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Brazil was a Portuguese colony from the landing of Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1500 until 1815 when it became an united kingdom with Portugal. The country became later independent as the Brazilian Empire in 1822, but has been a republic since 1889, although the bicameral legislature, now called Congress, dates back to 1824, when the first constitution was ratified.<ref name="CIA Intro">Template:Cite web</ref> Its current constitution defines Brazil as a Federal Republic.<ref name="Constituição">Template:Cite web Template:Cite web</ref> The Federation is formed by the "indissoluble union of the States and Municipalities and the Federal District"<ref name="Constituição"/>.
