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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 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 reached its climax ...
The military dictatorship in Brazil (Portuguese: ditadura militar), occasionally referred to as the Fifth Brazilian Republic, [ 3 ][ 4 ] was established on 1 April 1964, after a coup d'état by the Brazilian Armed Forces, with support from the United States government, [ 5 ] against president João Goulart. The Brazilian dictatorship lasted for ...
The Federal Government of Brazil (Governo Federal) is the national government of the Federative Republic of Brazil, a republic in South America divided into 26 states and a federal district. The Brazilian federal government is divided into three branches: the executive, which is headed by the President and the cabinet; the legislative, whose ...
U.S. President Joe Biden (left) meets Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at Washington, D.C. in February 2023. The United States was, in 1824, the second country to recognize the independence of Brazil, after Argentina did it in 1823. [ 1 ] Brazil was the only South American nation to send troops to fight in Europe alongside the ...
Truckers protesting against the result of the 2022 presidential elections in the BR-381, Timóteo, Minas Gerais. Date. 30 October 2022 – 9 January 2023 (2 months, 1 week and 3 days) Location. Brazil. 25 states and the Federal District. Caused by. Victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the 2022 Brazilian general election.
The independence of Brazil comprised a series of political and military events that led to the independence of the Kingdom of Brazil from the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves as the Brazilian Empire. It is celebrated on 7 September, the date when prince regent Pedro of Braganza declared the country's independence from the ...
Elections in Brazil. Brazil elects on the national level a head of state — the president — and a legislature. The president is elected to a four-year term by absolute majority vote through a two-round system. The National Congress (Congresso Nacional) has two chambers.