2026 ELECTION
Another presidential candidate enters the field
Joaquim Barbosa in 2018, after joining the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB). Photo: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters/Folhapress
The tiny Christian Democracy (DC) party has confirmed its intention to launch former Supreme Court Justice Joaquim Barbosa as its presidential candidate.
The first (and only) black justice in the history of Brazil's top court, Barbosa became popular in the early 2010s as…
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