Marina Silva was appointed this Thursday (29) Minister of the Environment, but this is not his first time heading the department. She had already held the position during Lula's previous terms (2003-2010), but broke with him in 2008, accusing him of not supporting her enough in defending the largest tropical forest on the planet.
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Three times a candidate for President (2010, 2014, 2018), Marina reconciled with Squid recently, helping him in his successful campaign against President Jair Bolsonaro.
In exchange for her support, the federal deputy elected by São Paulo obtained a series of promesses, in particular the creation of a national climate security authority responsible for verifying actions aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
“The climate issue is now a strategic priority at the highest level”, said Marina in an interview given before traveling to Egypt to participate in the COP27, in November, where he would anticipate the Lula government's climate agenda.
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Precisely at the COP, Lula promeyour end to deforestation in the Amazon in 2030, after it soared by almost 60% during Bolsonaro's term. (Curto news)
Find out more about Marina Silva, Minister of the Environment in Lula's third government:
- Born in Rio Branco, capital of Acre, in the heart of the Legal Amazon;
- She lived a difficult childhood: three of her 11 brothers died and she lost her mother at the age of 15;
- At the age of 11, he walked 14 km a day to help his father explore the rubber trees and collect his latex;
- With several health problems, he survived three hepatitis and five malaria outbreaks;
- He entered a convent as a teenager and came into contact with Liberation Theology;
- She worked as a maid to pay for her studies at university, where she studied History;
- He debuted in politics alongside Chico Mendes, a great defender of the Amazon who was murdered in 1988;
- At 36, she was elected the youngest senator in the history of Brazil.
(With AFP)
