Brazil

Brazil is the largest country in South America. It stretches almost 2700 miles from the bottom of the Andes Mountains eastward to the Atlantic Ocean. It borders on every country of the continent except for Chile and Ecuador. Brazils official name is the Federative Republic of Brazil. Brazil occupies almost half of South America and is the world’s fifth-largest country in area. Although its area is just a little less than that of the United …showed first 75 words of 1175 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1175 total…of Deputies or Camara dos Deputados Elections: Federal Senate—last held 4 October 1998 for one-third of Senate; Chamber of Deputies—last held 4 October 1998 election results: Federal Senate—percent of vote by party—NA%; seats by party—PMDB 27, PFL 20, PSDB 16, PT 7, PPB 5; Chamber of Deputies—percent of vote by party—NA%; seats by party—PFL 106, PSDB 99, PMDB 82, PPB 60, PT 58 Judicial branch: Supreme Federal Tribunal, 11 judges are appointed for life by the president and confirmed by the Senate