Brazil

Brazil
Location	South America
Leader	President of Brazil Incumbent: Michel Temer Since 31 August 2016
Type	nation state
Subpage	•Brazil/1964 coup d'état •Brazil/President
Very large and not particularly populous country which has made a priority of biofuels.

For the 1985 dystopian film entitled Brazil, see Brazil (film).

Brazil is the largest nation state in South America. In 2013, it was #10 in the world in terms of military expenditure.

2016 Olympics

On 21 July 2016, Brazil arrested 10 people "suspected of belonging to a poorly organized group supporting Islamic State".

Brazil "plans to deploy about 85,000 soldiers, police and other security personnel during the Rio Games, more than twice as many in place for the London Olympics in 2012."

 

Groups Headquartered Here

A Group Headquartered Here
Central Bank of Brazil
World Social Forum

 

Citizens of Brazil on Wikispooks

Title	Born	Died	Description
Ilan Goldfajn	12 March 1966
Antonio Sanchez de Larragoiti
Paulo Malhães	17 April 1938	25 April 2014	Admitted torturing and murdering dissidents
Inês Etienne Romeu	18 December 1942	27 April 2015	She is believed to have been the only captive to survive detention in a Brazilian torture centre known as the Casa da Morta, "the house of death"
Achim Steiner

 

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