1. “Syringe jars
Maria Osmarina da Silva was born on February 8, 1958 in a community of syringeiros (workers collecting rubber latex) from a village in Acre, a state in the Amazon. Suffering from severe hepatitis at the age of 15, she was sent to town for treatment. She accesses studies by temporarily entering a convent and emerges from illiteracy.
2. Chico Mendes
She continued her studies and obtained a degree in history. It was his meeting with the legendary union leader of the syringeiros and environmental activist Chico Mendes (assassinated in 1988 on the orders of a wealthy landowner) who will bring her into politics. Member of Parliament for Acre, she became at 36 the youngest senator ever elected in Brazil.
3. Efficiency
Appointed Lula’s Minister of the Environment in 2003, she demonstrated formidable efficiency. In 2005, his plan to create a huge nature reserve triggered a series of actions by herders and farmers, which threatened: “Blood will flow. » We largely owe him the positive results of the first two presidencies of L
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