Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva described Obama’s victory as an “extraordinary event.” He added that the U.S. president-elect is a competent politician
“Whoever doubted that a black man could be elected to be president of the United States now knows that it is possible. And it is possible because it is a democratic country, [...]
At least eight “Barack Obamas” who borrowed the Democratic presidential candidate’s name to run in Brazilian local elections lost.
Brazilian law allows candidates to put any name on the ballot as long as it isn’t offensive. This time around, a number of candidates chose “Barack Obama.” Some used the name Bin Laden, and others resorted to [...]
“Vote for Barack Obama! He stands for change!”. You would expect to hear such a voice on the streets of Chicago, but that was the voice from speakers on the back of a pickup truck in the street of Belford Roxo on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, as campaign workers pass out leaflets, a [...]