Mourning Marielle

摘要

ON THE sweltering afternoon of March 18th some 2,000 people crammed the narrow streets of Maré, a favela in the north of Rio de Janeiro, to protest against the murder of a friend. Marielle Franco, a city councillor who grew up in Maré, was shot dead four days earlier in the city's centre (along with her driver) after a meeting she had organised for young black women. "She was killed for trying to make things better," said Diony, a supermarket employee watching the protesters parade slowly through Maré.