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October. October 13 - 17: A 15-year-old girl named Eloá Cristina Pimentel is kidnapped, held hostage, and later murdered by her ex-boyfriend. This would be the longest hostage crisis in the state of São Paulo's history. The São Paulo police are heavily criticized for their handling of the crisis. [ 7 ][ 8 ]
Brazil is a federal presidential constitutional republic, based on representative democracy. The federal government has three independent branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. Executive power is exercised by the executive branch, headed by the President, advised by a Cabinet. The President is both the head of state and the head of ...
Brazilian foreign policy has recently aimed to strengthen ties with other South American countries, engage in multilateral diplomacy through the United Nationsand the Organization of American States, and act at times as a countervailing force to U.S. political and economic influence in Latin America. Overview.
Days after authorities regained control of Brazil’s government buildings the nation is still facing the aftermath and hundreds of rioters have been arrested and jailed.
Municipal elections were held in Brazil on October 5 and October 26, 2008. [1] Over 130 million voters chose mayors and city councillors for the 5,565 municipalities of Brazil. [2] Brazilian law allowed candidates to run under ballot names different from their legal names. At least six candidates chose the ballot name "Barack Obama" [3] and ...
The 2008 Brazilian federal budget was submitted to the National Congress of Brazil by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on 5 September 2007. Total receipts [ edit ] The total receipts for fiscal year 2008 are estimated at R$1.4 trillion (all values below are given in Brazilian Real).
History of Brazil. Brazilian history from 1985 to the present, also known as the Sixth Brazilian Republic or New Republic, is the contemporary epoch in the history of Brazil, beginning when civilian government was restored after a 21-year-long military dictatorship established after the 1964 coup d'état. The negotiated transition to democracy ...
Coffee prices fell during this Panic of 1857 and its sales fell from 2 million to 1.8 million bags the following year. [4] External. Pedro II. 1864 crisis. Unlike the 1857 and the 1875 crisis, this one had an internal cause, which was an excessively recessive monetary policy adopted in the beginning of the decade.