Minister of the Environment is tipped to run for a seat in the Senate on the platform of the former Minister of Finance in SP; it has historical differences with the sector
The entry of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, (Rede), on the (PT) ticket would call into question the former Minister of Finance’s search for an agribusiness businessman to occupy the vice position in the dispute for the government of São Paulo. The PT wants a name from the sector to help break the .
Marina Silva is tipped to fill one of the Senate seats on the PT ticket in São Paulo. There is a chance that she will leave the Network and go to PT. The minister has an opinion that differs considerably from that of agriculture on topics such as deforestation and environmental licensing and has already come into conflict with the segment for this reason in some situations.
The president of , deputy (MDB-RS), the minister of “Marina Cinza” to criticize her in August 2025.
“While we are showing the USA that we are absolutely clean in the production process, that we have a green seal, owner Marina Cinza manages to create a document to say that we are the producers who pollute the world. A document with the federal government’s signature opposing everything we are responding to in the document that came from the USA”declared the congressman.
At that time, there were discussions about the Climate Plan – a set of goals and strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Brazil.
The government on Monday (March 16, 2026) the plan.
During the event at Palácio do Planalto, the minister opened space for the Senate and said she was “very peaceful” if he does not contest this year’s election. “I have plan A, B, C and D. So, I’m very calm about that. I may be a candidate, I may not be a candidate. We are having a debate in São Paulo”she told journalists when asked about movements involving the electoral dispute in the State of São Paulo.
“OGROBUSINESS”
Marina Silva has already made a pun on the sector when using the expression “ogribusiness” na , in the Chamber, on May 24, 2023. He made reference to the word “ogre”, i.e. monster.
The attitude caused a reaction from part of agribusiness. The deputy (PP-ES) made the statement when he said that the minister was “very unhappy” when using the expression.
Marina, in turn, said that she did not want to generalize: “Just to avoid a misunderstanding: I said that we have agribusiness and we have a small part that resists change, resists transformations, which is ‘agribusiness’. I didn’t generalize”.
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