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Brazil & Southern Cone - April 2005 (ISSN 1741-4431)
Tension within the ruling PT
Throughout April, delegates of various factions of the ruling Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) held different conventions to discuss their support for the government's policies. These conventions confirmed that the rift in the PT is growing. With an increasingly hostile congress and a weakening grip on other allied parties, the PT's lack of unity is causing more difficulties for the government. In public, the leaders of the PT's factions say that April's conventions show that the party is committed to its democratic credentials. Yet they all know that the party's divisions could have repercussions for the re-election bid of President Lula da Silva and, consequently, for the PT's hold on power.
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