Government
GovernmentConventional Long Form Name of country -Federative Republic of Brazil
Capital City- Brasilia Type of Government- federal presidential republic Date of Independence- 7 September 1822 National Holiday- Independence Day, 7 September |
Chief of State and Head of Government, President Michel Miguel Elias TEMER Lulia
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Government cont.
Description of Executive Branch/Powers
- Location of their embassy in the U.S. 3006 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
- Locations of their consulates in the U.S.- Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Hartford (CT), Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco, Washington, DC
-Name of U.S. Ambassador to them- Ambassador Liliana AYALDE
-Locations of U.S. consulates there - Avenida das Nacoes, Quadra 801, Lote 3, Distrito Federal Cep 70403-900, Brasilia
- president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a single 4-year term (eligible for a second term);
- bicameral National Congress of Federal Senate or Senado Federal (81 seats; 3 members each from 26 states and 3 from the federal district directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 8-year terms, with one-third and two-thirds of the membership elected alternately every 4 years)
- Suffrage - voluntary between 16 to 18 years of age and over 70;
- justices appointed by the president and approved by the Federal Senate; justices appointed to serve until mandatory retirement at age 75
- Location of their embassy in the U.S. 3006 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
- Locations of their consulates in the U.S.- Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Hartford (CT), Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco, Washington, DC
-Name of U.S. Ambassador to them- Ambassador Liliana AYALDE
-Locations of U.S. consulates there - Avenida das Nacoes, Quadra 801, Lote 3, Distrito Federal Cep 70403-900, Brasilia
Issues?
Descriptions of International Disputes
Description of Illicit Drug trafficking
- - uncontested boundary dispute between Brazil and Uruguay over Braziliera/Brasiliera Island in the Quarai/Cuareim River leaves the tripoint with Argentina in question
- - smuggling of firearms and narcotics continues to be an issue along the Uruguay-Brazil border;
Description of Illicit Drug trafficking
- use second-largest consumer of cocaine in the world;
- illicit producer of cannabis
- trace amounts of coca cultivation in the Amazon region, used for domestic consumption