Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Joaquim Barbosa is elected as Brazil's first black Supreme Court president

Judge Joaquim Barbosa

Brazil's first black Supreme Court justice has been chosen as the presiding judge for the high court.

Joaquim Barbosa was elected Wednesday as Supreme Court president. His two-year tenure begins next month with the retirement of the court's current president, Carlos Ayres Britto.

Barbosa currently is presiding over a high-profile corruption trial involving a congressional cash-for-votes scheme.

Brazil has the largest black population after Nigeria, but black

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