<p>She learned to read at the age of 16 and entered politics with the support of Chico Mendes, an ecologist who was assassinated in an ambush mounted by landowners and loggers.</p>
By Alba Santandreu Sao Paulo, Sep 22 (EFE).- A Brazilian former senator and environment minister, three-time presidential candidate and icon of Amazon conservation efforts, Marina Silva now is seeking a seat in the lower house of Congress to help combat the legacy of incumbent head of state Jair Bolsonaro, whom she accuses of turning the …