latin american governments (cuba, brazil, and mexico)
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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