Brazil is one of the fastest-growing nations in the Western

Hemisphere. Its population is increasing at the rate of about 2% a

year. The constitution of Brazil gives the president tremendous

powers. For example, the president may intervene in affairs of

Brazil's states. The chief executive may even create new states from

Brazil has three main ethnic groups-whites, blacks, and people

of mixed ancestry. Most of the whites are from Europe. According to

the Brazilian government whites make up about 60% of the nation's

population, and people of mixed races form about 30%. However, the

government of Brazil counts many lightskinned people of mixed ancestry

as white. Brazil's ethnic groups generally get along well with one

another. Racial discrimination in Brazil if far less widespread than

that in many other countries with people of several races. But

Brazilians of European descent have had better educational

opportunities. As a result, they hold most of the higher jobs in

government and industry. Many of the non-Europeans, particularly

blacks, have excelled in the arts, entertainment and sports.

official knowledge of the prisoners' complaints. He asked the state

In his report on the visit to Recife, one of the delegates,

Santos had bruises on his chest, back and upper limbs. He had a

in the age group (7-14) for which school is mandatory. Roughly two

mouth and lips were swollen and she was bleeding. The warden

the modernization of Brazil's political system.

and the Secretary of Justice for Pernambuco claimed to have no

noted that despite persistent reports in the local press about

has not improved. In some respects, it has deteriorated. Overcrowding,

reportedly threatened the other inmates with reprisals if they dared

According to the Institute for Applied Economic Research ant

"Statue for Children and Adolescents." This Statue, enacted in 1990,

adolescents. Several fedrral agencies oversee the execution of

stages of AIDS in the Central Hospital of the Penitentiary System, was

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