The Wider Image: Black Brazilians in remote ‘quilombo’ hamlets stand

Eliete Paraguassu, 42, who is running for state deputy in Bahia, and her friends stand as they wait for the rain to stop in front of a bar before a campaign activity, at Quilombo Porto dos Cavalo, Ilha de Mare, Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil August 21, 2022. Paraguassu is the first woman from the island campaigning for a spot in the Bahia state legislature ? one of a record number of Black candidates running for state and federal office in Brazil in the October 2022 elections. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli