Gadfly leader seeks Rio's reinvention
20th Nov 2005, 15:43 GMT
César Maia is famously cranky, caustic and combative, a stern technocrat utterly at odds with the image of the easygoing Carioca, but voters in Brazil's postcard metropolis have nonetheless elected him mayor three times and continue to regard him indulgently, foibles and all.
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