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Weekly Report - 06 October 2016 (WR-16-39)
BRAZIL: PT and PMDB suffer electoral setbacks
Two of Brazil’s major parties, the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) and the ruling Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro (PMDB) failed to appeal to voters in the country’s biggest cities, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, in municipal elections on 2 October, in which less traditional candidates excelled. The trend for political fragmentation could also be seen in the rest of the country, signalling political uncertainty in post-impeachment Brazil.
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