Protests held across Brazil after Rio councillor shot dead
(The Guardian Brazil)

Marielle Franco, known for criticism of police tactics, was killed in apparent assassinationProtests were held across Brazil after a popular Rio city councillor and her driver were shot dead by two men in what appears to have been a targeted assassination.Marielle Franco, 38, was a groundbreaking politician who had become a voice for disadvantaged people in the teeming favelas that are home to almost one-quarter of Rio de Janeiro´s population, where grinding poverty, police brutality and shootouts with drug gangs are routine. Related: Brazil military`s growing role in crime crackdown fuels fears among poor Related: View from the favelas: Developments in Rio masked the bleak reality | Thaís Cavalcante Continue reading...