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      "Electoral bacchanal" creates a challenge for Dilma in Rio.

      Mayor Eduardo Paes recalls orgies of the god of wine, Bacchus, to define the electoral scene in Rio de Janeiro; sailor Alfredo Sirkis calls the consolidation of party alliances an "orgy"; allies of President Dilma Rousseff strengthen her main adversaries; Governor Luiz Fernando Pezão leads his predecessor Sergio Cabral to withdraw from the Senate race to have his former adversary Cesar Maia, from DEM, as his candidate; the Aezão ticket, created by Jorge Picciani, regional president of the party, gains strength; PT member Lindbergh Farias attracts federal deputy Romário (PSB) as a candidate for senator and, in practice, establishes an alliance with presidential candidate Eduardo Campos; is it an out-of-season and forbidden Carnival?

      Mayor Eduardo Paes recalls orgies of the god of wine, Bacchus, to define the electoral scene in Rio de Janeiro; sailor Alfredo Sirkis calls the consolidation of party alliances an "orgy"; allies of President Dilma Rousseff strengthen her main adversaries; Governor Luiz Fernando Pezão leads his predecessor Sergio Cabral to withdraw from the Senate race to have his former adversary Cesar Maia, from DEM, as his candidate; the Aezão ticket, created by Jorge Picciani, regional president of the party, gains strength; PT member Lindbergh Farias attracts federal deputy Romário (PSB) as a candidate for senator and, in practice, establishes an alliance with presidential candidate Eduardo Campos; is it an out-of-season and forbidden Carnival? (Photo: Marco Damiani)

      247 - The exchange of alliances between parties in Rio de Janeiro has reached a new stage. Described as an "electoral bacchanal" by Mayor Eduardo Paes and an "orgy" by federal deputy Alfredo Sirkis (PSB), this is the level at which the final round of agreements for the presidential, gubernatorial, and senatorial elections is being positioned.

      Over the weekend, party leaders transformed what seemed to be, at most, a lively carnival into a party with the most unusual scenes. Even leading in the polls for the Senate election, former governor Sergio Cabral, who has always shown himself to be an ally of President Dilma Rousseff, gave up his candidacy to allow the entry of his former adversary Cesar Maia, from the DEM party, into the regional coalition.

      Under the banner of the so-called "Aezão" ticket, which calls for votes for the PSDB candidate Aécio Neves and the PMDB governor Luiz Fernando Pezão, Maia will be the candidate for senator. "I promise to ask for your vote with the same emphasis that I will do for my party colleagues," Pezão told Cesar Maia at the event that sealed their new friendship.

      Meanwhile, in another surprising move, and once again against the interests of President Dilma, the Workers' Party candidate for governor, Senator Lindbergh Farias, attracted Congressman Romário (PSB) to his ticket, who will be running for senator. With this, Lindbergh strengthened presidential candidate Eduardo Campos in Rio, giving him a stronger platform.

      The alliance between the PT and PSB in the state led federal deputy Alfredo Sirkis, one of the closest allies of former minister Marina Silva, to call the agreement an "orgy," using an even stronger image than that employed by Mayor Paes. The latter, incidentally, seems to be packing his bags to find a new party to work with.

      According to federal deputy Anthony Garotinho (PR), who leads in the polls for governor, the result of these changes is the risk of Dilma becoming isolated in the country's third largest electoral college.