Eliete Paraguassu, 42, who is running for state deputy in Bahia, and her friends stand as they wait for the rain to stop in front of a bar before a campaign activity, at Quilombo Porto dos Cavalo, Ilha de Mare, Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil August 21, 2022. Paraguassu is the first woman from the island campaigning for a spot in the Bahia state legislature ? one of a record number of Black candidates running for state and federal office in Brazil in the October 2022 elections. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
