.com.br/noticias/politica/ae/2016/12/rede-pede-afastamento-de-renan-da-presidencia-do-senado.html}} based on the action on succession to the presidency, decided by the STF on November 3, 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2016/12/03/interna_politica,829598/ministros-do-stf-concordam-que-reus-nao-podem-estar-em-linha-sucessori.shtml |publisher=Estado de Minas |access-date=December 5, 2016 |title=STF ministers agree that defendants cannot be in line to succeed the presidency; process threatens Renan}} on December 5, 2016, the minister of the STF Marco Aurélio Mello decided in an injunction to remove Renan Calheiros from the Senate presidency, at the request of the network.{{cite web |url=http://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2016/12/05/ministro-do-stf-manda-afastar-renan-do-senado.htm |publisher=Uol |date=December 5, 2016 |access-date=December 5, 2016 |title=minister of the STF removes Renan from the Senate |author=Felipe Amorim}}{{cite web |url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/ministro-do-stf-afasta-renan-da-presidencia-do-senado.ghtml |publisher=Globo.com |work=G1 |date=December 5, 2016 |access-date=December 5, 2016 |title=STF Minister removes Renan from Senate presidency}}

In 2017, the party launches the "Lava Voto" campaign, whose name alludes to Operation Lava Jato. The objective of the campaign was to encourage voters to vote only for candidates without political scandals and who had not rejected the immediate continuation of the first denunciation for common crime against President Michel Temer. However, the video of the proposal did not address the politicians affiliated with the party and who are having problems in the Justice.{{cite Journal |last=Menezes |first=Luiz Fernando|date=4 September 2017 |title=Rede launches movement for ficha limpa, but does not mention its pending in court|journal=Aos Fatos|url=https://aosfatos.org/noticias/rede-lanca-movimento-por-ficha-limpa-mas-nao-menciona-suas-pendencias-na-justica/}} in May 2017, the network filed with the House Ethics Committee, a request for Cassation for breach of parliamentary decorum by Senator Aécio Neves, involved in the corruption scheme reported by businessman Joesley Batista, owner of JBS. By precautionary measure, the Supreme Court (STF) determined the removal of Aécio from the position of Senator. And on June 12, 2017, the network filed a request with the Supreme Federal Court to annul the judgment of the Dilma–Temer ticket Cassation process in the Superior Electoral Court (TSE). The caption asked that a new trial be made, this time taking into account the information from the allegations of former Odebrecht executives.{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/rede-pede-ao-supremo-para-anular-julgamento-da-chapa-dilma-temer-no-tse.ghtml|date=June 12, 2017 |access-date=June 12, 2017 |work=G1 |title=Network asks the Supreme Court to annul the trial of the Dilma-Temer ticket in the TSE |author=Bernardo Caram}}

In the municipal elections of 2020, the party elects 5 mayors and 144 councilors, without electing any mayor in the Capitals as in the previous municipal election where Clécio Luís was re-elected in Macapá.

In the general elections in 2022 only 2 federal deputies were elected together with the PSOL which elected 12 totaling 14 in the Federation.{{cite web|title=PL elects largest bench of the Chamber of Deputies for 2023 |access-date=2022-10-08 |website=G1 |language=en |url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2020/eleicao-em-numeros/noticia/2022/10/03/perfil-bancada-eleita-camara-dos-deputados.ghtml}}

In the 2024 Brazilian municipal elections, the party elected 4 mayors and 172 councilors, without electing any mayor in the Capitals. Councillors were elected in the capitals of São Paulo, Macapá, Belém, Natal and Aracaju. In other capitals, the Sustainability Network figured in the first supplència, as in Belo Horizonte, Curitiba and Salvador.{{cite web|url=https://www.poder360.com.br/poder-eleicoes/saiba-quantos-votos-cada-partido-teve-para-vereador-em-2024/|title=find out how many votes each party had for alderman in 2024.|date=October 8, 2024 |access-date=October 8, 2024 |website=Poder360 |author=Rafael Barbosa}}{{cite web|url=https://www.poder360.com.br/poder-eleicoes/psd-passa-mdb-e-lidera-ranking-de-prefeitos-eleitos-no-brasil/|title=PSD passes MDB and leads ranking of elected mayors in Brazil |date=October 7, 2024 |access-date=October 7, 2024 |website=Power360}}

The party has been described as left-wing,{{Cite news |date=2016-12-05 |title=Brazil corruption: Senate head Renan Calheiros ordered to resign |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38216919 |access-date=2025-02-05 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB |quote=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.}}{{Cite journal |last=Tarouco |first=Gabriela |date=2024-09-16 |title=Brazilian Parties in the XXI Century and the Conservative Agenda of the New Right |url=https://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/desafios/article/view/13806 |journal=Desafíos |language=en |volume=36 |issue=2 |pages=1–24 |doi=10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/desafios/a.13806 |issn=2145-5112 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250121161024/https://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/desafios/article/view/13806 |archive-date=2025-01-21 |quote=See the table}}{{Cite book |last=Bogéa |first=Daniel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ABQuEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Rede+Sustentabilidade%22%22esquerda%22&pg=PT93 |title=Partidos Políticos e STF: Decifrando a Simbiose Institucional |date=2021-05-13 |publisher=Editora Appris |isbn=978-65-250-0345-0 |language=pt-BR |quote=No campo da esquerda, foi criada a Rede Sustentabilidade.}} centre-left,{{Cite book |last=Domingues |first=José Maurício |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1yNhDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Rede+Sustentabilidade%22%22centro+esquerda%22&pg=PA53 |title=Esquerda: Crise e Futuro |date=2018-06-21 |publisher=Mauad X |isbn=978-85-7478-902-6 |language=pt-BR |quote=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).}}{{Cite web |title=Brazil: Bolsonaro's pardon of ally draws opposition challenges |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/22/brazils-bolsonaro-pardons-ally-convicted-of-hate-speech |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |quote=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"}}{{Cite news |date=2018-08-04 |title=Lula: Brazil ex-president nominated for poll despite jail term |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45072660 |access-date=2025-02-05 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB |quote=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.}} centrist{{Cite journal |last1=Eduardo |first1=Maria Cecilia |last2=Santos |first2=Maria Helena |last3=Teixeira |first3=Ana Lúcia |date=August 2023 |title=Gender and Politics: A Descriptive and Comparative Analysis of the Statutes of Brazilian and Portuguese Political Parties |journal=Social Sciences |language=en |volume=12 |issue=8 |page=434 |doi=10.3390/socsci12080434 |doi-access=free |issn=2076-0760 |quote=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.|hdl=10071/29289 |hdl-access=free }}{{Cite journal |date=May 6, 2022 |title=Brazilian Electoral Bulletin 2022 |url=https://www.braziloffice.org/campaigns/view-campaign/3Cr3BcCcZNfslVusPicWnj9l_ye50Z7Ay2W3I-YDvdoGBcD0riXdq3mEN2B2J5J3-CY579oj7OI1_lvF9wB9KDKvgcbUzwoq |journal=Washington Brazil Office |volume=13 |issue= |quote=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).}} and centre-right.{{Cite journal |last=Fernandes |first=Sabrina |date=2017 |title=Crisis of Praxis: Depoliticization and Leftist Fragmentation in Brazil |journal=Carleton University |location=Ottawa, Ontario |doi=10.22215/etd/2017-11812 |s2cid=158741981 |quote=For instance, the MES has taken on a more ultra-leftist position regarding the impeachment crisis, which will be approached in detail in Chapter 5 in the ultra-political context, but promotes enough flexibility for electoral coalitions to consider alliances with centre-right parties such as REDE.}}{{Cite web |last=Foggin |first=Sophie |date=2018-04-16 |title=What will Lula's imprisonment mean for October's presidential elections? |url=https://www.brazilreports.com/what-will-lulas-imprisonment-mean-for-octobers-presidential-elections/705/ |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=Brazil Reports |language=en |quote=Other politicians in the running include centre-right Rede Sustentabilidade candidate Mariana Silva, with a 13% popularity rating, who campaigns for the protection of the environment and sustainable development.}} The party supports green capitalism with a strong emphasis on environmentalist measures, as its main issue.{{Cite book |last=Latham |first=Robert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TQF0EAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Rede+Sustentabilidade%22%22green%22&pg=PT90 |title=Challenging the Right, Augmenting the Left: Recasting Leftist Imagination |date=2020-04-08 |publisher=Fernwood Publishing |isbn=978-1-77363-230-8 |language=en |quote=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.}} At economic issues, the party has been described as being in favour of a neoliberal system and on the right-wing of the political spectrum.{{Cite journal |last1=Contrera |first1=Flávio |last2=Hebling |first2=Matheus Lucas |date=December 2021 |title=Perspectivas ideológicas em política externa nas eleições presidenciais brasileiras de 2018 |url=https://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1665-85742021000200069 |journal=Latinoamérica. Revista de estudios Latinoamericanos |language=pt |issue=73 |pages=69–102 |doi=10.22201/cialc.24486914e.2022.73.57257 |doi-broken-date=22 February 2025 |issn=1665-8574 |quote=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). [...] Os resultados das estimações apontaram os posicionamentos do PSTU à extrema-esquerda, do PSOL e do PPL à esquerda, do PT à centro-esquerda, do PATRIOTA e do DC ao centro, do PDT e do PSDB à centro-direita, e da REDE, NOVO, MDB, PSL e PODEMOS à direita. |trans-quote=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 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). [...] The results of the estimates indicated the positions of the PSTU on the extreme left, the PSOL and the PPL on the left, the PT on the center-left, the PATRIOTA and the DC on the center, the PDT and the PSDB on the center-right, and the REDE, NOVO, MDB, PSL and PODEMOS on the right.}}{{Cite journal |last=De Barros |first=Antonio Teixeira |date=2023 |title=A emergência de partidos ecológicos nos países lusófonos: paralelos entre Brasil e Portugal |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27260434 |journal=Análise Social |volume=58 |issue=2 (247) |pages=322–362 |issn=0003-2573 |quote=A Rede emerge com a estrategia de se associar ao discurso de uma "nova política", alinhando-se ainda á ideia de sustentabilidade (Barros, 2018a). Dessa forma, a sua principal representante, Marina Silva, aciona duas perspetivas ancoradas em consensos morais contemporáneos: a nova política (necessidade de renovacáo do campo político) e o desenvolvimento sustentável (imperativo de uma nova ordem económica), conforme Castro (2017). Além disso, Marina Silva recorre a outras estratégias para fortalecer o seu ethos discursivo, como a sua trajetória de militáncia ambiental, a sua fé religiosa e a sua condicáo de mulher amazónida. Tudo isso concorre para uma formacáo partidária híbrida, denominada de "neoliberalismo bricoleur", ao abragar a agenda económica do neoliberalismo, representada pela economia verde, mas com uma aura de nova política, reforcada pela metáfora da rede (Castro, 2017). |trans-quote=The Rede emerges with the strategy of associating itself with the discourse of a "new politics", also aligning itself with the idea of sustainability (Barros, 2018a). In this way, its main representative, Marina Silva, activates two perspectives anchored in contemporary moral consensus: the new politics (need for renewal of the political field) and sustainable development (imperative of a new economic order), according to Castro (2017). In addition, Marina Silva uses other strategies to strengthen her discursive ethos, such as her trajectory of environmental activism, her religious faith and her condition as an Amazonian woman. All of this contributes to a hybrid party formation, called "bricoleur neoliberalism", by embracing the economic agenda of neoliberalism, represented by the green economy, but with an aura of new politics, reinforced by the metaphor of the network (Castro, 2017).}}{{Cite journal |last=Castro |first=Julio Cesar Lemes de |date=2017 |title=Neoliberalismo bricoleur: o imaginário político de Marina Silva |url=https://hal.univ-reims.fr/AAE-REVISTA/hal-03226042v1 |journal=Teoria & Pesquisa: Revista de Ciência Política |language=pt |volume=26 |issue=3 |page=199 |doi=10.31068/tp.26308 |quote=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.}}{{Cite news |last1=Schipani |first1=Andres |last2=Leahy |first2=Joe |date=2018-05-22 |title=Lula's legacy of working-class gains at risk in Brazil's election |url=https://www.ft.com/content/de68ad4a-57bb-11e8-bdb7-f6677d2e1ce8 |access-date=2025-02-05 |work=Financial Times |quote=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.}} On the other hand, at social issues, the party has relied on progressivism,{{Cite book |last=Inácio |first=Magna |title=Democracia e Eleições no Brasil. Para onde vamos? |date=2024-03-20 |publisher=Hucitec Editora |others=Vanessa Elias de Oliveira |isbn=978-85-8404-311-8 |location=São Paulo, SP |language=pt-BR |quote=A sociedade civil não sindical tem historicamente participado na construção de partidos progressistas, do PT (Gutierres, 2015) até a Rede Sustentabilidade (Oliveira, 2022).}} environmentalism, human rights and leftist policies.{{Cite web |title=O possível despertar de uma nova centro-esquerda |url=https://www.ihu.unisinos.br/categorias/169-noticias-2015/548431-o-possivel-despertar-de-uma-nova-centro-esquerda |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=Instituto Humanitas Insumos |language=pt-br}}{{Cite journal |last1=de Souza Goncalves |first1=Julia Borba |last2=Silveira de Souza |first2=Lucas Eduardo |date=2018 |title=Política Externa e Regionalismo: os programas dos presidenciáveis nas eleições 2018 |url=https://observatorio.repri.org/dossie/edicoes/vol-2-2018-pt-politica-externa-e-regionalismo-os-programas-dos-presidenciaveis-nas-eleicoes-2018/ |journal=Observatório de Regionalismo |volume=2 |issue=1 |issn=2675-6390 |quote=Sua segunda tentativa de alcangar a presidéncia se deu por caminhos mais tortuosos. Primeiro, Marina buscou institucionalizar a Rede Sustentabilidade como partido, mas, devido á falta de assinaturas comprovadas, tal processo foi barrado pelo Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. Frente a isso, Marina se filiou ao PSB e foi agregada á chapa do partido á presidéncia como vice de Eduardo Campos. No entanto, com a morte de Campos em um acidente aéreo, Marina assumiu a posigáo de candidata á presidéncia e chegou a se classificar como segunda colocada inconteste em pesquisa do IBOPE para o primeiro turno e vencendo de Dilma no segundo. No entanto, com o desenrolar da campanha, as intengóes de voto á Marina reduziram e Aécio passou para o segundo turno contra Dilma e, diferentemente das eleigóes de 2010, Marina declarou seu apoio á candidatura de Aécio. Seguindo a linha que vem adotando desde as eleigóes de 2014, seu plano de governo para as eleigóes de 2018 se caracteriza pelo caráter liberal na economia e progressista no social. No plano económico, Marina defende o estabelecimento de um ambiente favorável a investimentos e parcerias público-privadas, por meio de uma política económica ortodoxa de manutengáo de juros baixos, controle da inflagáo, inclusive defendendo a autonomia operacional do Banco Central. Ainda assim, destacam-se alguns elementos que suavizam seu caráter liberal como a crítica ao teto dos gastos públicos, a proposta de tributagáo sobre dividendos e a rejeigáo da privatizacáo da Petrobrás, do Banco do Brasil e da Caixa Económica Federal (apesar de náo excluir a possibilidade de privatizacáo da Eletrobrás e de outras estatais). Já no plano social, sua agenda se caracteriza pelo caráter progressista, de apoio a programas de transferéncia de renda (como o Bolsa Familia), chegando, inclusive, a citar a possibilidade da implantaçáo de um programa de renda minima universal. Além disso, aponta o fortalecimento do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), apoia a política de cotas e argumenta em favor dos direitos LGBTI, das mulheres, dos negros e dos povos originários. Quanto aos polémicos temas da legalizagáo do aborto de das drogas, Marina defende a consulta á populaçáo por meio de plebiscito. |trans-quote=Her second attempt to become president took a more tortuous path. First, Marina sought to institutionalize the Rede Sustentabilidade party as a party, but due to the lack of verified signatures, this process was blocked by the Superior Electoral Court. In light of this, Marina joined the PSB and was added to the party's presidential ticket as Eduardo Campos' vice-president. However, after Campos died in a plane crash, Marina assumed the position of presidential candidate and even ranked as the uncontested second-place candidate in an IBOPE poll for the first round and beat Dilma in the second. However, as the campaign progressed, Marina's voting intentions diminished and Aécio went on to the second round against Dilma and, unlike the 2010 elections, Marina declared her support for Aécio's candidacy. Following the line she has adopted since the 2014 elections, her government plan for the 2018 elections is characterized by its liberal nature in the economy and progressive in the social sphere. In the economic sphere, Marina advocates the establishment of an environment favorable to investments and public-private partnerships, through an orthodox economic policy of maintaining low interest rates and controlling inflation, including defending the operational autonomy of the Central Bank. Even so, some elements stand out that soften her liberal nature, such as the criticism of the public spending cap, the proposal to tax dividends and the rejection of the privatization of Petrobrás, Banco do Brasil and Caixa Económica Federal (although she does not exclude the possibility of privatizing Eletrobrás and other state-owned companies). On the social front, her agenda is characterized by its progressive nature, supporting income transfer programs (such as Bolsa Familia), and even mentioning the possibility of implementing a universal minimum income program. In addition, she points to the strengthening of the Unified Health System (SUS), supports the quota policy and argues in favor of LGBTI, women's, black and indigenous peoples' rights. Regarding the controversial issues of legalizing abortion and drugs, Marina defends consulting the population through a plebiscite.}}{{Cite web |title=Menos verde |url=https://ladiaria.com.uy/usuarios/entrar/?article=11366 |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=la diaria |language=es-UY |quote=Silva se presenta a sí misma como parte de una tercera vía, un camino intermedio entre la izquierda y la derecha que incluye políticas sociales progresistas y acciones económicas liberales. |trans-quote=Silva presents herself as part of a third way, a middle path between left and right that includes progressive social policies and liberal economic actions.}}

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