latin american governments (cuba, brazil, and mexico)

Latin American GovernmentsUnit 8

Brazil: Type of Government

• Representative Democracy

• Brazil is made up of 26 statesEach state has its own constitution and legislature.

BRAZIL

Capital City: Brasilia Date of Independence: September 7, 1822.

Status: DEMOCRACY! Voting Age: 18

Brazil: Type of Legislature State level:

• Has its own legislature in which to make state laws.

• Citizens vote on representative for their state legislature.

National level:• National Congress

consists of 2 houses: Chamber of Deputies

Federal Senate• States vote on

representatives for each of these houses.

Brazil: Type of Executive Branch

President Luiz Inacio “Lula” Da Silva.

Since January 1, 2003.

Political Parties Brazilian Democratic Movement Party;

Brazilian Labor Party; Brazilian Renewal Labor Party; Brazilian Republican Party; Brazilian Social Democracy Party; Brazilian Socialist Party; Christian Labor Party.

Cuba: Type of Government Unitary Socialist Republic

• 14 provinces and 1 special municipality

CUBA Capital City: Havana Date of Independence: May 20, 1902.

Status: DICTATORSHIP Voting Age: 16

Cuba: Type of Legislature National

Assembly of People’s Power• 600 members voted on by citizens of Cuba

• National assembly appoints members to Council of State.

Council of State• 31 members• Led by President

• Controls Cuba’s economy at the national and regional level.

Cuba: Type of Executive Branch

President: Raul Castro Since: February 28, 2008.

Political Parties Cuban Communist Party

Cuba: Role of Citizen Age 16 Cubans must vote. Vote for members of legislature Do Not vote on the president

Mexico: Type of Government

Federal Republic• 31 states, one federal district

MEXICO Capital City: Mexico City Date of Independence: September

16, 1810. Status: FEDERAL DEMOCRACY

Mexico: Form of Leadership

Elected President: Felipe de Jesus Calderon Hinojosa

Since: December 1, 2006.

Mexico: Type of Legislature Senate

• 96 elected members

• Serve six year terms

Chamber of Deputies• 300 members • Serve 3 year terms

Mexico: Role of Citizen Age 18 citizens are required by law to

vote Vote on state governors, city mayors,

members of legislature and the President.

Political Parties Convergence for Democracy;

Institutional Revolutionary Party; Labor Party; Mexican Green Ecological Party; National Action Party; New Alliance Party