Ex-rubber tapper Silva out to land Brazil presidency
Brasilia, Brazil (AFP) Sept 28, 2014 - Brazilian presidential candidate Marina Silva only learned to read at 16 and endured a tough childhood as a rubber tapper in the Amazon before considering whether to become a Catholic nun. Instead, she became involved in politics, as a green campaigner, a senator and then a minister. Next month, the 56-year-old environmentalist hopes to become Brazil's first black and evangelical preside ... more
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