17 May 2021 03:14AMSAO PAULO: The mayor of Sao Paulo, Brazil's most populous city, died on Sunday , after a long battle with cancer of the digestive system, the hospital where he was being treated announced.
Covas, a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, had positioned himself in the centre of a polarised country, seeking to emerge as the moderate leader of a new political generation in a Brazil ruled by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. This year, when Covas's cancer took a turn for the worse, he had asked the city's Chamber of Councillors for a 30-day break to allow him to focus fully on his health.
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