Chris McGowan: Green Party’s Gabeira May Be a Troubled Rio de Janeiro’s Best Hope
Brazilian iconoclast Fernando Gabeira, who is running for mayor of Rio de Janeiro in the Sunday, October 5th election, may be the best hope for turning things around in the troubled city. The federal congressman, a revolutionary during Brazil’s military dictatorship, is a member of the Green Party (Partido Verde or PV). He is full of pragmatic ideas about making Rio a more sustainable city, and is a staunch supporter of human rights. Gabeira has a reputation of being one of the country’s few ho
