The 1992 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ style="font-size:15px;">       noun - Brazilian(s); adjective - Brazilian

       Ethnic divisions:

       Portuguese, Italian, German, Japanese, black, Amerindian; white 55%, mixed

       38%, black 6%, other 1%

       Religions:

       Roman Catholic (nominal) 90%

       Languages:

       Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French

       Literacy:

       81% (male 82%, female 80%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

       Labor force:

       57,000,000 (1989 est.); services 42%, agriculture 31%, industry 27%

       Organized labor:

       13,000,000 dues paying members (1989 est.)

      :Brazil Government

      Long-form name:

       Federative Republic of Brazil

       Type:

       federal republic

       Capital:

       Brasilia

       Administrative divisions:

       26 states (estados, singular - estado) and 1 federal district* (distrito

       federal); Acre, Alagoas, Amapa, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceara, Distrito Federal*,

       Espirito Santo, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas

       Gerais, Para, Paraiba, Parana, Pernambuco, Piaui, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande

       do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondonia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo,

       Sergipe, Tocantins; note - the former territories of Amapa and Roraima

       became states in January 1991

       Independence:

       7 September 1822 (from Portugal)

       Constitution:

       5 October 1988

       Legal system:

       based on Latin codes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

       National holiday:

       Independence Day, 7 September (1822)

       Executive branch:

       president, vice president, Cabinet

       Legislative branch:

       bicameral National Congress (Congresso Nacional) consists of an upper

       chamber or Federal Senate (Senado Federal) and a lower chamber or Chamber of

       Deputies (Camara dos Deputados)

       Judicial branch:

       Supreme Federal Tribunal

       Leaders:

       Chief of State and Head of Government:

       President Fernando Affonso COLLOR de Mello (since 15 March 1990); Vice

       President Itamar FRANCO (since 15 March 1990)

       Political parties and leaders:

       National Reconstruction Party (PRN), Daniel TOURINHO, president; Brazilian

       Democratic Movement Party (PMDB), Orestes QUERCIA, president; Liberal Front

       Party (PFL), Hugo NAPOLEAO, president; Workers' Party (PT), Luis Ignacio

       (Lula) da SILVA, president; Brazilian Labor Party (PTB), Luiz GONZAGA de

       Paiva Muniz, president; Democratic Labor Party (PDT), Leonel BRIZOLA,

       president; Democratic Social Party (PPS), Paulo MALUF, president; Brazilian

       Social Democracy Party (PSDB), Tasso JEREISSATI, president; Popular

       Socialist Party (PPS), Roberto FREIRE, president; Communist Party of Brazil

       (PCdoB), Joao AMAZONAS, secretary general; Christian Democratic Party (PDC),

       Siqueira CAMPOS, president

       Suffrage:

       voluntary at age 16; compulsory between ages 18 and 70; voluntary at age 70

       Elections:

       Chamber of Deputies:

       last held 3 October 1990 (next to be held November 1994); results - PMDB

       21%, PFL 17%, PDT 9%, PDS 8%, PRN 7.9%, PTB 7%, PT 7%, other 23.1%; seats -

       (503 total as of 3 February 1991) PMDB 108, PFL 87, PDT 46, PDS 43, PRN 40,

       PTB 35, PT 35, other 109

       Federal Senate:

       last held 3 October 1990 (next to be held November 1994); results - percent

       of vote by party NA; seats - (81 total as of 3 February 1991) PMDB 27, PFL

       15, PSDB 10, PTB 8, PDT 5, other 16

      :Brazil Government

      President:

       last held 15 November 1989, with runoff on 17 December 1989 (next to be held

       November 1994); results - Fernando COLLOR de Mello 53%, Luis Inacio da SILVA

       47%; note - first free, direct presidential election since 1960

       Communists:

       less than 30,000

       Other political or pressure groups:

       left wing of the Catholic Church and labor unions allied to leftist Worker's

       Party are critical of government's social and economic policies

       Member of:

       AfDB, AG (observer), CCC, ECLAC, FAO, G-11, G-15, G-19, G-24, G-77, GATT,

       IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT,

       INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, LORCS,

       MERCOSUR, NAM (observer), OAS, OPANAL, PCA, RG, UN, UNAVEM, UNCTAD, UNESCO,

       UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WFTU, WIPO, WMO, WTO

       Diplomatic representation:

       Ambassador Rubens RICUPERO; Chancery at 3006 Massachusetts Avenue СКАЧАТЬ