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Archive Home > 2011 > March > 20 > Brazil swoons over arrival of a black president

Brazil swoons over arrival of a black president

By Juan Forero / The Bulletin
March 20, 2011

RIO DE JANIERO — Brazil is a big gumbo of ethnicities, its people proud of their diversity and confident their country is among the most tolerant of nations. But this country — a leading center of black culture — has never had a black president.

So like many Brazilians, Carlos Jose Melo says he....

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