gnostek1 / 2The skull of Cacareco at São Paulo Zoo
- 01Cacareco's 100,000 votes made her the single highest vote-getter in the entire 1959 São Paulo council election.
- 02The rhino's name means 'rubbish' or 'worthless thing' in Brazilian Portuguese — the voters knew exactly what they were saying.
- 03Brazilian authorities annulled her votes, but the protest sparked international coverage of São Paulo's municipal disillusionment.