The Structure of Political System in Brazil

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The Structure of Political System in Brazil

Many countries in the world adopted the unique and valuable political system of the US, and the political system of Brazil mainly is oriented toward so called pro-American political system.

Political system refers to all kinds of recognized political and state institutions, the way of their formation, the matters of legitimacy, culture and delegation of power within the population and political structures.

The main law, the Constitution, gives clear ideas about the political power, the principle of the separation of powers among the various branches, public participation, issues of legitimacy and traditions.

According to the Federal Constitution of Brazil, three main political powers (legislative, executive, and judicial) have to be separated from each other. The constitution defines different procedures for the legitimacy of each branch of power. The Federal Constitution of 1988 of Brazil comprises a vast range of civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights as well as ample constitutional guarantees.

The Constitution of Brazil does not specifically alter the balance of power between bicameral legislative branch of the country. In Brazil congress (Congresso Nacional) consists of Federal Senate (Senado Federal) and the Chamber of Deputies (Camara Dos Deputados). Federal Senate has 81 seats; three members from each state or federal district elected according to the principle of majority for eighty year terms. One-third of senators are elected after four year period, two-thirds after the next four year period. Chamber of Deputies has five hundred thirteen seats, whose members are elected by proportional representation for four-year period. Senate mainly deal with conf...

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...n human rights with cooperation with the United States.

The adopted pro-American and adjusted to the cultural traditions political system of Brazil, made the country the leader in political, economical, social, and international aspects in South America. Also, Brazil made possible to forge new dimension in all-American regional relationship with the United States.

Works Cited

1. http://www.brazilinfo.net The embassy of Brazil in the US

2. http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/ CIA Publications

3. http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba/Parties.html Political Database of the Americas, Georgetown University

4. http://www.brazil.gov.br/ Republica Federativa do Brasil, Official site of the brazilian government

5. Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky. " The new Brazil: a viable partner for the United States" SAIS Review v18 p51-71 Wint/Spr '98

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