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US election view [4]: Brazil – the man, not the politics

Nov 6, 2012 12:54pm by John Paul Rathbone
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Too bad Barack Obama isn’t running for office in Brazil – the real Barack Obama, that is. The US president is so popular there that more than a dozen candidates at last month’s municipal elections adopted his surname to try and differentiate themselves from the rest of the field. One candidate, according to CNN, even called himself “Barata Obama”, which literally translates as “Cockroach Obama”. Continue reading »

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US election view [3]: Russia – keep hitting the reset button

Nov 6, 2012 12:47pm by Courtney Weaver
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One of the candidates has called Russia the US’s “number one geopolitical foe”. The other has pushed for a “reset” and promised “more flexibility” on missile defence if he is granted a second term.

Yet when it comes down to it, a Romney presidency and an Obama presidency may not look radically different – at least where Russia is concerned. Continue reading »

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US election view [2]: India – a collective yawn

Nov 6, 2012 12:41pm by Neil Munshi
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On Wednesday Indians will wake up to see the results of the US presidential election rolling in – polls close in Ohio at 6am in India, so breakfast here may well see the anointing of the next president. But most Indians won’t even notice – and even for those who do, few believe who wins will have any effect on their lives. Continue reading »

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US election view [1]: China – a discredited “game of money”

Nov 6, 2012 12:39pm by Zhou Ping
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As America votes, Chinese official media and the country’s netizens have offered a wide range of views on events across the Pacific, but one aspect keeps cropping up – the money. Continue reading »

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