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The Brazil is a federal presidential republic, democratic - representative regime . At the federal level , executive power is exercised by the President . It is a republic because the head of state is elected and temporary. The Brazilian state is a federation because it is composed of states with political autonomy guaranteed by the Constitution and the power to enact their own constitutions . It is a presidential republic because the functions of head of state and head of governoestão gathered into a single body : the President of the Republic . It is a representative democracy because the people exercise their sovereignty by electing the chief executive and their representatives in legislative bodies and sometimes directly viaplebiscitos , referenda and popular initiatives .
National Congress of Brazil .
Planalto Palace , seat of the executive branch .
According to the Democracy Index , compiled by the British magazine The Economist , Brazil has high performance in the categories of plurality in the electoral process ( 9,5 ) and civil liberties (note 9.1 ) . The country has an above average score in functionality government (note 7.5) .1 However , it has inferior performance in the categories political participation (note 5.0) and political culture (note 4.3 ) . According to 2010 data , the performance of Brazil in political participation is comparable to Malawi and Uganda, considered " hybrid regimes " , while the performance is comparable to the political culture deCuba considered an authoritarian regime . However , the overall average for the country (note 7.1 ) is second only to Uruguay (note 8.1 ) and Chile (note 7.6 ) in South America Among BRICs , only India ( note 7 2 ) it has better performance . . Indeed , for the BRIC , the magazine had praised the country's democracy earlier, stating that " in some ways, Brazil is the most stable of the BRIC Unlike China and Russia , is a genuine democracy , unlike India , has no serious conflict with their neighbors . "
Brazil is perceived as a highly corrupt country , ranking 69 th place in the index of perception , being the 1st and smaller, Denmark . Loses to African countries such as Botswana ( 33 ° ) , Namibia ( 56th ) and Rwanda ( 66 ) and is relatively distant from Chile ( 21 ° ) , the highest placed South America however is in a better position than some other South American countries comoColômbia ( 78 ) , Argentina ( 105 ° ) , Bolivia ( 110 ° ) and Venezuela ( 164 ° ) . Brazil is still better off than all the other BRIC countries . China is in 78 th place , India on 87 and aRússia at 154 ° .
ideology
According to a research institute Datafolha on the ideological leanings of the population , the Brazilian midfielder has behavioral values right , but expresses sharp left tendencies in the economic field . Respondents answered questions about 16 issues , 41% of them have identified responses to the ideas of the left, while 39 % of them gave answers identified with the right values . Almost 70% of Brazilians argue that the government should be primarily responsible for the country's economic growth , 58 % believe that government institutions must act with force in the economy to prevent abuse of companies , 57% say the government has an obligation to save the national companies facing bankruptcy risk and 54 % associate CLT more protection to workers than the idea of hindrance to business growth . All of these views coincide with the economic policy advocated by parties historically linked to the left , like the PT . In matters of behavior , however , the Brazilian shows up more to the right than to the left ( in a ratio of 49 % right and 29 % left) : nearly 90 % think that believing in God makes someone better and 83 % are in favor of drug prohibition , these ideas historically advocated by supporters of right.
According to the survey , 31 % of Brazilians are center-left , 29 % are center-right , 20 % are from the center , 10 % are left and 10% right . The percentage of people identified with the left increased significantly in two months - from 4% to 10 % in the left and 26 % 6 to 31% in the center-left - due to the inclusion of economic issues in the survey . Among the 10 % who are identified with the left the average age is 35 years . The age increases as the distance from the left ideology , the center-left has an average of 38 years, the center has an average of 39 , the center-right has an average of 41 and have the right average of 46 . On the issue of education , the group on the left is the only one where more than 20 % of people are graduated and it has the lowest number of people fundamental conformation ( 30 % ) . On the right, in turn, has a key formation 52% . Moreover , this group has the largest proportion of people with monthly household income above R $ 6,780 compared to the other four groups . At the same time , has the largest share of persons with an income of up to R $ 1,365 . The left is a little more intense in the Northeast and a little less intense in the south, to the right is the opposite . According to previous research of the same institute , the ideological bent of the population has little influence at the time of the vote since President Dilma Rousseff 's PT, center left , leads the voting intention of voters identified with the right and center-right .
state organization
Federal Senate of Brazil .
Chamber of Deputies of Brazil .
Party leaders in the House of Representatives meeting.
Main articles : State Institutions in Brazil's Constitution , Union Structure and Public Administration in Brazil
The Brazilian state is divided primarily into three spheres of government: the Executive, Legislative and Judicial . The head of the executive branch is the President of the Republic , elected by direct vote for a term of four years, renewable for another four . At the state level the executive is exercised by the governors of the states , and at the municipal level by mayors . The Legislature is composed , at the federal level by Congress , which is bicameral : divided between the House and Senate . For the House , are elected federal representatives sharing their chairs into a reason in order to respect the maximum differences between the twenty- seven Federative Units , for a period of four years. Already in the Senate , each state is represented by three senators for a term of eight years each . Statewide , the Legislature is exercised by the State Legislative Assemblies , and at the municipal level , by local councils .
federal system
Main articles : federative units of Brazil and Federalism in Brazil
Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco .
The Brazil has twenty- six states and one Federal District , indissoluble , each with a governor elected by direct vote for a term of four years renewable for another four , as with the Mayors . Both states as municipalities have only one parliamentary house, state-level state representatives are elected for four years in the Legislature and at the municipal level , the councilors are elected to the City Council for the same period .
judiciary
Main article : Judiciary of Brazil
Federal Supreme Court .
Finally , there is the Judiciary , whose highest court is the Supreme ( STF ) Federal Court , responsible for interpreting the Constitution and composed of eleven ministers appointed by the President of the Senate under referendum among individuals of renowned legal knowledge . The composition of the ministers of the Supreme Court is not completely renewed every presidential term : President only indicates a new minister when one retires or passes away . The mandatory retirement age is 70 years . However , ministers may retire before then , if they wish . The salary received by members of the court ( 28059.29 real in 2013 ) is the highest civil service .
Electoral party system
Main articles : Electoral System of Brazil Political parties in Brazil and Return of the multiparty system in Brazil
In 1980 , he returned to the multiparty system exists in the country, initially created 5 political parties . Currently , there are over 30 political parties registered with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE ) . The oldest party still active is the Brazilian Communist Party ( LCP) , founded in 1922 and placed in several times illegality . According to the TSE , the major parties of the country are the Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement ( PMDB ) - the former opposition allowed by the military regime , which since the end of that was attended by all governments ( except for the brief presidency of Fernando Collor de Mello between 1990 and 1992 ) and has been the dominant force in Congress since then - the Workers Party ( PT) - legend of the current president Dilma Rousseff (2011 - ) and former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (2003 - 2010) - the Progressive Party ( PP ) , the Party of Brazilian Social Democracy ( PSDB ) - the former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso ( 1994-2002) - the Democratic Labor Party ( PDT ) , Brazilian Labor Party ( PTB ) and Democrats ( DEM ) . All have more than one million members . Although 61 % of Brazilians do not have to declare party preference , 20 % preferred to indicate PT, 5 % to the PSDB , PMDB 4 % and 11% to other parties ( PV , PTB , PSB , PDT , SoL and DEM ) .
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Politics of Brazil
Politics of Brazil
Federative Republic of Brazil
This article is part of the series :
Politics and government
Brazil
Executive [ Expand ]
Legislative [ Expand ]
Judiciary [ Expand ]
Federation [ Expand ]
Other institutions [ Expand ]
Policy [ Expand ] Order
The Brazil Portal
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The Brazil is a federal presidential republic, democratic - representative regime . At the federal level , executive power is exercised by the President . It is a republic because the head of state is elected and temporary. The Brazilian state is a federation because it is composed of states with political autonomy guaranteed by the Constitution and the power to enact their own constitutions . It is a presidential republic because the functions of head of state and head of governoestão gathered into a single body : the President of the Republic . It is a representative democracy because the people exercise their sovereignty by electing the chief executive and their representatives in legislative bodies and sometimes directly viaplebiscitos , referenda and popular initiatives .
National Congress of Brazil .
Planalto Palace , seat of the executive branch .
According to the Democracy Index , compiled by the British magazine The Economist , Brazil has high performance in the categories of plurality in the electoral process ( 9,5 ) and civil liberties (note 9.1 ) . The country has an above average score in functionality government (note 7.5) .1 However , it has inferior performance in the categories political participation (note 5.0) and political culture (note 4.3 ) . According to 2010 data , the performance of Brazil in political participation is comparable to Malawi and Uganda, considered " hybrid regimes " , while the performance is comparable to the political culture deCuba considered an authoritarian regime . However , the overall average for the country (note 7.1 ) is second only to Uruguay (note 8.1 ) and Chile (note 7.6 ) in South America Among BRICs , only India ( note 7 2 ) it has better performance . . Indeed , for the BRIC , the magazine had praised the country's democracy earlier, stating that " in some ways, Brazil is the most stable of the BRIC Unlike China and Russia , is a genuine democracy , unlike India , has no serious conflict with their neighbors . "
Brazil is perceived as a highly corrupt country , ranking 69 th place in the index of perception , being the 1st and smaller, Denmark . Loses to African countries such as Botswana ( 33 ° ) , Namibia ( 56th ) and Rwanda ( 66 ) and is relatively distant from Chile ( 21 ° ) , the highest placed South America however is in a better position than some other South American countries comoColômbia ( 78 ) , Argentina ( 105 ° ) , Bolivia ( 110 ° ) and Venezuela ( 164 ° ) . Brazil is still better off than all the other BRIC countries . China is in 78 th place , India on 87 and aRússia at 154 ° .
ideology
According to a research institute Datafolha on the ideological leanings of the population , the Brazilian midfielder has behavioral values right , but expresses sharp left tendencies in the economic field . Respondents answered questions about 16 issues , 41% of them have identified responses to the ideas of the left, while 39 % of them gave answers identified with the right values . Almost 70% of Brazilians argue that the government should be primarily responsible for the country's economic growth , 58 % believe that government institutions must act with force in the economy to prevent abuse of companies , 57% say the government has an obligation to save the national companies facing bankruptcy risk and 54 % associate CLT more protection to workers than the idea of hindrance to business growth . All of these views coincide with the economic policy advocated by parties historically linked to the left , like the PT . In matters of behavior , however , the Brazilian shows up more to the right than to the left ( in a ratio of 49 % right and 29 % left) : nearly 90 % think that believing in God makes someone better and 83 % are in favor of drug prohibition , these ideas historically advocated by supporters of right.
According to the survey , 31 % of Brazilians are center-left , 29 % are center-right , 20 % are from the center , 10 % are left and 10% right . The percentage of people identified with the left increased significantly in two months - from 4% to 10 % in the left and 26 % 6 to 31% in the center-left - due to the inclusion of economic issues in the survey . Among the 10 % who are identified with the left the average age is 35 years . The age increases as the distance from the left ideology , the center-left has an average of 38 years, the center has an average of 39 , the center-right has an average of 41 and have the right average of 46 . On the issue of education , the group on the left is the only one where more than 20 % of people are graduated and it has the lowest number of people fundamental conformation ( 30 % ) . On the right, in turn, has a key formation 52% . Moreover , this group has the largest proportion of people with monthly household income above R $ 6,780 compared to the other four groups . At the same time , has the largest share of persons with an income of up to R $ 1,365 . The left is a little more intense in the Northeast and a little less intense in the south, to the right is the opposite . According to previous research of the same institute , the ideological bent of the population has little influence at the time of the vote since President Dilma Rousseff 's PT, center left , leads the voting intention of voters identified with the right and center-right .
state organization
Federal Senate of Brazil .
Chamber of Deputies of Brazil .
Party leaders in the House of Representatives meeting.
Main articles : State Institutions in Brazil's Constitution , Union Structure and Public Administration in Brazil
The Brazilian state is divided primarily into three spheres of government: the Executive, Legislative and Judicial . The head of the executive branch is the President of the Republic , elected by direct vote for a term of four years, renewable for another four . At the state level the executive is exercised by the governors of the states , and at the municipal level by mayors . The Legislature is composed , at the federal level by Congress , which is bicameral : divided between the House and Senate . For the House , are elected federal representatives sharing their chairs into a reason in order to respect the maximum differences between the twenty- seven Federative Units , for a period of four years. Already in the Senate , each state is represented by three senators for a term of eight years each . Statewide , the Legislature is exercised by the State Legislative Assemblies , and at the municipal level , by local councils .
federal system
Main articles : federative units of Brazil and Federalism in Brazil
Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco .
The Brazil has twenty- six states and one Federal District , indissoluble , each with a governor elected by direct vote for a term of four years renewable for another four , as with the Mayors . Both states as municipalities have only one parliamentary house, state-level state representatives are elected for four years in the Legislature and at the municipal level , the councilors are elected to the City Council for the same period .
judiciary
Main article : Judiciary of Brazil
Federal Supreme Court .
Finally , there is the Judiciary , whose highest court is the Supreme ( STF ) Federal Court , responsible for interpreting the Constitution and composed of eleven ministers appointed by the President of the Senate under referendum among individuals of renowned legal knowledge . The composition of the ministers of the Supreme Court is not completely renewed every presidential term : President only indicates a new minister when one retires or passes away . The mandatory retirement age is 70 years . However , ministers may retire before then , if they wish . The salary received by members of the court ( 28059.29 real in 2013 ) is the highest civil service .
Electoral party system
Main articles : Electoral System of Brazil Political parties in Brazil and Return of the multiparty system in Brazil
In 1980 , he returned to the multiparty system exists in the country, initially created 5 political parties . Currently , there are over 30 political parties registered with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE ) . The oldest party still active is the Brazilian Communist Party ( LCP) , founded in 1922 and placed in several times illegality . According to the TSE , the major parties of the country are the Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement ( PMDB ) - the former opposition allowed by the military regime , which since the end of that was attended by all governments ( except for the brief presidency of Fernando Collor de Mello between 1990 and 1992 ) and has been the dominant force in Congress since then - the Workers Party ( PT) - legend of the current president Dilma Rousseff (2011 - ) and former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (2003 - 2010) - the Progressive Party ( PP ) , the Party of Brazilian Social Democracy ( PSDB ) - the former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso ( 1994-2002) - the Democratic Labor Party ( PDT ) , Brazilian Labor Party ( PTB ) and Democrats ( DEM ) . All have more than one million members . Although 61 % of Brazilians do not have to declare party preference , 20 % preferred to indicate PT, 5 % to the PSDB , PMDB 4 % and 11% to other parties ( PV , PTB , PSB , PDT , SoL and DEM ) .
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