2009 Brazil

Federative Republic of Brazil
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Capital: Brasilia
Official Language: Portuguese
Government: Presidential Federal Republic
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Formation: Declared - September 7, 1882
Population: 187,393,918 (2008 estimate)
Currency: Real (BRL)
Human Rights Record There are serious issues in 
regard to abuses of human rights in Brazil.
Brazil had a remarkably poor record during the 
dictatorship of the 1960s, and still has many problems today.
These include the use of police brutality, corruption,
torture and summary executions by civil and military police and prison authorities.
In the recent years, the 1992 Carandiru Massacre 
is considered the major violation of the human rights in Brazil.
Territorial Disputes Territorial Disputes of Brazil
Ongoing Conflicts None
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=Summary=
Brazil (Portuguese: Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest and most populous country in South America. It is the fifth largest country by geographical area, the fifth most populous country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world.Its population comprises the majority of the world's Portuguese speakers.
Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline of over 7,491 kilometers (4,655 mi). It is bordered on the north by Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana and the overseas department of French Guiana; on the northwest by Colombia; on the west by Bolivia and Peru; on the southwest by Argentina and Paraguay and on the south by Uruguay. Numerous archipelagos in the Atlantic Ocean are part of the Brazilian territory, such as Fernando de Noronha, Rocas Atoll, Saint Peter and Paul Rocks, and Trindade and Martim Vaz.
Brazil is the world's tenth largest economy at market exchange rates and the ninth largest in purchasing power. Economic reforms have given the country new international projection. It is a founding member of the United Nations, the Union of South American Nations, and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries.
The Brazilian population is predominantly Roman Catholic, almost all Portuguese-speaking and multiethnic.
Brazil is also home to a diversity of wildlife, natural environments, and extensive natural resources in a variety of protected habitats.
=Brief History=
Brazil was a colony of Portugal from the landing of Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1500 until its independence in 1822. Initially independent as the Empire of Brazil, the country has been a republic since 1889. The bicameral legislature (now called Congress) dates back to 1824, when the first constitution was ratified. The Constitution defines Brazil as a Federal Republic formed by the union of 26 States, the Federal District and the Municipalities (nowadays more than 5,564).
The military took office in Brazil in a coup d'état in 1964, and remained in power until March 1985, when it fell from grace because of political struggles between the regime and the Brazilian elites. In 1967 the name of the country was changed to Federative Republic of Brazil. Just as the Brazilian regime changes of 1889, 1930, and 1945 unleashed competing political forces and caused divisions within the military, so too did the 1964 regime change. Democracy was re-established in 1988 when the current Federal Constitution was enacted. Fernando Collor de Mello was the first president truly elected by popular vote after the military regime.Collor took office in March 1990. In September 1992, the National Congress voted for Collor's impeachment after a sequence of scandals were uncovered by the media. The vice-president, Itamar Franco, assumed the presidency. Assisted by the Minister of Finance at that time, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Itamar Franco's administration implemented the Plano Real economic package, which included a new currency temporarily pegged to the U.S. dollar, the real. In the elections held on 3 October 1994, Fernando Henrique Cardoso ran for president and won, being reelected in 1998.
=Diplomatic Messages=
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=Resources=
*Brazil on Wikipedia
*Brazil on the BBC
*Brazil on the CIA world factbook
*Homepage of the Brazilian government (Available in Portugese, English and Spanish)