Government1 (Brazil)
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       President:
         last held 15 November 1989, with runoff on 17 December 1989 (next to be held
         November 1994); results - Fernando COLLOR de Mello 53%, Luis Inacio da SILVA
         47%; note - first free, direct presidential election since 1960
     Communists:
         less than 30,000
     Other political or pressure groups:
         left wing of the Catholic Church and labor unions allied to leftist Worker's
         Party are critical of government's social and economic policies
     Member of:
         AfDB, AG (observer), CCC, ECLAC, FAO, G-11, G-15, G-19, G-24, G-77, GATT,
         IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT,
         INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, LORCS,
         MERCOSUR, NAM (observer), OAS, OPANAL, PCA, RG, UN, UNAVEM, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
         UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WFTU, WIPO, WMO, WTO
     Diplomatic representation:
         Ambassador Rubens RICUPERO; Chancery at 3006 Massachusetts Avenue NW,
         Washington, DC 20008; telephone (202) 745-2700; there are Brazilian
         Consulates General in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, and New
         York, and Consulates in Dallas, Houston, and San Francisco
       US:
         Ambassador Richard MELTON; Embassy at Avenida das Nacoes, Lote 3, Brasilia,
         Distrito Federal (mailing address is APO AA 34030); telephone [55] (61)
         321-7272; FAX [55] (61) 225-9136; there are US Consulates General in Rio de
         Janeiro and Sao Paulo, and Consulates in PortoAlegre and Recife
     Flag:
         green with a large yellow diamond in the center bearing a blue celestial
         globe with 23 white five-pointed stars (one for each state) arranged in the
         same pattern as the night sky over Brazil; the globe has a white equatorial
         band with the motto ORDEM E PROGRESSO (Order and Progress)