Brazilians can vote for their own 'Barack Obama' A congressional candidate for the ruling Worker's Party in Brazil is running under the name Claudio Henrique Barack Obama
By AFP 2:39PM BST 20 Aug 2014
In Brazil, where nicknames are everything, voters can now opt for a congressional candidate who goes by the name Barack Obama.
He is black, like the US president, and running for Congress in elections on October 5 for the ruling Workers Party.
His real name is Claudio Henrique dos Anjos and a court has allowed the 45-year-old to run in the election with ballots that read “Barack Obama.”
On his website, he goes by the longer name Claudio Henrique Barack Obama.
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