Since former president Lula da Silva left office in 2010, relations between the ruling Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) and the perennial kingmakers of the Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro (PMDB) have not been good. During the run-up to President Dilma Rousseff’s re-election campaign, only a narrow majority of the party voted to support her candidacy. Now, stung by what the party chiefs see as a “humiliating” division of ministerial spoils at the start of Rousseff’s second term, the relationship between the two parties is deteriorating fast.End of preview - This article contains approximately 704 words.
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