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NAME: BRA OBAMA 20080918Ix TAPE: EF08/0953 IN_TIME: 10:16:50:07 DURATION: 00:02:27:00 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION/VNR DATELINE: Belford Roxo - 18 Sept 2008 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST AP Television 1. Wide of mayoral candidate Claudio Henrique dos Anjos campaign headquarters 2. Mid of dos Anjos campaign poster 3. Pan right from rival campaign van to man holding sign reading "Claudio Henrique - Our Barack Obama" 4. Mid of dos Anjos campaigning in street 5. Dos Anjos standing next to his campaign poster, posing for photographs 6. SOUNDBITE: (Portuguese) Claudio Henrique dos Anjos, mayoral candidate: "He has influenced our campaigning, not only because he is the first Black candidate (running for President in the United States) but because he fought for his dreams and believed in his dreams. He defeated all odds by studying. This is, naturally, contagious to all of us in Brazil and the world at large. It has definitely influenced us here in Belford Roxo." VNR/ Claudio Henrique dos Anjos Campaign Video Date unknown 7. Various of campaign video AP Television 8. SOUNDBITE: (Portuguese) Claudio Henrique dos Anjos, mayoral candidate: "We only have McCains here (referring to US Republican presidential candidate John McCain). Belford Roxo became a city nearly twenty years ago, and since then, there has only been one political group that is constantly in and out of power." 9. Mid of dos Anjos leaning against campaign poster 10. SOUNDBITE: (Portuguese) Claudio Henrique dos Anjos, mayoral candidate: "(If he ever came to Belford Roxo) I would invite Barack Obama to have a 'feijoada' (typical Brazilian dish made with rice and beans) in Dona Celia's (his mother) house." 11. Wide of dos Anjos campaigning in street 12. Mid of dos Anjos standing next to child waving a campaign flag 13. Mid of dos Anjos speaking to motorists 14. Wide of dos Anjos campaigning in street, followed by supporters 15. Mid of dos Anjos speaking to butcher cashier 16. SOUNDBITE: (Portuguese) Kannaeuby, butcher cashier: "He is my mayor, I like him. I like his ideas and I like the thought of having someone young in power." 17. Wide of dos Anjos campaigning in street STORYLINE: At least eight candidates running in local elections in Brazil have chosen to be known as "Barack Obama" on the electoral ballot. 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. The United States Illinois senator and presidential candidate is hugely popular in Brazil. The prospect of a black US president has generated enthusiasm across the country, where more people call themselves black than anywhere except Nigeria. Many Brazilian candidates were hoping to muster some of Obama's popularity into office. Claudio Henrique dos Anjos, who's running for mayor of Belford Roxo on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, is one such candidate, taking the name Barack Obama de Belford Roxo. Dos Anjos decided to run for mayor last November after people said he looked like Obama, and knew the name recognition couldn't hurt. Across the city, his campaign posters endorse him as "Claudio Henrique - Our Barack Obama." "He has influenced our campaigning, not only because he is the first Black candidate (running for President in the United States) but because he fought for his dreams and believed in his dreams," dos Anjos said, sitting in his campaign headquarters. Hoping to become the first black mayor in Belford Roxo, dos Anjos made parallels between his competition and that of Obama's. "We only have McCains here," he said. "Belford Roxo became a city nearly twenty years ago, and since then, there has only been one political group that is constantly in and out of power." As dos Anjos continued to campaign on the streets on Thursday, one woman said she would back the candidate for his youthful appeal. "He is my mayor," she said. "I like his ideas and I like the thought of having someone young in power." Dos Anjos said that if he and Obama both win their campaign, he would celebrate by inviting the Illinois senator to his mother's house for a meal. "I would invite Barack Obama to have a feijoada in Dona Celia's house," referring to Brazil's national dish of rice, beans and stewed meat. Brazilian elections will be held on October 5th.