Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

In Brazil, where nicknames are everything, voters can now opt for a congressional candidate who goes by the name Barack Obama.
      
He is black, like the US president, and running for congress in elections on October 5 for the ruling Workers Party.
      

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was confirmed on Saturday as candidate for re-election to a second term of the governing Workers Party.

The elections are to take place on October 5, with a possible run-off on October 26, according to reports of the BBC News.