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Government of Brazil
- Official site of the Federative Government of Brazil linked to the Presidency and to other different institutional organisms in the country.
URL:
http://www.brazil.gov.br/
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
- The Office of Foreign Affairs supplies with information about the ministry, the different Brazilian missions abroad along with useful data concerning the country.
URL:
http://www.mre.gov.br/
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Ministry of Economy of Brazil
- The Brazilian Ministry of Economy provides official information on economic data, tax reform, press conferences and its internal structure. Updated official reports on Brazilian economy and sections devoted to MERCOSUR and negotiations with finantial and economic international organisations are also available.
URL:
http://www.fazenda.gov.br/
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Superior Electoral Court
- The Superior Electoral Court is the legal department in charge of the supervision of the electoral processes acording to the law. Provides interesting information on the poll hold on October 6th.
URL:
http://www.tse.gov.br/
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Electoral law of Brazil
- Full text of the law Nº 9.504 of September 30th 1997, on the rules and procedures of the elections in Brazil. Provided by Georgetown University.
URL:
http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba/Electoral/Brasil/bralei.html
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UOL Brazil: Elections 2002
- UOL Brazil provides information on the electoral results, the candidates, the parties, and the electoral legislation and schedule, along with updated news.
URL:
http://noticias.uol.com.br/eleicoes/
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Estadao: Elections 2002
- The media group responsible for O Estado de Sao Paulo and O Jornal da Tarde offers this special section on October 2002 elections. Provides updated statistics on the results by candidates and parties in every region of Brazil, along with news and information on electoral schedule and legislation.
URL:
http://www.estadao.com.br/eleicoes/
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Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT)
- Left-wing party leaded by Luiz Inazio Lula da Silva, winner of the elections with 47% of the voices. Provides updated news on the electoral results and its political program.
URL:
http://www.pt.org.br/
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Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (PSDB)
- Official site of the Brazilian social democratic party. His candidate for presidency and former Health minister of Cardoso's Administration, Jose Serra, got almost 24% of the voices, and will .
URL:
http://www.psdb.org.br/
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Partido Socialista Brasileiro (PSB)
- Center left-wing party. His leader Anthony Garotinho, former governor of the State of Rio, got almost 17% of the voices becoming the third most voted candidate.
URL:
http://www.psb.org.br/
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Frente Trabalhista: Ciro Gomes
- The Frente Trabalhista is a left-wing coalition composed by the Partido Democrático Trabalhista (PDT), the Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro (PTB) and the Partido Popular Socialista (PPS). His leader Ciro Gomes, former governor of the North-Eastern state of Ceara and former minister of Economy in 1994-95, has got 12,4% of the voices.
URL:
http://www.ciro23.com.br/
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Foro de Sao Paulo
- The Foro de São Paulo was created in 1990 by left-wing Latin American parties to debate the consequences of the fall of soviet oriented Eastern European communist regimes on the sub-continent. One of the main proposals of the Foro is to discuss alternative popular and democratic alternatives to neo-liberalism.
URL:
http://www.forosaopaulo.org/
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Latin American Electoral Observatory
- Observatorio Electoral Latinoamericano appears as an initiative of a group of specialists in political an electoral issues of the region. Is a space for information, analysis and debate on electoral processess in Latin America, and allows a free access to articles and reports writen by local specialists.
URL:
http://www.observatorioelectoral.org/
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Southern Common Market
- The MERCOSUR was created by the Treaty of Asuncion signed by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay on March 26, 1991. Chile and Bolivia became associate members in 1996 and 1997 respectively. The website informs on the MERCOSUR structure and presents its main objectives, mainly the free transit of production goods, services and factors between the member states with inter alias, the elimination of customs rights and lifting of no tariff restrictions on the transit of goods or any other measures with similar effects. The website also informs on established regulations and controversy settling system along with MERCOSUR programmes such as Educational Integration, Reciprocal Promotion and Protection, Binational Companies and the Treaty to avoid double taxation. The website is still under construction.
URL:
http://www.mercosur.org.uy/
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Latin American Integration Association
- The Latin American Integration Association is the largest association of its kind with 12 Member States: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. The website provides with the 1980 Montevideo Constitutive Agreement, and informs on the main purpose of the Association: political and economic pluralism, progressive convergence to an common Latin American market, flexibility, different basic treatments concerning development in member countries. Creating a common market is the main aim of this association, which is actually working on better regional tariffs, financial and customs cooperation, environment protection, and promotion of tourism. The website provides access to publications, documents and statistics, and informs on ALADi's institutional structure with a general secretary, The Ministry Council, Representative Committee and the Evaluation and Convergence Commission. It also informs on the projects carried out. Finally, the site provides access to a library, events agenda and ALADI press releases.
URL:
http://www.aladi.org/
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International Monetary Fund: Brazil
- Web del FMI dedicada a Brasil. Ofrece datos económicos, informes actualizados sobre el país sudamericano, y sus relaciones con esta institución financiera internacional.
URL:
http://www.imf.org/external/country/BRA/index.htm
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Free Trade Area of the Americas
- This economic integration process of the Western Hemisphere, initiated in the 1994 Summit of the Americas, provides an overview of its history, ministerial declarations, publications and data bases, and information on the sectorial trade negotiation comitees, the special comitees and economic data and official links to the 34 member countries.
URL:
http://www.ftaa-alca.org/
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Info Brazil
- Info Brazil was conceived in July of 1999 to provide quality, in-depth, regularly updated English-language content about Brazil both in politics and economy.
URL:
http://www.infobrazil.com/
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Embassy of the United States in Brazil
- The website of the American Embassy in Brasilia provides information on economy, up-to-date events and useful data for citizenry.
URL:
http://www.embaixadaamericana.org.br/
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Delegation of the European Commision in Brazil
- Official site of the Delegation of the European Commision in Brazil. It provides sections dealing with the cooperation and agreements among the EU and Brazil and the Mercosur, documents, press releases and useful links.
URL:
http://www.comdelbra.org.br
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European Union-Brazil Relations
- The European Commission provides the Country Strategy Paper for Brazil in the period 2001-2006, explaining the main guidelines for thge cooperation with this South American country.
URL:
http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/external_relations/brazil/csp/index.htm
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