Ripped banner during the final plenary session of the 8th World Water Council. Brasilia, 23 March, 2018. Photo: Igor Viera, Engajamundo.
Ever since environmental journalist Sávio de Tarso, my father, was murdered (in January of this year), I hadn’t been able to write a mere line that wasn’t about him. I was incapable of posting on social media.
Perhaps because it’s impossible not to avoid a state of speechlessness when faced with such an absurd injustice. Perhaps because he inspired me and taught me to write. Perhaps because the reaction of some affected by the tragedy has been to let it out; mine apparently, has been to collect myself, to thank the ones closest to me for their affection. But in any case, this story has been carved into my very interior.
