Political Systems - Fabricio


Brazilian Federative Republic
Brazil has a government that has a very similar in structure to the American government. It is a federal republic that works in the same way as a representative democracy, where the people vote for representatives who vote in the national congress. The national congress is made up both the Câmera Dos Deputados (similar to the House Of Representatives, except the Brazilian representatives are voted on by state, not district) and the Senado Federal. Brazil also has a supreme court and a president. The president, like in the United States, can run for two four year terms. However, the president can run again after two terms as long as there is one term in between. In the supreme court, there are 11 judge positions, and the court works the same way as the American one, except it is mainly used as a sort of last resort. It has, in recent events, been criticized harshly due to corruption and political favoritism. These three factors make up the judicial, legislative, and executive branches of the government. Along with those is the Brazilian Constitution, which was reformed in 1988 due to the collapse of the military dictatorship (more on that later) and was mainly to decentralize power from the nation’s leaders and its military. Brazil’s government history began in 1822 when it declared independence from Portugal and established a monarchy. Eventually it was overthrown the year after slavery was outlawed in 1889 and the republic was formed. In 1930 Getulio Vargas forms his own dictatorship with the backing of the military that lasted until 1945, until he was kicked out of office by a military coup (well, well, well, how the turn tables). The nation was then returned to a republic, but then Vargas somehow wins the election in 1951, but then commits suicide after the military pressure him to either resign or get thrown out. Brazil continued to be a republic until 1964 until the left-winged president was exiled by a U.S backed military coup (JFK said they backed it because they “didn’t want Brazil to be another Cuba”). The Coup was like any military dictatorship, horrible to its population and anyone who leaned left. They were common users of torture, something made famous by ex-President Lula’s communist brother, who never spoke again after being imprisoned for 3 months. The dictatorship eventually dissolves in 1984, and the country struggles with its economy until 2002, when Lula Ignacio Da Silva wins the election and skyrockets the economy helping millions of people out of poverty (he’s a great guy, don’t listen to what gabe says he’s brainwashed). His second term ends in 2011 and he sponsors Dilma Roussef for the next president. She wins, and then a second term, but then stuff gets a little strange. During her second term the massive corruption plot is discovered and a lot of people get arrested. Dilma gets impeached for her crimes and Lula also goes to jail. Using impressive fake news campaigns and able to harness the public’s anger, they manage to elect Jair Bolsonaro, someone who daydreams about how “great” the military dictatorship was. Eventually Lula gets released from prison and everything is still a mess.

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