he country, setting up the court system, announcing the war, enforcing military structure and privacy rights of people.The president, who is both the chief of the state and head of government, represents executive branch in Brazil. President and vice-president are elected on the same ticket by popular vote for four-year terms. The president appoints cabinet. The power of the President of Brazil is somewhat limited by political culture (but in the US the office of the president is most powerful in the world). The president has constitutional power to nominate judges for the Supreme Court. Judges have to be appointed for life by the president and confirmed by the Senate. The state and its structures have to have support by the set of basic political principles such as legitimacy, democracy, and delegation of power as well as by healthy political formations and parties. Political thoughts, traditions, culture in Brazil define political ideologies, parties, and the principles of public participation in political life. Political parties are the basis of the Brazilian political system. The political arena of Brazil is much broader than in US, which range from left wing of the Catholic Church to Worker’s, Liberal, and Socialist Parties.In Brazil people have the number of ways of exercising their opinions and will throughout the different ideologies represented by the political parties. At regular intervals, the voters choose the political activists to represent them in legislative branch. The voters delegate their authority to the politicians, having given them the legitimacy to rule and nominate state officials. Candidates for public office and government positions have to submit their programs to the voters for their scrutiny and approval. Thus, the process of socialization between voters and the elected representatives is present and a continuing one. Brazilian voters expect much longer political feedback in comparison with other coun...
