Mayor Bruno Covas was the grandson of former São Paulo Governor Mário Covas but had made a name of his own
São Paulo Mayor Bruno Covas (PSDB) died at 8:20 am on Sunday at age 41, victim of cancer, it was announced.
Covas had been diagnosed with the disease in 2019. His health condition was deemed irreversible, since last Friday (14) by the team of doctors at Hospital Sírio-Libanês, where he has been admitted since May 2.
The mayor, who was divorced, leaves a son, Tomás Covas, 15.
Deputy Mayor Covas was promoted to mayor of São Paulo in 2018, after the resignation of João Doria (PSDB). In 2020, he was elected with 59.38% of valid votes.
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As teachers in São Paulo take a stand against the murderous herd immunity policy of the ruling classes internationally, speaking for millions of workers who refuse to accept the alternative between starvation and exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic, local authorities are organizing a media blitz to slander them as lazy and opposed to science. They are attempting to convince parents that it is safe to send their children back to chronically underfunded and precarious schools.
Teachers striking against pension cuts march in São Paulo last year