now, her sister was a local politician and anti racism activist, murdered five years ago. so, has that personal tragedy given her unstoppable political motivation? anielle franco, in brasilia, welcome to hardtalk. it s my pleasure to be here, and thanks for the invitation. well, it is great to have you on the show. let me ask you when president lula offered you this very high profile position in his government of minister of racial equality, did you have to think hard before accepting it? well, yes, because it s a position where we have to attend 58% of the population and we have a majority of black population in brazil. but even though we have that number, we have a lot of emergencies and problems and issues that we need to take care very carefully. even though i voted for lula since my first election, i was very happy but, at the same time, i had a conversation with my parents first just because, you know, my mum and my daddy had just lost another daughter in politics f
position in his government of minister of racial equality, did you have to think hard before accepting it? well, yes, because it s a position where we have to attend 58% of the population and we have a majority of black population in brazil. but even though we have that number, we have a lot of emergencies and problems and issues that we need to take care very carefully. even though i voted for lula since my first election, i was very happy but, at the same time, i had a conversation with my parents first just because, you know, my mum and my daddy had just lost another daughter in politics five years ago and, of course, it would be important to talk to them but at the same time, it was a great opportunity. i was very honoured to be invited and i knew that we had a lot of work to do and as i am compromised to everything that i do, i accepted. yeah. the clear majority of brazilians who are living in poverty are black. when we look at the number of homicides every year, 80%
activist murdered five years ago. so, has that personal tragedy given her unstoppable political motivation? anielle franco in brasilia, welcome to hardtalk. it s my pleasure to be here, and thanks for the invitation. well, it is great to have you on the show. let me ask you when president lula offered you this very high profile position in his government of minister of racial equality, did you have to think hard before accepting it? well, yes, because it s a position where we have to attend 58% of the population and we have a majority of black population in brazil. but even though we have that number, we have a lot of emergencies and problems and issues that we need to take care very carefully. even though i voted for lula since my first election, i was very happy but, at the same time, i had a conversation with my parents first just because, you know, my mum and my daddy had just lost another daughter in politics five years ago and, of course, it would be important to ta
and thanks for the invitation. well, it is great to have you on the show. let me ask you when president lula offered you this very high profile position in his government of minister of racial equality, did you have to think hard before accepting it? well, yes, because it s a position where we have to attend 58% of the population and we have a majority of black population in brazil. but even though we have that number, we have a lot of emergencies and problems and issues that we need to take care very carefully. even though i voted for lula since my first election, i was very happy but, at the same time, i had a conversation with my parents first just because, you know, my mum and my daddy had just lost another daughter in politics five years ago and, of course, it would be important to talk to them but at the same time, it was a great opportunity. i was very honoured to be invited and i knew that we had a lot of work to do and as i am compromised to everything that i d
final. hello. here in the uk, campaigning is continuing in the run up to the general election on lithjuly. sir keir starmer has pledged to reduce the number of people legally migrating to the country, if labour win the general election. the labour leader said he would introduce new laws to train british workers to plug skills gaps in the job market and strengthen anti exploitation laws. meanwhile, the conservatives have promised to build 100 new gp surgeries in england and boost the number of available appointments if they win the election. nd in the coming hours john swinney, leader of the scottish national party, will formally launch the party s campaign, where he ll argue independence offers the country a better future . our political correspondent ione wells has more on the latest developments. there s a couple of different major announcements today, from labour, there is this pledge from the labour leader, sir keir starmer, to cut net migration. he says that the way the