| BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT STATS: |
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Capital city
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Brasilia |
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Corruption
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3.7 |
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[62nd of 160]
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Parliamentary seats > Female
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6% |
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[108th of 143]
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Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %
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8.6 %
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[134th of 174]
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Start-up procedures to register a business > number
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17
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[5th of 171]
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Status
democracy |
Suffrage
voluntary between 16 and 18 years of age and over 70; compulsory over 18 and under 70 years of age; note - military conscripts do not vote |
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Time required to build a warehouse > days
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460 days
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[7th of 168]
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Time required to enforce a contract > days
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616 days
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[50th of 171]
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Time required to register property > days
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47 days
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[89th of 167]
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Time required to start a business > days
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152 days
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[6th of 171]
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Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours
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2,600 hours
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[1st of 169]
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Time to resolve insolvency > years
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4 years
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[34th of 151]
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Total businesses registered > number
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1,365,136
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[15th of 71]
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Trademarks, nonresidents
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13,218
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[8th of 99]
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Trademarks, residents
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81,036
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[5th of 98]
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Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
unruly region at convergence of Argentina-Brazil-Paraguay borders is locus of money laundering, smuggling, arms and illegal narcotics trafficking, and fundraising for extremist organizations; uncontested dispute with Uruguay over certain islands in the Quarai/Cuareim and Invernada boundary streams and the resulting tripoint with Argentina |
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UN membership date
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24 Oct. 1945 |
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United Nations mission
http://www.un.int/brazil
http://www.brazil.org.uk/ |
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Washington, D.C. embassies > Neighborhood
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Embassy Row |
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