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Marielle Franco (Portuguese pronunciation: [maɾiˈɛli ˈfɾɐ̃ku]; born Marielle Francisco da Silva, 27 July 1979 – 14 March 2018) was a Brazilian politician, sociologist, feminist, socialist and human rights activist.
Mar 14, 2019 · Women marching last week in Rio de Janeiro, calling for justice for Marielle Franco, a black, gay, feminist politician whose killing has become a rallying cry in a deeply polarized nation....
Mar 24, 2024 · The brutal assassination of Marielle Franco, a 38-year-old Black, bisexual Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman in a drive-by shooting, shook Brazil profoundly and reverberated across the...
Brazil’s federal police have arrested two men for allegedly ordering the killing of popular Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco in 2018. Police investigators say federal legislator Chiquinho Brazão and his brother Domingos Brazão were detained Sunday.
The assassination of Marielle Franco and Anderson Gomes took place on March 14, 2018, in Estácio, Rio de Janeiro. The assassins were in a car that pulled up alongside the Rio de Janeiro councilwoman's car and fired several shots, which also killed the driver.
Apr 1, 2024 · On Sunday, March 24, Brazil woke up to the news of the arrest of two veteran politicians and a former Civil Police commissioner from Rio de Janeiro, implicated in the 2019 murder of city...
Mar 22, 2018 · A rising political star. Born and raised in the Maré favela, one of Rio’s most dangerous slums, 38-year-old Franco was a fierce advocate for the marginalized–including Afro-Brazilians, the poor,...
