FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE IN BRIEF

LANGUAGE: PORTUGUESE NATIONAL COLORS: GREEN and YELLOW CAPITAL: BRASÍLIA

AREA ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS THE U.S.A. MINUS ALASKA AS LARGE AS ALL THE OTHER SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES PUT TOGETHER

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 35% HIGH PLAINS 1,500 TO 3,500 FT 30% FORESTS 20% LOW PLAINS 15% MOUNTAINS BELOW 6,000 FT

TO THE URBAN JUNGLE OF THE BIG CITIES

ITAIPU The World’s Largest Hidro-Power Plant

◦ UNITED KINGDOM OF PORTUGAL AND BRAZIL 1808 / 1822

EMPIRE OF BRAZIL 1822 / 1889

◦ FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL FROM 1889

PEOPLEPEOPLE 185 MILLION 1.7% annual growth

DEMOGRAPHY 82% URBAN 75% HAVE ANCESTORS FROM DIFFERENT CONTINENTS 30% IS YOUNGER THAN 18

HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 97% OF ALL 6 TO 17 YEARS OLD ARE ENROLLED IN SCHOOLS – MOSTLY PUBLIC ONES. THE BEST COLLEGES ARE ALSO PUBLIC, AND FREE ALL BRAZILIANS ARE COVERED BY A NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM, MOST AT LITTLE COST. PRIVATE MEDICINE IS PREFERRED BY THE UPPER CLASSES

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY VLS-II SATELLITE LAUNCHING ROCKET DESIGNED AND MADE BY THE BRAZILIAN SPACE AUTHORITY

BRAZIL HAS WORLD-CLASS TECHNOLOGY IN SEVERAL AREAS ◦ AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING ◦ BIOGENETICS ◦ DEEP SEA OIL PROSPECTION ◦ RENEWABLE SOURCE FUELS ◦ HEART AND PLASTIC SURGERY

BRAZILIAN ECONOMY 8 th LARGEST IN THE WORLD U.S.A, JAPAN, CHINA, GERMANY, U.K., FRANCE, ITALY AS LARGE AS THE SUM OF THE ECONOMIES OF ALL THE OTHER COUNTRIES OF SOUTH AMERICA

LATIN AMERICAN LARGEST ECONOMIES GDP PPP 2004

A DIVERSIFIED ECONOMY AGRICULTURE: 12% OF GDP

BRAZIL’S MAIN AGRO-BUSINESS COMMODITIES IN WORLD RANKING PRODUCTION COFFEE 1 ST SUGAR 1 ST ORANGE 1 ST BEANS 2 ND BEEF 2 ND CHICKEN 2 ND SOYA 2 ND CORN 3 RD

A DIVERSIFIED ECONOMY MANUFACTURING: 34% of GDP

BRAZIL’S TOP EXPORT PRODUCT TO THE UNITED STATES 90-SEAT JETLINER DESIGNED AND MADE BY EMBRAER

BRAZIL’S MAIN INDUSTRIAL GOODS PRODUCTION IN WORLD RANKING JETCRAFT 4 TH TV SETS 4 TH REFRIGERATORS 4 TH SHOES 4 TH TEXTILES 5 TH PHONES 7 TH STEEL 8 TH CARS 8 TH

FOREIGN TRADE: BRAZIL vs. MEXICO BRAZIL MEXICO

MAIN CITIES

SÃO PAULO 14 MILLION PEOPLE ECONOMIC POWER HOUSE OF BRAZIL

THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY RIO DE JANEIRO 6.5 MILLION PEOPLE

BELO HORIZONTE 2.8 MILLION PEOPLE INDUSTRIAL CENTER

SALVADOR 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE 1 ST CAPITAL OF BRAZIL BIRTH OF BRAZIL’S RACE BLENDING

PORTO ALEGRE 2.3 MILLION PEOPLE INDUSTRIAL CENTER

FORTALEZA 2.1 MILLION PEOPLE TOURIST CENTER, BEST LOBSTER

BRASÍLIA 2.0 MILLION PEOPLE BUILT FROM SCRATCH, MODERN

MANÁUS 1.9 MILLION PEOPLE INDUSTRIAL CENTER IN THE AMAZON

GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY FREE ELECTIONS, POPULAR MAJORITY VOTING IS ALL THROUGH COMPUTERS THREE INDEPENDENT POWERS PLUS AN AGGRESSIVE PRESS 17 POLITICAL PARTIES, 5 MAJOR ONES

FEDERATION 26 STATES 1 FEDERAL DISTRICT

CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS RELIGION 82% CATHOLICS TOTAL SEPARATION STATE AND CHURCH

CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS ARTS

CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS TV & MOVIE INDUSTRY ЗНАКОМСТВА на Love.Talkcity.Ru более 300 тысяч анкет! Найди и ты свою половинку.Найди Луселия Сантос / Lucelia Santos Фильмография => Вернуться к букве BRAZILIAN TV SHOWS AND MOVIES ARE WATCHED DAILY IN OVER 85 COUNTRIES 在巴西他们由 Rede Globo

CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS POPULAR EVENTS CARNAVAL A 4-DAY PARTY CELEBRATING LIFE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY

CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS FIVE TIMES WORLD CHAMPION 138 NATIONS COMPETE FOR THE TITLE EVERY 4 YEARS

CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS

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