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This pathfinder includes information on Brazilian government
sites, political parties, and movements.
Besides the online catalog of
the Library of Congress (http://catalog.loc.gov/) for books,
the most important source for bibliography of books and articles
concerning
Brazil
is the
annual Handbook of Latin
American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/)
produced by over 160 contributing editors under the editorship
of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. The Handbook
is available in selected libraries in book form.
One of
the major aggregators for links to a wide variety of subjects
relating to Brazil is the University of Texas' LANIC (http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/la/brazil/).
Another site one should especially note is the site prepared
by the Law Library of the Library of Congress for legal, political,
and general information on their Guide
to Law Online (http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/brazil.html).
Brasil. República Federativa
do Brasil. (http://www.brasil.gov.br/)
Brazilian government portal with extensive links to general and
specific subjects, the organization of the government as well
as of the State governments, the legislative and judicial branches,
history of the country. In Portuguese, with some Spanish and
English.
Brazilian Government
Document Digitization Project (http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/2050)
Provides Internet access to digitized executive branch serial
documents originally issued by Brazil's national government
between 1821 and 1993, and by its provincial government from
the earliest available for each province to the end of the
empire to 1889. Text in English and Portuguese; serial documents/reports
in Portuguese.
Chiefs
of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Brazil (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-b/brazil.html
)
Online directory by the U.S. Central Intellegence Agency of chiefs of state and
cabinet members of foreign governments. The site is now titled World Leaders.
CJF: Biblioteca Jurídica Virtual (http://www.cjf.gov.br/bvirtual/)
Virtual law library of Brazil’s "Conselho da Justiça
Federal" is a commented repository of available information
on the Internet with selected links to national and foreign legal
information, classified by categories. Includes access to electronic
periodicals, legal codes, and other acts as secondary sources,
catalogs of libraries, databases, references of jurisprudence,
legislation, legal institutions, and more. In Portuguese.
Constitução da República Federativa do Brasil (http://legis.senado.gov.br/con1988/index.htm)
1988 Constitution of the Republic of Brazil with amendments.
In Portuguese.
Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices–2004: Brazil (http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41751.htm)
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are submitted annually by the U.S.
Department of State to the U.S. Congress. The reports cover internationally recognized
individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights. Elections
in Brazil (http://www.electionworld.org/election/brazil.htm)
Electionworld.org/ Elections Around the World provides regularly-updated
information about the president, prime minister, parliament,
and political parties of Brazil. The results of the most recent
elections held in the country are available, as well as links
to related Portuguese language Web sites on political parties
and government institutions in Brazil.
Governments
on the WWW. Brazil (http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/br.html)
While the information dates from 2002, Gunnar Anzinger's site
includes numerous links to general resources for Brazil as well
as federal,
state,
and municipal
institutions,
representation
in foreign countries, and political parties.
Ministério das Relações
Exteriores (http://www.mre.gov.br/)
Ministry of Foreign Relations. Links include diplomatic careers
and a history of Brazilian diplomacy, trade promotion, international
cooperation, structure and services of the ministry, Mercosur
(which includes foreign trade statistics and economic data
for Brazil and Mercosur countries), speeches, foreign policy
issues, news and media, and general information about Brazil.
In English, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Political
Database of the Americas: Brazil (http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba/Constitutions/Brazil/brazil.html)
Georgetown University's database containing various editions
of the Brazilian Constitution back to 1824. In Portuguese,
with some translations in Spanish and English.
Ministérios
do Brasil (http://www.senado.gov.br/sf/infoext/exec.asp)
A collection of links to the Executive Branch of the government,
including ministries of Brazil. In Portuguese.
Programa Fome Zero (http://www.fomezero.gov.br/)
Information about the
program against hunger,
community help, support by each city hall, press releases, partners,
donations, related links, and contact. In Portuguese.
Prossiga: Bibliotecas
Virtuais Tematicos (http://www.prossiga.br/bvtematicas/)
Comprehensive list of links to virtual libraries and information
services including law and legislation in Brazil. In Portuguese.
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