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Brazil ballot: Scores of foreigners run for office in local elections

Some 1,450 non-natives are in a race for city council posts, including mayor, in South America’s growing nation of immigrants.

Brazil ruling party wins São Paulo mayoral election

Brazil's governing Workers Party (PT) took back the mayor's office in São Paulo with an easy win for newcomer Fernando Haddad.

Supporters of Fernando Haddad, the mayoral candidate of the Workers Party (PT), wave banners during a campaign rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 20, 2012.

Yasuyoshi Chiba

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