Chamber of Deputies of Brazil

office and it can lead into more autocratic attitudes. Democracy would be the dependent variable measured with Polity IV and the independent variable would be presidentialism and parliamentarism, measured with the Political Institutional Database. Brazil, USA, Finland, ?, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy and Germany are the countries selected as a sample. According to our hypothesis, presidential countries should score less than parliamentarian ones. A Presidential system is characterized by the…

With an enormous population of 205,823,665, Brazil is the largest country located in South America. (The World Factbook, 2016) Brazil is a beautiful country filled with a diverse collection of citizens and cultures. Even though there is diversity amongst cultures, their language is what unites the people of Brazil and something almost 100% of Brazilians have in common. Portuguese is the most commonly spoken language in Brazil. (Advameg, Inc., 2016) Many may have the misconception that Spanish is…

Brazil is the largest country of South America and the fifth largest of the world. Its total area is approximately 8,514,877 square kilometers which is 3,287,564 square miles. It is on the Eastern part of the continent and it borders the Atlantic Ocean with a coastline of 7,491 km. In addition, Brazil also borders all countries of South America except for Chile and Ecuador. The topography consists of a flat surface with gently sloping lowland, and some mountains and rounded hills as well. Some…

Brazil brief description: Brazil, the largest country in South America was found on September 7th, 1822. Before 1822, Brazil was ruled by the Portuguese Empire from the 1500s. Pedro Cabral was the lucky man to claim the title as the discoverer of Brazil. At the arrival of the Portuguese, they discovered that there were around 7 million tribal native Indians living there. The Portuguese observed a highly developed tribal culture, but also tribal warfare which even included cannibalism to a…

In 1830, after the collapse of Grand Colombia Venezuela along with Ecuador and Colombia were formed. Venezuela is located on the northern coast of South America. It has an area of 352,144 square miles and is bordered by Guyana to the East, Brazil to the South, Colombia to the West, and the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea to the north. Venezuela is divided into four major environmental regions the coastal zone, the Andean mountain range, the plains, and the Guiana Highlands. The capital…

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Following the war with Paraguay, in which slaves fought as members of the imperial army, the issue of slave labor had become a problem for parliament to address, and the “free for the womb” debate began in Brazil. Martha Abreu’s article “Slave Mothers and Freed Children: Emancipation and Female Space in Debates on the ‘Free Womb’ Law, Rio de Janeiro, 1871” analyzes the Free Womb Law, the debate surrounding its proposal, and the potential obstacles it would present to the perpetuation of…

The markings begin to deploy technologies that had saved years in the chamber to deal with a situation certainly predictable. The current situation makes it clear that the power from traction batteries has imposed on other solutions such as gas, panels solar or biomass fuels. The reason? This is probably the least solution…

Bolivia may be the poorest country in South America, but the history of this wonderful country is what makes it beautiful. Bolivia is one of the two landlocked countries in South America sharing borders with Peru, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil. The vast geography of Bolivia ranges from the Andes mountains in the east and the tropical forests in the lowlands. Bolivia and Peru share Lake Titicaca, which is the highest lake in the world. The official name of the country is the…