Red card.In Brazil, no two bedfellows could be odder than the table-thumping left-wing Workers Party (PT) and the expansionist ex·pan·sion·ism n. A nation's practice or policy of territorial or economic expansion. ex·pan  sion·ist adj. & n. capitalistic cap·i·tal·is·tic adj. 1. Of or relating to capitalism or capitalists. 2. Favoring or practicing capitalism: a capitalistic country. bank Bradesco. But in an effort to make a little money for the struggling socialists and even more for Brazil's largest private bank, the two have combined to issue a Worker Party affinity card affinity card n. A credit card sponsored by an organization, such as a university or business, that receives part of the card user's fees. . The PT Visa card, featuring the party's famed red star, is one for the party to raise funds to make up for last year's money-losing presidential campaign. The PT is at a low point after Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sil·va also syl·va n. pl. sil·vas or sil·vae 1. The trees or forests of a region. 2. A written work on the trees or forests of a region. blew what looked like a sure-thing presidency for the party. With Brazilians supporting Henrique Cardoso and his plans to adopt free-market economic reforms, Lula and the PT are increasingly being seen as a thing of the past. |
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