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Monetary and Fiscal Policies of Brazil, 1953-1963
MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICIES OF BRAZIL 1953-1963 By JAMES HENDERSON DUKES A DISSEHTATION PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE COUNCIL OF THE UNH'ERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 1968 Copyright by James Oaxidarson Dukes 1966 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Aa most of the nacessax*y Information for this dissertation perfoz*oe comes from a foreign country, 1 find that there are several persons or organizations that should be thanked for their assistance. Without the aid x»ecelved, much of the resesu*ch material used would have been neither primary nor current. First, I would like to thank the Library of Congress for the extensive use of their facilities. Also very im- portant were the assistance of the staffs of the Brazilian Qnbassies in v/ashlngton, D. C., and in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and the use of the library of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D. C. I am indeed thankful for the assistance given me by Gertrude Heare of the TJhited States Department of Commerce in allowing me to borrow ’’the only available copy" of the 1964*’1966 development plan, which was replete with pertinent statistics and projections. And finally, I must show more than appreciation for the tremendous amount of assistance from my wife in the fora of preliminary and final typing, editing, and en- couragement throughout the whole period, from research to completion of the work. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 PART I. INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE Chapter 1. THE BANKING SYSTEM I 5 2. THE TAX SYSTEM 3 . -
PERSPECTIVES on TERRORISM Volume 11, Issue 5
ISSN 2334-3745 Volume V, Issue 5 October 2017 PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 11, Issue 5 Table of Contents Welcome from the Editors......................................................................................................1 Articles Countering Violent Extremism in Prisons: A Review of Key Recent Research and Critical Research Gaps.........................................................................................................................2 by Andrew Silke and Tinka Veldhuis The New Crusaders: Contemporary Extreme Right Symbolism and Rhetoric..................12 by Ariel Koch Exploring the Continuum of Lethality: Militant Islamists’ Targeting Preferences in Europe....................................................................................................................................24 by Cato Hemmingby Research Notes On and Off the Radar: Tactical and Strategic Responses to Screening Known Potential Terrorist Attackers................................................................................................................41 by Thomas Quiggin Resources Terrorism Bookshelf.............................................................................................................50 Capsule Reviews by Joshua Sinai Bibliography: Terrorist Organizations: Cells, Networks, Affiliations, Splits......................67 Compiled and selected by Judith Tinnes Bibliography: Life Cycles of Terrorism..............................................................................107 Compiled and selected by Judith -
Brazil Page 1 of 20
Brazil Page 1 of 20 Brazil Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2006 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor March 6, 2007 Brazil is a constitutional federal republic with a population of approximately 188 million. In October voters re-elected President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ("Lula") of the Workers' Party (PT) to a second four-year term in a free and fair election. While civilian authorities generally maintained effective control of the security forces, members of the security forces committed numerous, serious human rights abuses, primarily at the state level. The federal government generally respected the human rights of its citizens; however, there continued to be numerous serious abuses, and the record of several state governments was poor. The following human rights problems were reported: beatings, abuse, and torture of detainees and inmates by police and prison security forces; inability to protect witnesses involved in criminal cases; poor prison conditions; prolonged pretrial detention and inordinate delays of trials; attacks on the media by local authorities and organized crime; violence and discrimination against women; violence against children, including sexual abuse; trafficking in persons; discrimination against indigenous people and minorities; significant obstacles to persons with disabilities; failure to either apply or enforce labor laws; and child labor in the informal sector. In most cases human rights violators enjoyed impunity for crimes committed. RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Section 1 Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including Freedom From: a. Arbitrary or Unlawful Deprivation of Life The government or its agents did not commit politically motivated killings, but unlawful killings by state police (military and civil) were widespread. -
Aida World Congress 2006
AIDA WORLD CONGRESS 2006 INSURANCE, REINSURANCE AND THE IMPACT OF TERRORISM General Reporters: Professor Rob Merkin Professor Jerome Kullmann I THE QUESTIONNAIRE 1. MEANING OF TERRORISM (a) Is there any general definition of “terrorism”, “terrorist activity” or any related term in the general law within your jurisdiction? (b) If there is a definition, for what legal purposes is the definition relevant? 2. TERRORISM AND POLICY WORDINGS (a) To what extent do insurance and reinsurance policies written in your country exclude the liability of insurers and reinsurers for war risks? If so, is any distinction drawn between commercial and consumer contracts. Please answer this question on a class/sector by class/sector basis. (b) To what extent do insurance and reinsurance policies written in your country exclude the liability of insurers and reinsurers for terrorism risks? If so, is any distinction drawn between commercial and consumer contracts? Please answer this question on a class/sector by class/sector basis. (c) To what extent do war risks or exclusions and terrorism risks or exclusions or those for other acts of political or other violence such as malicious damage overlap? (d) Are there any market definitions of terrorism in use for insurance or reinsurance contracts? Please answer this question on class/sector by class/sector basis. If these have been introduced in response to recent developments how do these differ from previous provisions? (e) If there are policy restrictions on or exclusions of terrorism cover, when were these first -
Artificial Neural Networks, Multiple Linear Regression and Decision Trees Applied to Labor Justice
Artificial Neural Networks, Multiple Linear Regression and Decision Trees Applied to Labor Justice Genival Pavanelli, Maria Teresinha Arns Steiner, Alessandra Memari Pavanelli and Deise Maria Bertholdi Costa Specialization Program in Numerical Methods in Engennering PPGMNE, Federal University of Paraná State UFPR, CP 1908 , Curitiba, Brazil Keywords: Mathematical Programming, Artificial Neural Networks, Multiple Linear Regression, Decision Tree, Principal Component Analysis, Encoding Attributes. Abstract: This paper aims to predict the duration of lawsuits for labor users of the justice system. Thus, we intend to provide forecasts of the duration of a labor lawsuit that gives subsidies to establish an agreement between the parties involved in the processes. The proposed methodology consists in applying and comparing three techniques of the Mathematical Programming area, Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) and Decision Trees in order to obtain the best possible performance for the forecast. Therefore, we used the data from the Labor Forum of São José dos Pinhais, Paraná, Brazil, to do the training of various ANNs, the MLR and the Decision Tree. In several simulations, the techniques were used directly and in others, the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and / or the coding of attributes were performed before their use in order to further improve their performance. Thus, taking up new data (processes) for which it is necessary to predict the duration of the lawsuit, it will be possible to make up conditions to "diagnose" its length preliminarily at its course. The three techniques used were effective, showing results consistent with an acceptable margin of error. 1 INTRODUCTION and processing of data. -
Steam-Valve Theory and Political Efficacy
The Steam-valve Theory: Terrorism and Political Efficacy by Edith Wu B.A. (Honours), Simon Fraser University, 2012 Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the School of Criminology Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Edith Wu 2017 SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY Summer 2017 All rights reserved. However, in accordance with the Copyright Act of Canada, this work may be reproduced, without authorization, under the conditions for Fair Dealing. Therefore, limited reproduction of this work for the purposes of private study, research, criticism, review and news reporting is likely to be in accordance with the law, particularly if cited appropriately. Approval Name: Edith Wu Degree: Master of Arts Title of Thesis: The Steam-valve Theory: Terrorism and Political Efficacy Examining Committee: Chair: Martin Andresen Associate Director and Professor Garth Davies Senior Supervisor Associate Professor Martin Bouchard Supervisor Professor André Gerolymatos External Examiner Director and Professor Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies Simon Fraser University Date Defended /Approved: May 24, 2017 ii Abstract A wealth of literature examines terrorism and its relationship with political participation, often concerning legitimate opportunities to effect political change. Overall, these studies support the notion that a democratic system is an effective bulwark against terrorism. There is, however, a paucity of research that evaluates societal activism from the citizen’s perspective and its effects on political violence. When a disgruntled public lacks proper avenues to be heard and engage meaningfully in the political process, terrorist events may arise. Using data from the Global Terrorism Database, World Values Survey, World Bank, and Freedom House, a multilevel negative binomial analysis is conducted to assess terrorist events in relation to political activism across 18 countries from 1990 to 2012, while considering factors often cited as catalysts for political violence. -
Brazil Country Handbook 1
Brazil Country Handbook 1. This handbook provides basic reference information on Brazil, including its geography, history, government, military forces, and communications and trans- portation networks. This information is intended to familiarize military personnel with local customs and area knowledge to assist them during their assignment to Brazil. 2. This product is published under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Defense Intelligence Production Program (DoDIPP) with the Marine Corps Intel- ligence Activity designated as the community coordinator for the Country Hand- book Program. This product reflects the coordinated U.S. Defense Intelligence Community position on Brazil. 3. Dissemination and use of this publication is restricted to official military and government personnel from the United States of America, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, NATO member countries, and other countries as required and designated for support of coalition operations. 4. The photos and text reproduced herein have been extracted solely for research, comment, and information reporting, and are intended for fair use by designated personnel in their official duties, including local reproduction for train- ing. Further dissemination of copyrighted material contained in this document, to include excerpts and graphics, is strictly prohibited under Title 17, U.S. Code. CONTENTS KEY FACTS. 1 U.S. MISSION . 2 U.S. Embassy. 2 U.S. Consulates . 2 Travel Advisories. 7 Entry Requirements . 7 Passport/Visa Requirements . 7 Immunization Requirements. 7 Custom Restrictions . 7 GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE . 8 Geography . 8 Land Statistics. 8 Boundaries . 8 Border Disputes . 10 Bodies of Water. 10 Topography . 16 Cross-Country Movement. 18 Climate. 19 Precipitation . 24 Environment . 24 Phenomena . 24 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION . -
Panorama of Brazilian Law
PANORAMA OF BRAZILIAN LAW ISSN 1075-1343 (print) “A step towards realizing a long standing dream: ISSN 2318-1516 (0nline) to provide the world a window to Brazilian law” L’IDENTITÉ MULTICULTURELLE DE LA CONSTITUTION BRÉSILIENNE: UNE LECTURE DE LA CONSTITUTION EN FAVEUR DES MINORITÉS CULTURELLES Deo Campos Dutra LE COMBAT À L’ESCLAVAGE CONTEMPORAIN DANS LA PERSPECTIVE DE LA VICTIME: ÉTUDE DE CAS POUR COMPARER QUALITATIVEMENT LA RESPONABILITÉ DANS LES SPHÈRES DU DROIT DU TRAVAIL ET CRIMINELLE Fabiana Galera Severo LES DEFIS DU DROIT INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC CONTEMPORAIN Vivianny Kelly Galvão THE INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENT NOWADAYS: FROM THE CONSENT TO ITS SOCIAL FUNCTION AS A GUARANTOR OF THE INTERESTS OF CITIZENS Renata Alves Gaspar – Felipe Soares Vivas de Castro THE NON-CRIMINALIZATION PRINCIPLE IN ACCORDANCE TO THE NEW BRAZILIAN MIGRATION LAW Ana Luisa Zago de Moraes THE CONSENT DECREES IN THE BRAZILIAN CAPITAL MARKET Vinicius Figueiredo Chaves – Alexandre Folly Nogueira Sertã EDUCATION AS A TOOL OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO TACKLE HOMOPHOBIA: POTENTIALITIES AND STRUGGLES Daniel Carvalho Cardinali ON THE BALANCING OF RIGHTS AND THE PROPORTIONALITY OF JUDICIAL DECISIONS: IS IT NOT MORE FICTION THAN REALITY? Luis Renato Vedovato – Josué Mastrodi Neto LABOR LAW, CLT AND THE 2017 BRAZILIAN LABOR REFORM João Renda Leal Fernandes NATIONALITY IN THE BRAZILIAN LAW Paulo Cesar Villela Souto Lopes Rodrigues – Stephen Edem Gbedemah GLOBAL ENERGY GOVERNANCE THROUGH INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS: ANALYSIS OF THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTATION Matheus Linck Bassani THE EFFICACY OF THE DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME FEDERAL COURT IN CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW Telma Rocha Lisowski – Francisco Paulo José Viana Filho DERECHO DEL MAR EN BRASIL: NUEVOS DESARROLLOS Alexandre Pereira da Silva EL SISTEMA INTERAMERICANO Y LA PROTECCIÓN DE LOS DERECHO HUMANOS DE LAS MUJERES: MONITOREO DE LAS PETICIONES CONTRA BRASIL (2006-15) Ianá Priscilla de Oliveira Silva – Alessandra Marchioni Year 5 Numbers 7-8 2017 Panorama of Brazilian Law Panor. -
A REPERCUSSÃO DAS DECISÕES DO TRIBUNAL MARÍTIMO NOS TRIBUNAIS REGIONAIS DO TRABALHO DA 1ª, 2ª, 3ª E 17ª REGIÕES
ARTIGOS | A REPERCUSSÃO DAS DECISÕES DO TRIBUNAL MARÍTIMO NOS TRIBUNAIS REGIONAIS DO TRABALHO DA 1ª, 2ª, 3ª e 17ª REGIÕES THE REPERCUSSION OF THE MARITIME COURT JUDGMENTS IN THE REGIONAL LABOR COURTS OF THE 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd AND 17 th REGIONS Gustavo Magno Felipe Franco* André Panno Beirão ** Resumo: Este trabalho procura refletir o apaziguamento ou não do reconhecimento do papel do Tribunal Marítimo no sistema jurídico brasileiro, abordando o caráter deste como formador de prova de presunção relativa . Todavia, a práxis justrabalhista se revela como um cenário onde tal certeza é confrontada com a teoria do risco profissional gerando, por sua vez, uma possível perda de importância das decisões daquela Corte enquanto prova na decisão final das lides laborais. Daí o presente estudo ter como ferramenta a análise qualitativa e quantitativa da jurisprudência dos Tribunais Regionais do Trabalho da 1ª, 2ª, 3ª e 17ª Regiões publicados a partir de 2010 para analisar a relação prática entre o Tribunal Marítimo e a Justiça do Trabalho. Como resultado, fica exposto tratar-se de uma relação amistosa, em que ambos os Tribunais respeitam a competência alheia. Porém, ao cabo, também emerge que estes TRT´s, ainda que reconheçam a presunção de certeza relativa das decisões do TM, pouco se escoram nela por conta de seus próprios tecnicismos e da adoção crescente da teoria do risco que tem prescindido das provas que a Corte marinha pode opor. Palavras-chave: Tribunal Marítimo. Justiça do Trabalho. Prova de presunção relativa e teoria do risco. Abstract: After a long period of controversy and doubts about the role of the Maritime Court within our legal system, the doctrine has finally settled it as a proof of relative presumption. -
Interdisciplinary Journal of the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric
Interdisciplinary Journal of the William J. Perry Volume 14 2013 Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies ISSN: 1533-2535 Special Issue: The Drug Policy Debate FOREIGN POLICY AND SECURITY ISSUES THE DRUG POLICY DEBATE Michael Kryzanek, China, United States, and Latin A Selection of Brief Essays Representing America: Challenges and Opportunities the Diversity of Opinion, Contributors: Marilyn Quagliotti, Timothy Lynch, Hilton McDavid and Noel M. Cowell, A Peter Hakim (with Kimberly Covington), Perspective on Cutting Edge Research for Crime and Craig Deare, AMB Adam Blackwell, and Security Policies and Programs in the Caribbean General (ret.) Barry McCaffrey Tyrone James, The Growth of the Private Security Industry in Barbados: A Case Study BOOK REVIEWS Phil Kelly, A Geopolitical Interpretation of Security Joseph Barron: Review of Max Boot, Concerns within United States–Latin American Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Relations Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present Emily Bushman: Review of Mark FOCUS ON BRAZIL Schuller, Killing With Kindness: Haiti, Myles Frechette and Frank Samolis, A Tentative International Aid, and NGOs Embrace: Brazil’s Foreign and Trade Relations with Philip Cofone: Review of Gastón Fornés the United States and Alan Butt Philip, The China–Latin Salvador Raza, Brazil’s Border Security Systems America Axis: Emerging Markets and the Initiative: A Transformative Endeavor in Force Future of Globalisation Design Cole Gibson: Review of Rory Carroll, Shênia K. de Lima, Estratégia Nacional de Defesa Comandante: -
AUG 2016 Part C.Pdf
Page | 1 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – August 2016 www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 2 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – August 2016 Theresa May tells Islamist extremists: 'The game is up' Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/11488942/Theresa-May-tells- Islamist-extremists-The-game-is-up.html March 23 – Theresa May will today tell radical Communities become segregated and cut off Islamists that the "game is up" and that they from one another. Intolerance, hatred and were no longer tolerated in Britain as she bigotry become normalised. Trust is replaced by sets out Tory plans for a crackdown on fear, reciprocity by envy, and solidarity by extremism. division. The Home Secretary is expected to say that a "Where they seek to divide us, our values are future Conservative government target Sharia what unite us. Where they seek to dictate, law, change the rules on granting citizenship to lecture and limit opportunity, our values offer ensure people embrace British values and young people hope and the chance to succeed. introduce "banning orders" for extremist groups. The extremists have no vision for Britain that Radicals will also be barred from working can sustain the dreams and ambitions of its unsupervised with children amid fears that people. Theirs is a negative, depressing and in young people are being brainwashed, while staff fact absurd view of the world - and it is one we at job centres will be required to identify know that in the end we can expose and defeat." vulnerable claimants who may become targets She will appeal to "every single person in for radicalisation. -
Turning the Tables: Global Dispatch
Center for a Secure Free Society Global Dispatch Turning the Tables: How Brazil Defeated an ISIS Threat by Leonardo Coutinho GlobalIssue Dispatch5 • September 2017 page 1 September 2017 or several decades, Brazil has been criticized groups, especially those conducting financial or for serving as a haven for Islamist extremists intelligence support to terrorist operations. Fin South America. Foz da Iguaçu, a southwestern In the 1980s, high-level Hezbollah Brazilian city within the Tri-Border Area, at the operatives, sponsored by the Islamic Republic crossroads of Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil, of Iran, made Brazil an important logistical hub was used as a logistical base to carry out the for the AMIA attack. Argentine special prosecutor 1994 terrorist attack on the Asociación Mutual Alberto Nisman revealed that when the Iranian Israelita Argentina (AMIA) in Buenos Aires.1 mastermind of the AMIA attack, Mohsen Brazil’s historic lack of legislation for effectively Rabbani, arrived in Argentina in 1983,3 Tehran combatting terrorism, further incentivized a deployed Shi’ite cleric Taleb Hussein al-Khazraji larger presence of Islamist militants in the to Brazil.4 Al-Khazraji created Centro Islâmico no country leading to several sanctions by the U.S. Brasil (Arresala) and was imam of the Prophet Treasury since 2004.2 Mohammed Mosque now known as the Brás On March 16, 2016, the legal conditions Mosque in an immigrant neighborhood of São changed when the Brazilian Parliament passed Paulo.5 its first antiterrorism law, despite opposition from left-leaning political and social movements. Those opposed to the law believed it “unnecessary;” Brazil is known within viewing it unlikely that terror groups at home or abroad would “import” the threat of terrorism to the counterterrorism a country that’s never suffered such an attack.