Souza calls it the most painful moment of her life: the day gunmen murdered her friend and fellow activist Marielle Franco, an outspoken black- and LGBTQ-rights campaigner whose killing triggered outcry in Brazil and beyond. Photos: AFP
Renata Souza calls it the most painful moment of her life: the day gunmen murdered her friend and fellow activist Marielle Franco, an outspoken black and LGBTQ rights campaigner whose killing triggered outcry in Brazil and beyond.
But four years later, Souza – who, like Franco, defines herself as "a black woman from the favela" – is carrying on the slain Rio de Janeiro city Councillor's fight, running for reelection as a state lawmaker in Brazil's Oct 2 elections.
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