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	Brazil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brazil is thought to have been inhabited for at least 10,000 years by semi-nomadic populations before the first Portuguese explorers, led by Pedro Álvares Cabral, disembarked in 1500.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brazil (4188 words)

	THE FEDERAL SENATE OF BRAZIL
		Commissions of inquiry may be set up by the Federal Senate or by the Chamber of Deputies alone, or by both chambers acting in concert, at the request of one third of the members, to investigate a specific matter within a specific time-period.
		The Senate chaired by the President of the Supreme Federal Tribunal has the sole right to institute legal proceedings against, and try, the President and Vice-President of the Republic in cases of allegations of failing to fulfil statutory duties, and Ministers of State in the case of similar offences in which they may be involved.
		At the request of the Senate (or of the Chamber of Deputies, a commission of inquiry or a technical committee, or on its own initiative), the Tribunal of Accounts of the Union may conduct accounting, financial, budgetary, operational and assets-related inspections and audits in administrative departments of the three houses.
	www.senat.fr /senatsdumonde/english/bresil.html (1702 words)

	Nuclear Weapons Programs - Brazil
		Brazil was faced with a technical dilemma: it could switch to natural uranium technology, which could be pursued independently; or it could continue to pursue the more costly and advanced enriched uranium technology, but with external assistance.
		The operation of pressurized light water reactors (PWR) adopted by Brazil for the generation of nuclear power in the Country use uranium that should be slightly enriched, that is, the light isotope uranium 235 that occurs in natural uranium with a proportion of 0.72%, should be enriched by 3.5%.
		Some observers have argued that Brazil is still seeking the technological capability to produce a nuclear bomb, despite the 1991 quadripartite agreement, the full ratification of the Treaty of Tlatelolco, and a provision in Brazil's 1988 constitution that bars the development of nuclear energy for anything but peaceful purposes.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/world/brazil/nuke.htm (3628 words)

	Politics of Brazil
		Brazil is a federal republic with 26 states and a federal district.
		Senate terms are for 8 years, with election staggered so that two-thirds of the upper house is up for election at one time and one-third 4 years later.
		Brazil maintains consulates general in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles; and consulates in Miami, Houston, Boston, San Francisco, and Orlando.
	www.fastload.org /po/Politics_of_Brazil.html (573 words)

	Brazil - Legislative Branch - Senate, Representatives
		The Federal Legislative branch is composed by two Houses: the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.
		Senators are ellected for a eight year term; every four years, either 2/3 or 1/3 of Senate is renovated; in 2002, 1/3 of Senate was renovated.
		Senators are elected by majoritarian votation: the candidate with most votes is the winner.
	www.v-brazil.com /government/legislative-branch (258 words)

	Federal Senate of Brazil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Federal Senate of Brazil (Portuguese: Senado Federal) is a federal legislative body and the upper house of the National Congress of Brazil.
		Three senators from each state and three from the Federal District, elected on a majority basis to serve eight-year terms.
		Elections are staggered so that two-thirds of the upper house is up for election at one time and the remaining one-third four years later.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Federal_Senate_of_Brazil (108 words)

	BRAZIL, Landmine Monitor Report 2001
		Brazil attended the Second Meeting of States Parties in September 2000, with a delegation led by its Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva.
		Brazil is a former producer and exporter of antipersonnel landmines.
		Brazil is not mine-affected, but it actively participates in international humanitarian mine action on a bilateral and multilateral basis.
	www.icbl.org /lm/2001/brazil (1574 words)

	The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Brazil
		In 1642, Rabbi Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, a well-known Amsterdam rabbi and scholar Moses Raphael d'Aguilar came to Brazil as spiritual leaders to assist the congregations of Kahal Zur in Recife and Magen Abraham in Mauricia.
		Brazil began an assimilation effort in 1938 and closed the Yiddish newspapers and the Jewish organizations, both secular and religious.
		Brazil's Jewish community has been on high alert since the 1994 bombing of the Jewish community headquarters in nearby Buenos Aires, Argentina, but has suffered only isolated anti-Semitic attacks such as harassment, threats and vandalism.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vjw/Brazil.html (2167 words)

	Senate of Brazil, in Brasilia
		Another difference is that each Senator has a microphone at his own seat; in the Chamber, Deputies must walk to the front of the floor to use one of the microphones.
		During the votings, the identity of Senators is verified by a finger print reader; while one thumb is on the finger print scanner, the Senator uses his other hand to push either Yes or No voting button.
		In the corridors of the Senate, there is a permanent exposition of the History of the Brazilian Senate; the photos depict historical moments of the Brazilian political life.
	www.aboutbrasilia.com /politics/brazil-senate.html (433 words)

	USIS Washington File: TRANSCRIPT: WHITE HOUSE DAILY BRIEFING, JANUARY 27, 1999
		If the Senate decides to move forward in a way that's fundamentally unfair, then I think they will have to live with the characterization that the House had to live with when they moved forward in a way that was fundamentally unfair to the President.
		Senators can make a choice and we have no intention or desire to participate with those who want to extend and delay because a case that they haven't made isn't sufficient for the Senate.
		In the House we had to move this over to the Senate and the President had to be impeached because the idea of censure, some sort of sentiment, statement of sentiment of the House or the Senate was unconstitutional.
	usembassy-australia.state.gov /hyper/WF990127/epf301.htm (4601 words)

	Blow for Brazil's Silva- Senate approves big minimum wage hike - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		The wage hike passed the Senate late Wednesday night in a vote characterized by analysts as a meltdown of Silva's delicate governing coalition, as he and his Workers Party struggle to fight allegations that the party was engaged in a widespread bribes-for-votes scheme.
		Brazil can't afford the wage hike because it would saddle the government with an annual 15.9 billion real (US$6.9 billion; euro5.6 billion) bill, most for increased government pension payments, analysts say.
		The Senate vote, however, showed that Silva is facing a new congressional threat to his investor-friendly fiscal policy.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /magazines/Business/html/20050811T230000-0500_85951_OBS__BLOW_FOR_BRAZIL_S_SILVA___SENATE_APPROVES_BIG_MINIMUM_WAGE_HIKE.asp (460 words)

	Brazil Senate Approves 1,200 Troops for Haiti
		Brazil's Senate agreed late on Wednesday to send 1,200 troops to Haiti to lead a U.N peacekeeping mission as Brazil seeks to build a role as a regional crisis mediator.
		The Senate vote was the last hurdle for deployment.
		Leadership of the U.N. mission to Haiti would showcase Brazil's push for regional stability as it seeks a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council, diplomats said.
	www.globalexchange.org /countries/brazil/1922.html (243 words)

	Brazil - Brazzil Magazine - A Chance to End Impunity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		She says Senator Arruda approached her before the vote in question, asked her to obtain from the computerized system a list indicating how votes were cast, and claimed to be making the request on behalf of Senator Magalhães, who at the time was Senate President and Borges' boss.
		The lack of rain in the Brazil's main producing regions reduced the 2005 agricultural harvest by 5.2% in relation to the 2004 harvest and 8.8% in relation to the 2003...
		Brazil's Infraero, the state-run airport administration agency, reports that yesterday morning alone, June 28, a total of 73 Varig flights were cancelled, which works out to 78% of the 94...
	www.brazzil.com /content/view/6700/39 (3019 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- In blow for Brazil's Silva, Senate approves big minimum wage hike
		SAO PAULO, Brazil – In a big defeat for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's Senate has approved a 28 percent minimum wage hike that would heap mountains of debt on the strained coffers of Latin America's largest country.
		The wage hike passed the Senate late Wednesday in a vote characterized by analysts as a meltdown of Silva's delicate governing coalition, as he and his Workers Party struggle to fight allegations that the party was engaged in a widespread bribes-for-votes scheme.
		While the political scandal has been reverberating throughout Brazil for months, Silva so far has remained largely unscathed and has managed to maintain investor confidence by sticking to orthodox economic policy and his commitment to reduce the country's mammoth debt.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/business/20050811-1922-brazil-minimumwage.html (316 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Latin America
		Senators supporting President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's pension bill rejected a proposal that would exempt retired civil servants over the age of 60 from paying an 11 percent tax on their pensions, the Senate said on its Web site.
		Senators are voting on details of Lula's pension bill, whose general framework was approved yesterday in a first-round vote.
		Brazil had a pension deficit of 56.8 billion reais last year, or 4.3 percent of the country's gross domestic product, according to the social security ministry.
	quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=a03g78UONvRQ&refer=latin_america (261 words)

	Nuclear Programs - Brazil
		Brazil has one nuclear power plant in operation (Angra I) and two under construction (Angra II and III).
		Finally, Brazil was allowed to provide an accounting of the uranium that has already been enriched, but the IAEA and ABACC have no way to verify that amount.
		Brazil's nuclear programs have experienced severe financial constraints since 1990, when Collor de Mello was president.
	fas.org /nuke/guide/brazil/nuke (2756 words)

	AGBIOS :: HOME ::
		Brazil’s Senate has approved a decree to allow the planting of biotech seed and sale of genetically modified crops in the current crop year.
		Brazil deals with GMOs on an annual basis, permanent legislation is hung up in the Brazilian Congress.
		Brazil remains the only major ag exporting country in the world without permanent legislation regulating biotechnology.
	www.agbios.com /main.php?action=ShowNewsItem&id=6122 (416 words)

	Brazil: A Poor Show (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Taken at face value, that was certainly bad news for Mr Cardoso: to secure Brazil's recovery from its January devaluation, the government still needs to push several difficult measures through Congress.
		With the government asking Congress to approve a controversial but much-needed simplification of the tax system, this is the worst possible time for a supposed ally to be confusing matters by proposing yet another layer of taxes.
		For Mr Cardoso, and now for Brazil's poor, Mr Magalhaes is an ally to be feared.
	www.owlnet.rice.edu /~poli354/990814_Brazil_ACM.html (586 words)

	GUIDE TO LAW ONLINE: Brazil
		Brazil: Constitutions / Constituciones (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas) includes the current (1988 with 2005 reforms) and historic editions in Portuguese; with an older edition (1988 with 2003 reforms) in English
		Country Study: Brazil (Library of Congress) April 1997
		Country Profile of Brazil (U.S. Dept. of Labor) - excerpt from By The Sweat and Toil of Children: A Report to Congress, Volume I (July 15, 1994)
	www.loc.gov /law/guide/brazil.html (387 words)

	Political Corruption in Brazil
		The Senate convicted Collor of the corruption charges by a vote of 76 to 3.
		This is a survey of 5,312 persons between the ages of 12 to 64 years old conducted during the first half of 2002.
		During the survey, the respondents were shown a statement: "The first thing that the government needs to do is end corruption." Of the respondents, 82% said that they 'completely agreed' and 12% said they 'somewhat agreed.' No other issue (be it employment, education or national security) garners as much support.
	www.zonalatina.com /Zldata245.htm (943 words)

	Forbes.com: Brazil Senate readies for reform vote marathon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		BRASILIA, Brazil, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The Brazilian Senate expects to hold a final vote on the government's pension overhaul on Tuesday and take its first stab at a tax bill later in the week in an effort to push the reforms through Congress by a year-end deadline.
		The Senate has taken to working weekends to speed progress of reforms which investors are watching as a sign of Lula's commitment to free-market policies and his sway in a Congress that blocked similar efforts by predecessors.
		On Dec. 14, the Senate is set to vote so-called parallel pension legislation which contains amendments on the transition to new rules, salary caps, taxes on certain pensions and adjustments between working and retired public employees.
	www.forbes.com /newswire/2003/12/08/rtr1173082.html (603 words)

	No decision from Brazil senate on GM soy
		Brazil, the number two soy producer after the US, has again delayed voting on a bill regulating the use of genetically modified organisms, suggesting that the Lula-led government might repeat last year’s temporary amnesty for farmers who plant them.
		The American Soybean Association reports that although the ‘bio-safety bill' was approved by the lower house in February, senators in the upper house have yet to reach a decision.
		But ASA reports that the Brazilian Senate, the country's upper house, has failed to move the bill.
	www.foodnavigator.com /news/news-NG.asp?n=55034-no-decision-from (403 words)

	ABC News: Brazil Senate Approves Minimum Wage Hike (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		SAO PAULO, Brazil Aug 11, 2005 (AP)— In a big defeat for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's Senate has approved a 28 percent minimum wage hike that would heap mountains of debt on the strained coffers of Latin America's largest country.
		Shares on the country's benchmark Bovespa index opened down nearly 1 percent Thursday as investors fretted about the impact of the Senate's move, but stocks regained ground later.
		While the political scandal has been reverberating throughout Brazil for months, Silva so far has remained largely unscathed and has managed to maintain investor confidence in South America's largest economy by sticking to orthodox economic policy and maintaining a commitment to reducing the country's mammoth debt.
	abcnews.go.com /Business/wireStory?id=1029511 (324 words)

	JS Online: Brazil: Senate Must OK Troops (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		BRASILIA, Brazil - Brazil's Foreign Minister said Wednesday the government supports the U.S.-led coalition against terrorism but has no plans to provide troops to the effort without seeking congressional authorization.
		Lafer said attacks on Arabs or Muslims living in Brazil would be prosecuted under the country's anti-racism laws.
		A recent poll found 80 percent of Brazilians oppose military retaliation or sending soldiers to participate in any action against terrorism.
	www.jsonline.com /news/attack/ap/oct01/ap-attacks-brazil100301.asp?format=print (132 words)

	Brazil's Senate OKs loan - Dec. 10, 1998
		NEW YORK (CNNfn) - Brazil's Senate Thursday approved the terms of a $41 billion credit package put together by the International Monetary Fund to help the country survive a deep economic crisis.
		The president of the upper house, Sen. Antonio Carlos Magalhaes, declared a motion in favor of the package had been approved after senators voted in a show of hands during Thursday's session in Brasilia.
		Moreover, the IMF said it could release another $9 billion immediately after its three-year loan package is approved by the IMF board.
	money.cnn.com /1998/12/10/worldbiz/brazil (420 words)

	Brazil News - December 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Brazil's Dirceu Says PMDB Party Won't Be in Lula's New Cabinet
		Brazil Says IMF Agrees to Raise Debt and Inflation Targets
		Brazil to Withdraw all of its IMF Funds Remaining
	www.latin-focus.com /news/countries/Brazil/2002/bra0212.htm (229 words)

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		The rights upon genetic resources and derived products obtained or used in violation of this Act shall not be recognized, and the certificates of intellectual property or similar certificates upon such resources or derived products or upon products or processes resulting from access under such circumstances shall not be considered valid.
		The competent authority may sign contracts of access to genetic resources which are deposited in ex situ conservation centers located in the Brazilian territory, or in other countries, provided that Brazil is the country of origin of the resources.
		All provisions to the contrary are hereby revoked.
	www.elaw.org /assets/word/brazil.access.law.doc (3156 words)

	Joe Brazil for Senate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Contributions to Joe Brazil for Senate are not tax deductible.
		Paid for by Joe Brazil for Senate, P.O. Box 1057, O’Fallon MO 63366.
		Copyright © 2006, Joe Brazil for Senate, Steve Blechle Treasurer.
	www.joebrazilforsenate.com (214 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Brazil
		A description of the history, government, politics and economy of Brazil.
		Brazil's Priests Use Song and Dance To Stem Catholic Church's Decline
		Brazil Brings Haiti A Joyful Respite: 'When I see Ronaldo, it will be like seeing God.'
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/world/americas/southamerica/brazil (309 words)

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