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[[Pele]], for long the most famous athlete in the world (he played [[soccer]]), was Brazilian.

[[Pele]], for long the most famous athlete in the world (he played [[soccer]]), was Brazilian.

Until 2023, Brazil was led by the [[conservative]] president [[Jair Bolsonaro]]. His foreign minister was the anti-[[Marxist]] conservative [[Ernesto Araújo]]. In the [[Brazil presidential election, 2022|presidential election of 2022]], Bolsonaro was narrowly, reportedly defeated by Lula da Silva, the leftist former president and an ex-convict, the election is questioned because of several issues with the electronic voting system.

Until 2023, Brazil was led by the [[conservative]] president [[Jair Bolsonaro]]. His foreign minister was the anti-[[Marxist]] conservative [[Ernesto Araújo]]. In the [[Brazil presidential election, 2022|presidential election of 2022]], Bolsonaro was narrowly, reportedly defeated by Lula da Silva, the leftist and then former president and an ex-convict, the election is questioned because of several issues with the electronic voting system.

==Geography==

==Geography==

== Government ==

== Government ==

 

Brazil is a federal republic with 26 states and a federal district. The 1988 constitution grants broad powers to the federal government, made up of executive, legislative, and judicial branches. The president holds office for four years, with the right to re-election for an additional four-year term, and appoints his own cabinet. There are 81 senators, three for each state and the Federal District, and 513 deputies. Senate terms are eight years, staggered so that two-thirds of the upper house is up for election at one time and one-third four years later. Chamber terms are four years, with elections based on a complex system of proportional representation by states. Each state is eligible for a minimum of eight seats; the largest state delegation (São Paulo's) is capped at 70 seats. This system is weighted in favor of geographically large but sparsely populated states.

Brazil is a federal republic with 26 states and a federal district. The 1988 constitution grants broad powers to the federal government, made up of executive, legislative, and judicial branches. The president holds office for four years, with the right to re-election for an additional four-year term, and appoints his own cabinet. There are 81 senators, three for each state and the Federal District, and 513 deputies. Senate terms are eight years, staggered so that two-thirds of the upper house is up for election at one time and one-third four years later. Chamber terms are four years, with elections based on a complex system of proportional representation by states. Each state is eligible for a minimum of eight seats; the largest state delegation (São Paulo's) is capped at 70 seats. This system is weighted in favor of geographically large but sparsely populated states.

[[File:Bolsonaro and his wife in Brasil's Bicentennial Military Parade.jpeg|350px|thumbnail|Bolsonaro and his wife in Brasil's Bicentennial Military Parade on 2022.]]

[[File:Bolsonaro and his wife in Brasil's Bicentennial Military Parade.jpeg|350px|thumbnail|Bolsonaro and his wife in Brasil's Bicentennial Military Parade on 2022.]]

Brazil has seen a growing [[conservative]] and [[evangelical]] movement.<ref>Pearson, Samantha (April 8, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/brazil-turns-rightward-heralding-new-chapter-for-latin-america-1523216901 Brazil Turns Rightward, Heralding New Chapter for Latin America]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved April 9, 2018.</ref> In 2018, Brazil ended 15 years of Marxist rule by electing [[Jair Bolsonaro]], a strong conservative and nationalist, as president. Brazil was an economic success having deflation while other countries had the opposite. Security grew under the conservative president, Bolsonaro is a great defender of economic and social freedom, he stopped the Sao Paulo Forum, recovered Brazilian national pride and personal gun registration soared almost 500% under Bolsonaro's government.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/es/minuto-a-minuto/20220629-registro-de-armas-personales-se-dispar%C3%B3-casi-500-bajo-gobierno-de-bolsonaro|title=Registro de armas personales se disparó casi 500% bajo gobierno de Bolsonaro|language=es|publisher=France 24|date=June 29 2022}}</ref> He also was defiant against COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine, questioning the use of masks, the vaccines, even delaying the purchase of them. He said "Now everything is a pandemic, we have to end it. I'm sorry for the dead, I'm sorry. We will all die one day. There's no use trying to run away from it. We have to stop being a country of f*gg*ts (...) Face this bare-chested, fight"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2020-11-11/jair-bolsonaro-tenemos-que-dejar-de-ser-un-pais-de-maricas.html|title=Jair Bolsonaro: “Tenemos que dejar de ser un país de maricas”|publisher=El País|date=November 11, 2020|language=es}}</ref> He also said that if he gets COVID would be only a "gripezinha" (small cold).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/brasil-55107536|language=pt|date=November 27, 2022|title=2 momentos em que Bolsonaro chamou covid-19 de 'gripezinha', o que agora nega}}</ref> He defended Brazilian sovereignty over the most of the Amazon against globalists like Leonardo Di Caprio and Emmanuel Macron that wanted to globalize the region. The Bicentennial of the Independence of Brazil happen during Bolsonaro's government.  

Brazil has seen a growing [[conservative]] and [[evangelical]] movement.<ref>Pearson, Samantha (April 8, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/brazil-turns-rightward-heralding-new-chapter-for-latin-america-1523216901 Brazil Turns Rightward, Heralding New Chapter for Latin America]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved April 9, 2018.</ref> In 2018, Brazil ended 15 years of Marxist rule by electing [[Jair Bolsonaro]], a strong conservative and nationalist, as president. Brazil was an economic success having deflation while other countries had the opposite. Security grew under the conservative president, Bolsonaro is a great defender of economic and social freedom, he stopped the Sao Paulo Forum, recovered Brazilian national pride and personal gun registration soared almost 500% under Bolsonaro's government.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/es/minuto-a-minuto/20220629-registro-de-armas-personales-se-dispar%C3%B3-casi-500-bajo-gobierno-de-bolsonaro|title=Registro de armas personales se disparó casi 500% bajo gobierno de Bolsonaro|language=es|publisher=France 24|date=June 29 2022}}</ref> He also was defiant against COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine, questioning the use of masks, the vaccines, even delaying the purchase of them. He said "Now everything is a pandemic, we have to end it. I'm sorry for the dead, I'm sorry. We will all die one day. There's no use trying to run away from it. We have to stop being a country of f*gg*ts (...) Face this bare-chested, fight"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2020-11-11/jair-bolsonaro-tenemos-que-dejar-de-ser-un-pais-de-maricas.html|title=Jair Bolsonaro: “Tenemos que dejar de ser un país de maricas”|publisher=El País|date=November 11, 2020|language=es}}</ref> He also said that if he gets COVID would be only a "gripezinha" (small cold).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/brasil-55107536|language=pt|date=November 27, 2022|title=2 momentos em que Bolsonaro chamou covid-19 de 'gripezinha', o que agora nega}}</ref> He defended Brazilian sovereignty over the most of the Amazon against globalists like Leonardo Di Caprio and Emmanuel Macron that wanted to globalize the region. The Bicentennial of the Independence of Brazil happen during Bolsonaro's government.  

 

In the [[Brazil presidential election, 2022|2022 elections]], Bolsonaro's coalition won the biggest right-wing conservative majority in the history of Brazil. The presidential election consisted in two rounds, in which in both Bolsonaro started winning and in the end it was changed in favor of Lula (the North of Brazil starts counting later, and its mostly leftist). Brazil has an electronic voting systems, the President tried to change it but the political system stopped the reform.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2021-08-11/bolsonaro-sufre-una-gran-derrota-politica-al-rechazar-el-congreso-su-propuesta-para-cambiar-el-sistema-de-voto.html|title=Bolsonaro sufre una gran derrota política al rechazar el Congreso su propuesta para cambiar el sistema de voto|language=es|publisher=El País|date=August 11, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bnamericas.com/es/noticias/congreso-frena-planes-de-bolsonaro-de-abandonar-el-voto-electronico|title=Congreso frena planes de Bolsonaro de abandonar el voto electrónico|date=August 11, 2022|language=es|publisher=BN América}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.poder360.com.br/governo/camara-enterra-voto-impresso-e-derrota-jair-bolsonaro/|title=Câmara enterra voto impresso e derrota Jair Bolsonaro|publisher=Poder 360|date=Augusto 10, 2022|language=pt}}</ref> The Supreme Electoral Court censored (in colaboration with [[Big Tech]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2020/noticia/2020/09/30/tse-lanca-parceria-com-whatsapp-para-coibir-disparos-em-massa-nas-eleicoes.ghtml|publisher=Globo|title=TSE lança parceria com redes sociais contra desinformação durante a campanha eleitoral|date=September 30, 2022|language=pt}}</ref> a lot of posts in support of President Bolsonaro in Social Media, alleging "Fake News" against Lula when calling him corrupt. The main counterweight to the power of President Jair Bolsonaro was the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://panampost.com/oriana-rivas/2022/10/21/censura-en-brasil-corrupto-lula/|publisher=Panam Post|title=Censura en Brasil estaría yendo «muy lejos»: prohibido llamar «corrupto» a Lula|date=October 21, 2022|language=es}}</ref> The Supreme Electoral Court President, Alexandre de Morães, ordered the arrest of a conservative congressman, Daniel Silveira, center, after Silveira criticized Morães and other court judges.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/es/2022/09/26/espanol/brasil-bolsonaro-supremo-tribunal.html|title=¿El máximo tribunal de Brasil se extralimita en su defensa de la democracia?|publisher=The New York Times|date=September 26, 2022|language=es}}</ref>

In the [[Brazil presidential election, 2022|2022 elections]], Bolsonaro's coalition won the biggest right-wing conservative majority in the history of Brazil. The presidential election consisted in two rounds, in which in both Bolsonaro started winning and in the end it was changed in favor of Lula (the North of Brazil starts counting later, and its mostly leftist). Brazil has an electronic voting systems, the President tried to change it but the political system stopped the reform.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2021-08-11/bolsonaro-sufre-una-gran-derrota-politica-al-rechazar-el-congreso-su-propuesta-para-cambiar-el-sistema-de-voto.html|title=Bolsonaro sufre una gran derrota política al rechazar el Congreso su propuesta para cambiar el sistema de voto|language=es|publisher=El País|date=August 11, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bnamericas.com/es/noticias/congreso-frena-planes-de-bolsonaro-de-abandonar-el-voto-electronico|title=Congreso frena planes de Bolsonaro de abandonar el voto electrónico|date=August 11, 2022|language=es|publisher=BN América}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.poder360.com.br/governo/camara-enterra-voto-impresso-e-derrota-jair-bolsonaro/|title=Câmara enterra voto impresso e derrota Jair Bolsonaro|publisher=Poder 360|date=Augusto 10, 2022|language=pt}}</ref> The Supreme Electoral Court censored (in colaboration with [[Big Tech]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2020/noticia/2020/09/30/tse-lanca-parceria-com-whatsapp-para-coibir-disparos-em-massa-nas-eleicoes.ghtml|publisher=Globo|title=TSE lança parceria com redes sociais contra desinformação durante a campanha eleitoral|date=September 30, 2022|language=pt}}</ref> a lot of posts in support of President Bolsonaro in Social Media, alleging "Fake News" against Lula when calling him corrupt. The main counterweight to the power of President Jair Bolsonaro was the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://panampost.com/oriana-rivas/2022/10/21/censura-en-brasil-corrupto-lula/|publisher=Panam Post|title=Censura en Brasil estaría yendo «muy lejos»: prohibido llamar «corrupto» a Lula|date=October 21, 2022|language=es}}</ref> The Supreme Electoral Court President, Alexandre de Morães, ordered the arrest of a conservative congressman, Daniel Silveira, center, after Silveira criticized Morães and other court judges.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/es/2022/09/26/espanol/brasil-bolsonaro-supremo-tribunal.html|title=¿El máximo tribunal de Brasil se extralimita en su defensa de la democracia?|publisher=The New York Times|date=September 26, 2022|language=es}}</ref>