Why consider Brazil free?
- In May 2011, the court granted homosexuals the same rights as heterosexual married couples. They can get married, have health insurance, retirement benefits, adopt, and get alimony.
- In 2003 a law was passed stating that women and men are equal under the law, though some benefits are still being worked out.
- They allowed the first woman president in Brazil in 2010
- Slavery was abolished in 1888, about 23 years after the United States
- They are a democracy and their election in 2010 was free and fair
-In June 2010, The current President launched a program called Brasil Sem Miseria (Brazil Without Poverty), which is meant to eliminate extreme poverty by 2014
- The public has access to the documents of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the government, though they are not always understood
- The Brazilian Constitution guarantees freedom of expression
- Brazil is similar to the United States, minus the fact that Brazil does not have a government spending problem. According to 2013 Index of Economic Freedom at least
- In 2003 a law was passed stating that women and men are equal under the law, though some benefits are still being worked out.
- They allowed the first woman president in Brazil in 2010
- Slavery was abolished in 1888, about 23 years after the United States
- They are a democracy and their election in 2010 was free and fair
-In June 2010, The current President launched a program called Brasil Sem Miseria (Brazil Without Poverty), which is meant to eliminate extreme poverty by 2014
- The public has access to the documents of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the government, though they are not always understood
- The Brazilian Constitution guarantees freedom of expression
- Brazil is similar to the United States, minus the fact that Brazil does not have a government spending problem. According to 2013 Index of Economic Freedom at least