The candidates: Ciro Gomes, Anthony Garotinho, José Inácio Lula da Silva and José Serra

Here in Brazil we´re close for next president´s choice. We had on last eight years Fernando Henrique Cardoso as a president. He was been elected two times. On November we´ll be choosing on four candidates: Anthony Garotinho, José Inácio Lula da Silva, Jose Serra and Ciro Gomes.

In Brazil, if you are over 16 you can vote, and voting is obligatory. The campaign in general is made on streets, on political assemblies and a lot of street advertising. There are free time for candidates on TV, when you can try to know more abou their history and purposes.
It will be the third election after military dictatorship, during what brazilian people spended almost 20 years without full political rights.

There´ll be great responsibilities for next elected president: despite of being a rich country, Brazil has one of the worst income distributions in the world. Our social problems are growing and each day more people see that we need deep changes to guarantee basic rights for all brazilian people.
This election will choose senators, local governors and federal and state deputies.

UNDERSTAND HOW BRAZILIAN
GOVERNMENT WORKS

What the president does?
The president symbolizes the maximum Brazilian authority. He chooses ministers, that will help on taking care of roads, money, health... estradas, do dinheiro, da educação, da saúde. He suggests new laws too, that become real if are approved by the deputies and senators.

Governors` work
The governors are responsible for the states, local áreas (as Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Pernambuco... There are 23 states on Brazil). He manages the local problems and presents law projects for state deputies.

Senators
The senators are three for each state. They fiscalize and contribute on law voting.

Federal and state Deputies
The federal and state deputies are locally elected and work on the Federal Congress or on State Assemblies, producing and voting new laws.

Soon we´ll be talking about brazilian presidence candidates, their purposes and brazilian people expectations on their work.

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