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  Brazil - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Brazil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The cabinet is chosen by the president, who is elected by universal adult suffrage for a five-year term and is not eligible for re-election.
Brazil protested against the German announcement of unrestricted submarine warfare in January 1917, and the persistence of Germany in that policy led to the sinking of Brazilian ships in 1917.
Brazil entered the war against Germany and Italy in August 1942, and in February 1943 declared adherence to the Atlantic Charter, extending the declaration of war to include Japan.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Brazil   (3404 words)

  
 Brazil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brazil is characterized by the extensive low-lying Amazon Rainforest in the north, and a more open terrain of hills and low mountains to the south — home to most of Brazil's population and its agricultural base.
Brazil's population is mostly concentrated along the coast, with a lower population density in the interior.
Brazil is the country with the largest Catholic population in the world, as well the country with the most members of Asian religions in the Western world.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brazil   (3038 words)

  
 Brazil - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Brazil faces a deep economic and social crisis due to its huge national debt, which consumes a disproportionate fraction of its GNP and is preventing much-needed investment and economic growth.
Brazil is characterised by the extensive low-lying Amazon Rainforest in the north, and a more open terrain of hills and (low) mountains to the south, home to most of Brazil's population and its agricultural base.
Brazil is the only Portuguese-speaking nation in the Americas, giving it a distinct national culture separate from its Spanish-speaking neighbors.
open-encyclopedia.com /Brazil   (2254 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Brazil
Brazil has extensive tracts of fertile land, especially along the Amazon and in the south-eastern portion; but the greater part of the plateaux is fit only for grazing.
Brazil was discovered on the 26th of January, 1500, by Vicente Yanez Pinzon, a Spaniard who had been a companion of Columbus.
From 1580 to 1640, Brazil, as a dependency of Portugal, was in the hands of Spain, and during the latter part of this period Holland, being at war with Spain, seized a good portion of the country.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/02745c.htm   (4360 words)

  
 Brazil President Unveils Cabinet Changes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Brazil is poised for 4 percent economic growth in 2004 and a rise in foreign investment, according to most economists.
Brazil's retaliatory fingerprinting of visitors from the United States in response to new American security measures is an indication of longstanding frictions in the relationship.
Brazil led the entire developing world last year in opposing the further liberalization of global trade until and unless the United States and Europe stop giving their farmers subsidies that provide them an unfair advantage on world markets.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1064156/posts   (864 words)

  
 Brazil Ban On GM Foods Seen Firm As Divisions Fester
Brazil's isolation on the continent was reinforced by a federal court ruling late Thursday, which agreed with environmental and consumer rights groups who say not enough is known about gene-spliced crops to call them safe.
Brazil is the second-largest chicken producer and exporter on the planet, ranking only behind the United States.
Pratini argues Brazil's army of chicken farmers are the unwitting victims of a feud between multinationals in the United States, which hold GM patents, and Europe, where most firms brushed off biotech research and favor a GM ban.
www.biotech-info.net /Brazil_divisions_fester.html   (572 words)

  
 Facts about topic: (Cabinet making)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Cabinet making is the practice of utilizing many woodworking (The craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood) skills to create cabinets, shelving and furniture (Furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy).
Cabinet making involves techniques such as creating appropriate joints (Junction by which parts or objects are joined together), shelving systems, finishing tools such as router ((computer science) a device that forwards data packets between computer networks) s to create decorative edgings, and so on.
Before the advent of industrial design (additional info and facts about industrial design) the cabinet maker was responsible for the conception and the production of any piece of furniture.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/cabinet_making.htm   (240 words)

  
 Map & Graph: Countries by Government > Executive branch > Cabinet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Cabinet appointed by the governor with the consent of the legislature
Cabinet appointed by the prime minister and sworn in on 20 October 2000; as of 1 January 2002, the Cabinet was in caretaker status following a no-confidence vote in October 2001 that ousted HASSAN's predecessor
Cabinet appointed by the president on the proposal of the prime minister and ratification of the National Assembly
www.nationmaster.com /graph-T/gov_exe_bra_cab   (2320 words)

  
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Brazil - like Russia, China, and India - is a country of continental scope, the fifth largest in territory, fifth in population, and ninth by size of the economy.
Brazil began by creating a unique nation of grand size and spirit, then continued by establishing a union of friendship and cooperation with Spanish South America, and is just now at the stage where the polity is debating how Brazil might contribute to a healthy hemisphere in a prosperous and peaceful global system.
Brazil is already the world's second-largest market for executive jets, helicopters, cell phones, and fax machines; third largest for soft drinks; fourth largest for refrigerators; and the fifth largest for compact discs.
www.ita.doc.gov /td/icp/PRs/Brazil/SaoPauloSpch.020313.html   (4441 words)

  
 Brazil Remains Firm on Ban of GE Crops
Brazil's isolation on the continent was reinforced by a federal court
Brazil is the second-largest chicken producer and exporter on the
Pratini argues Brazil's army of chicken farmers are the unwitting
www.organicconsumers.org /ge/brazilbange.cfm   (513 words)

  
 brazzil - Cardoso, Brazil's Neoliberal Marxist
The assassination of Indians in Brazil and the risky situation of human right defenders were some of the problems pointed out this Tuesday, December 6, by representatives of social entities...
Brazil's National Industrial Confederation (CNI) reports that there was a drop of 0.91% in sales by the industrial sector in October, compared to September.
Brazil's Minister of Environment, Marina Silva, says that the drop of 30% in Amazon region deforestation reported by the Inpe for the period August 2004 to July 2005 was the...
www.brazzil.com /content/view/9272/76   (2393 words)

  
 brazzilforum.com :: View topic - Brazil's cabinet chief Jose Dirceu quits amid corruption ...
Brazil's annual budget deficit was the equivalent of 2.5 percent of gross domestic product in January, the lowest since the government began keeping records in 1991.
Brazil's interest rates are the highest in the world, a result of the government's efforts to contain inflation by curbing the money supply, according to GlobalInvest, an investment consulting firm in Curitiba, a city 410 kilometers (255 miles) south of Sao Paulo.
In 2001, the richest 10 percent of Brazil's population controlled 67 percent of the country's GDP compared with 44 percent in the U.S. and 36 percent in Japan, according to World Bank data.
www.brazzilforum.com /viewtopic.php?t=1381   (4604 words)

  
 Naharnet Newsdesk - Lahoud in France, Hariri to Brazil, Cabinet Frozen
President Lahoud has begun a surprise vacation in France and Premier Hariri has scheduled a trip to Brazil next week, suspending cabinet meetings for at least two weeks in a fresh signal that their resurgent power struggle may have transformed the government into a care-taking administration for the rest of Lahoud's 18 months in office.
The freeze of cabinet functions came a day after Hizbullah's chieftain Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah called for a moratorium on domestic controversies, including the 2004 and 2005 presidential, parliamentary and municipal elections, in order to cope with the current pressures brought to bear on Lebanon by the Bush administration.
The Beirut media on Tuesday interpreted Nasrallah's behest as a proposal that all three elections be put off until further notice, which would maintain Lahoud in office beyond the expiry of his 6-year term on Nov. 24 next year and the current parliament beyond the September 2005 mandate.
www.naharnet.com /domino/tn/Newsdesk.nsf/Story/6AF727E96433BB5542256D3300381332?OpenDocument&PRINT   (235 words)

  
 definition of rosewood
A valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and variegated with fl, obtained from several tropical leguminous trees of the genera Dalbergia and Machaerium.
The finest kind is from Brazil, and is said to be from the Dalbergia nigra.
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www.brainydictionary.com /words/ro/rosewood214164.html   (134 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / World / Latin America/Caribbean / Brazil Cabinet does a turn
RIO DE JANEIRO -- A smaller-than-expected shuffle of Brazil's Cabinet last week suggested that political turmoil could hamper President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's ability to introduce reforms to foster sustained, equitable growth in Latin America's biggest country.
The Cabinet makeup ''doesn't reflect the distribution of power in the Congress," said Christopher Garman, a political scientist at Tendencias, a consultancy in São Paulo.
Aldo Rebelo, minister of political coordination, and the Cabinet member responsible for rallying support in Congress, said the growing pressure merely reflects Brazil's complex politics.
www.boston.com /news/world/latinamerica/articles/2005/03/27/brazil_cabinet_does_a_turn   (762 words)

  
 Aljazeera.Net - Brazil scandal claims cabinet chief   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Brazilian cabinet chief Jose Dirceu has resigned in the aftermath of a bribery scandal that has engulfed the government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
The opposition had been calling for Dirceu's resignation since the ruling Workers' Party was accused last week of paying bribes to lawmakers to ensure their support, undermining the party's promises to root out corruption in government.
Dirceu trained as a guerrilla in Cuba during Brazil's 1964-1985 military rule and was among political prisoners exchanged by military authorities for the US ambassador to Brazil, Charles Elbrick, who had been captured by the army's opponents.
english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/9BA667F4-08FA-42DE-A69B-A8C27FC125C2.htm   (387 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Brazil's Cabinet chief of staff resigns amid vote-buying scandal
Brazil's Cabinet chief of staff resigns amid vote-buying scandal
BRASILIA, Brazil – A top Cabinet official resigned Thursday over accusations he knew of a vote-buying scheme in Congress, becoming the highest-ranking official hit by a scandal that has shaken President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's administration.
But the fallout has handed him, Brazil's first leftist president, his worst political crisis since he took office in 2003.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050616-1617-brazil-corruptionscandal.html   (308 words)

  
 JANM/INRP-Timeline-Brazil
Japan and Brazil agree to cooperate in developing Cerrado.
(7 October) The Federation of members of Parliament in Brazil and Japan is established.
Historical Museum of Japanese Immigrants to Brazil is opened.
www.janm.org /projects/inrp/english/time_brazil.htm   (1209 words)

  
 brazzil magazine - Lula Continues Brazil's Cabinet Shuffle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Brazil has been hitting the international headlines recently, not for the usual reasons of the Carnaval, destruction of the Amazon or urban violence, but because of its participation in the...
After declaring Brazil's Independence, the Empire's leaders decided to educate the children of the small, free aristocracy, excluding the slaves.
Judges in Brazil acquired from the 1988 Constitution an impressive degree of administrative, financial, and disciplinary independence.
www.brazzilmag.com /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3312&Itemid=49   (960 words)

  
 Brazilian Studies Program - Courses   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Brazil's Lula is Beatable in Next Election, According to São Paulo's Governor, Alckmin.
Brazil Kaiowa Indians Plagued by Starvation, Suicides and Infant Mortality.
Brazil UN Ambassador Appeals for Release of Hostage in Iraq.
www.georgetown.edu /sfs/programs/clas/Brazil/brazilinthenews.html   (1393 words)

  
 Government, Politics, Law: Brazil : Selected Internet Resources (Portals to the World, Library of Congress)
Besides the online catalog of the Library of Congress (http://catalog.loc.gov/) for books, the most important source for bibliography of books and articles concerning Brazil is the annual Handbook of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/) produced by over 160 contributing editors under the editorship of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress.
One of the major aggregators for links to a wide variety of subjects relating to Brazil is the University of Texas' LANIC (http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/la/brazil/).
Virtual law library of Brazil’s "Conselho da Justiça Federal" is a commented repository of available information on the Internet with selected links to national and foreign legal information, classified by categories.
www.loc.gov /rr/international/hispanic/brazil/resources/brazil-government.html   (598 words)

  
 Brazil's cabinet chief of staff resigns
A top Cabinet official resigned Thursday over accusations he knew of a vote-buying scheme in Congress, becoming the highest-ranking official hit by a scandal that has shaken President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's administration.
Brazil's Cabinet-level Chief of Staff Jose Dirceu announces his resignation in Brasilia, Thursday, June 16, 2005.
Dirceu, a close ally and friend of the president, denied the accusations in a nationally televised statement.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2005-06/17/content_452334.htm   (310 words)

  
 FARC and Brazilian Workers' Party:the general didn't tell the truth, says former Abin superior to Veja - Wikinews
Brazil – The Head Minister of the Institutional Security Cabinet of Brazil, General Jorge Felix, and the director-general of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin), Mauro Marcelo de Lima e Silva, testifying before a commission of deputies and senators, said documents may be incorrect.
The Head Minister of the Institutional Security Cabinet of Brazil's General Jorge Felix, and the director-general of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin), Mauro Marcelo de Lima e Silva, said that the documents were not reliable.
In a interview to Valquíria Rey, from BBC, in March 6, 2003 FARC commander Pastor Alape praised the independent stance of the Brazil.
en.wikinews.org /wiki/FARC_and_Brazilian_Workers'_Party:the_general_didn't_tell_the_truth,_says_former_Abin_superior_to_Veja   (3452 words)

  
 Sao Paulo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reshuffled the cabinet on Friday for the first time during his 13-month administration, adding two ministers of the right-wing Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) and creating a new ministry(ABr)...
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil -- From deep inside the Amazon to the gaucho country outside this port city, Brazil's government has solved riddles large and small to deliver a quick and generally reliable voting method t...
Brazil's President to be chief guest at R-Day
archive.wn.com /2004/01/24/1400/saopaulo   (700 words)

  
 Brazil FM - live via internet!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Critics say Mr Chavez' reforms are crippling the economy Tens of thousands of opponents and supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez have held rival demonstrations in the capital, Caracas.
SAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazil's unemployment rate tumbled to 10.9 percent in December from 12.2 percent...
SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Brazil's unemployment rate tumbled to 10.9 percent in December from 12.2 percen...
archive.wn.com /2004/01/24/1400/brazilfm   (743 words)

  
 brazzil - Payback Time in Brazil: Friends Get Cabinet Post
The Real plan has brought annual inflation down to single digit figures and the privatization of telephone companies, steel mills and electrical distribution means that there are fewer places to put politicians in jobs for which they are not qualified.
The proof that Brazil has made a peaceful transition from a tropical military dictatorship to a democratic society is that Lula was elected and allowed to take office, something that might not have happened had he won in 1989.
Also, I think Brazil's interest rate SELIC is now actually at 19.25 and not at 19.50...But whatever it is too high...
www.brazzil.com /content/view/8961/76   (3231 words)

  
 Bloomberg.com: Latin America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Miro Teixeira, Brazil's communications minister for Lula's first year as president, probably will be replaced by Eunicio Oliveira, the leader of the PMDB in the lower house who helped pass Lula's pension bill, Meschoulam said.
The PMDB is the second-largest party in the house, with 77 deputies out of 513, behind the Workers' Party, which has 93 deputies.
Lula delayed the inclusion of the PMDB in the Cabinet for three months as his Workers' Party and other allies balked.
quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=acdCS8XqsNLg&refer=latin_america   (602 words)

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