Friday, November 7, 2014

11/7

Today in Human Geo, we presented more countries presentations.

Brazil
Federal Republic since 1988
President Dilma Rousseff
36th president
First elected in 2010
Re-elected in 2014
Chief of state before she was president
Expected to stay in office for the next 4 years
She only won the last election by 3.27%
Can re-elect a new leader at the next election
Can impeach her (has to have an impeachable offense, not just because people don't agree with her)
Some impeachable offenses: Major crime, war crimes, takes someone out of office without getting others agreement)
Assassination (but not likely)

Canada
Parliamentary Democracy
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Canada is a federation of ten provinces and three territories
Has been a constitution monarchy since April 17, 1882
There was a period of time where Britain owned Canada
Stephen Harper has been in power for eight years
Expected that Stephen Harper will be in power until 2015
Impeachment is legal and possible

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