Brazil Holding Govt to Account

Brazil’s government is divided into 3, the executive led by the (a)   , the legislature known as (b)   and the (c)   .

• president
• National Congress
• Supreme Court

If (a)   of Congress agree they can (b)   and (c)   the (d)   .

• 2/3rds
• impeach
• remove
• President

In 2016 President (a)   was (b)   and removed from office after being found guilty of illegally moving funds between government (c)   .

• Rousseff
• impeached
• budgets

The (a)   can publish (b)   measures: decrees with ​ (c)   effect and the power of (d)   .

• President
• provisional
• law
• immediate

Presidential ​ (a)   measures can be ​ (b)   if the ​ (c)   branch returns it to the government within ​ (d)   days.​

• Provisional
• annulled
• 60
• legislative

Presidents can ​ (a)   legislation from Congress by using the of ‘power of ​ (b)   ’, however a presidential veto can be ​ (c)   if ​ (d)   of Congress vote against.

• block
• veto
• overruled
• 2/3rds
• 1/2
• 1/4

The president has the power to nominate ​ (a)   to the ​ (b)   court. Each appointment in a group of only ​ (c)   judges can significantly impact the ​ (d)   outlook of the court.

• Supreme
• 11
• ideological
• judges

When ​ (a)   attempted to appoint his close friend (b)   as the head of the police, the (c)   blocked this appointment.

• Ramagem
• Supreme Court
• Bolsonaro
• Lula