Telma de Souza, former mayor of Santos and prominent PT leader, dies
Telma de Souza governed Santos from 1989 to 1992 and served as a councilwoman and state and federal deputy.
TL;DR
- Telma de Souza, former mayor of Santos and a founding member of the Workers' Party (PT), died at 82.
- She passed away after suffering a stroke and a urinary tract infection.
- De Souza was the only woman elected mayor of Santos, serving from 1989 to 1992.
- Her political career included terms as a municipal councilwoman, state deputy, and federal deputy.
- She had previously suffered an ischemic stroke a year prior to her death.