Excerpted, Photo-essay.
14:30 in Rio. The story of a death
Jean Rodrigo had discovered jiu-jitsu almost by accident. When he was young, he had worked as a cleaner at a small gym, and every day after work he would quietly sit by the mat to watch the martial arts classes he could not afford. Over time, he picked up a few moves, saved some money to be properly coached, and eventually became a teacher himself.
His family paint a portrait of a well-liked man who offered help in the gym and outside, with words of advice. He had no involvement with gangs, they say, nor had he ever been arrested. “Samuraiâ€, as he was known, often told the students - and his four children - that jiu-jitsu could take them “from Alemão to the worldâ€.
Bolsonaro, whose trademark gesture is a weapon with his thumb and index finger, has also worked to ease citizens’ access to guns so, he says, they will be able to defend themselves.
Read more at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/FI4UOEvq3F/death_in_rio
Photo essay on Brazil.
Bolsonaro probably got into an international spat with Macron where Bolsonaro did not come out looking well; but Macron might have started it in the first place and everything is perception.
