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Brazil double-take: Barack Obama's on the ballot
Brazil double-take: Barack Obama's on the ballot
By BRADLEY BROOKS – 1 day ago
BELFORD ROXO, Brazil (AP) — With Barack Obama on the ballot in at least eight local elections in Brazil, you might think the Democratic presidential candidate is keeping his options open in case John McCain winds up in the White House.
Not at all. Due to a quirk in Brazilian electoral law, candidates can put any name they want on the ballot, as long as it isn't offensive. At least eight candidates have chosen to be known as "Barack Obama" in the Oct. 5 elections.
The Illinois senator is hugely popular in Brazil. The prospect of a black U.S. president has generated enthusiasm across the country, where more people call themselves black than anywhere except Nigeria.
A variety of Brazilian candidates are hoping they can ride his distant coattails into office.
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Lula Supports Same-Sex Marriage
"President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says that in Brazil, "there are men living with men, and women living with women" who 'build a good life together.' But a proposed law that would give all same-sex couples rights equal to those enjoyed by married heterosexuals has been stalled in Brazil's Congress for more than a decade. Silva said in an interview aired late Wednesday night by the government-run TV Brasil that politicians who oppose same-sex unions and yet seek the votes of gay men and women during elections are 'hypocrites.'"
Sunday, September 7, 2008
SAMBA TRANSEXUAL por Caetano Veloso
SAMBA TRANSEXUAL
6/09/2008 4:42 am
Waldick Soriano morreu. “Eu não sou cachorro, não” é um clássico da cultura brasileira. Tenho orgulho desse grande baiano das nossas letras e músicas. Elite? Se há uma elite para mim, é a elite dos que têm ou tiveram grande intuição artística. Waldick era um desses. Que bom que nossa deslumbrante Patrícia Pillar fez um filme sobre ele a tempo.
Uma amiga americana reclamou por eu não ter incluído “transexual” entre as palavras que citei ao escrever sobre “transamba”. Ela disse que o prefixo “trans”, nos Estados Unidos de hoje, lembram antes de tudo “transexual”. Pois bem, aqui está: hoje estávamos gravando “Base de Guantánamo” e, num tempo de espera para Moreno e Daniel acertarem alguma coisa na máquina, Pedro Sá começou a tocar “Outra vez”, de Jobim, eu, cá do meu canto, comecei a cantar e aí, numa reação imediata e miraculosa, Marcelo inventou uma levada circular na bateria que fazia o samba daquela canção ser mais samba e, ao mesmo tempo, o levava para outra dimensão. Era um samba transexual. Quer dizer: ia além do sexo (que, como todos sabem, é a instância máxima da realidade).
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