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  2. Estado Novo (Brazil) - Wikipedia

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    The Estado Novo sheltered many Jews persecuted by fascist regimes in Europe; João Guimarães Rosa, Brazil's consul in Germany, was posthumously honored by the Israeli government in the 1980s. Brazil was the only South American nation among the founders of the League of Nations (1918) and the UN (1945), and maintained its traditional foreign ...

  3. Juan Manuel Gálvez - Wikipedia

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    Juan Manuel Gálvez Durón (10 June 1887 – 20 August 1972) was President of Honduras from 1 January 1949 until 5 December 1954. His election, for the National Party of Honduras (PNH), ended the 16-year dictatorship of Tiburcio Carías Andino .

  4. Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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    The Legislative Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Legislativa) forms the unicameral legislative branch of the Costa Rican government.The national congress building is located in the capital city, San José, specifically in Carmen district of the San José canton.

  5. List of states of Mexico - Wikipedia

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    A Mexican State (Spanish: Estados), officially the Free and Sovereign State (Spanish: Estado libre y soberano), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government , state governor , and state congress .

  6. Communism in Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Lecture 5: Legalidade, participação nas eleições, na Constituinte e cassação do mandato. Profª Ana Prestes. Lecture 6: Do manifesto de janeiro de 1947 à declaração de março de 1958. Prof. Breno Altman . Lecture 7: Do V congresso à cisão de 1962. Prof. Valter Pomar. Lecture 8: O PCB e o golpe de 1964. O VI Congresso do PCB e as ...

  7. State (polity) - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] A country often has a single state, with various administrative divisions . A state may be a unitary state or some type of federal union ; in the latter type, the term "state" is sometimes used to refer to the federated polities that make up the federation , and they may have some of the attributes of a sovereign state , except being ...

  8. Democratic Centre (Colombia) - Wikipedia

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    Democratic Centre (identified electorally as Democratic Centre – Strong Hand, Big Heart; Spanish: Centro Democrático – Mano firme, corazón grande) is a conservative [12] political party in Colombia founded in 2013 by Álvaro Uribe, former President of Colombia, former Vice President Francisco Santos Calderón and former Minister of Finance and Public Credit Óscar Iván Zuluaga. [13]

  9. Representative democracy - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] Representative democracy can be organized in different ways including both parliamentary and presidential systems of government . Elected representatives typically form a legislature (such as a parliament or congress), which may be composed of a single chamber (unicameral), two chambers (bicameral), or more than two chambers (multicameral).