Brazilian Carnival Queen Viviane Castro will have the likeness of Barack Obama painted on her body for this year’s Carnival Parade in Sao Paulo.  Castro made headlines at last year’s parade by somehow managing to violate a rarely enforced nudity rule in the parade by wearing nothing more than a piece of tape 3 centimeters wide.  The samba drum queen told the G1 website, “This year I will come back with minimal clothing again but honoring the great political figure Barack Obama. Everyone, in a certain way, is looking at him to create a good government and take the world out of the crisis.”

Can I just say how nice it is to have these kind of sentiments expressed in other countries about our political leadership.  In the span of one short month we went from people throwing shoes at our President and calling him a dog, with the majority of people around the world and perhaps even in America thinking that he deserved it and more, to Samba Queens having their bodies painted in honor of our Chief Executive.  You can takepart in helping the disenfranchised in the favelas of Sao Paulo by checking out Feed the Favelas.

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AP: Carnival Queen will have Obama painted on her body

HuffPo: Brazil Carnival Send Us Your Photos

Houston Chronicle: Brazil’s Carnival rolls on despite economic troubles