3. Brazil in the World
,599 km2

4. General Aspects Republic since 1889
Brazil is the biggest country in Latin America and covers almost the half of Latin American (47.3%)
Shape of east contour is in conformity of the concave curve of West Africa;
Brazil has its frontier with ten countries;
The Atlantic Ocean extends for all its east coast.
Republic since 1889

5. Numbers of Brazil 26 states + Capital Brasilia Population: 182,761,391
5,560 cities
Money: Real 1 EU$ = 1 USD
26 states + Capital Brasilia
Gross Domestic Product
1.372 million (2002)
Brazil has 8,000 km of
Atlantic Ocean Coast

6. Brazil’s agriculture will grow 13% in 2013*
Coffee
Sugar-cane
Soybean
Cotton
Peanuts
Encarta 99
*Source: VEJA, February

7. Sugar-Cane Brasil is the greatest producer of sugar-cane in the world.
Mainly products:
Sugar
Alcohol:
Flammable;
Beverages;
Chemical sectors;
Druggists;
Cleaning products
Generation of energy

8. Mercosul South Common Market Since 1991
Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay. Bolivia and Chile are not members, only participants.

9. ALCA - America Free Trade Area
Projected to be established in 2005
All countries of Americas (except Cuba) and Caribbean
Only economy interested
Agribusiness is the most difficult issue

10. Main Commercial Partners
United States
Germany
Argentina
China
Japan
Netherlands
French
United Kingdom

11. Exportations Importations Steel derived products Mineral products
Transport equipments
Minerals
Footwear
Fabrics
Coffee
Soybean
Meats
Mineral products
Petroleum
Machinery
Appliances
Chemical products

12. The metropolitan region of São Paulo has 16.7% of unemployed
The metropolitan region of São Paulo has 1.66 million unemployment people, within the Economic Active.
Sectors Economic Active People
53% Commerce and services
23% Agriculture and fishing
21% Industry
3% Other occupations
Source: INVERTIA

13. Huge, but poor
Brazil used to be 8th biggest economy in the 70´s, today is still the 14th, but is the one of the biggest in the difference between rich and poor. About 50 million people live with less than 1 US$ a day.

14. The difference between poor and rich decreases*
The gap between the 40% poorest and the 10% richest has diminished, now its only 17 times.
The richest earns 9.4% less and the poorest 3% less.
*Source: VEJA, February

15. Education
One of the main reasons of the critical unequal situation is the poor level of education.
Only 9% of the people between 18 and 24 years old is in the University, and about 18% of all, is illiterate.

16. The Favela (slum) of Rocinha
is located in the neighborhoods of Gavea and Sao Conrado in Rio de Janeiro. This is the largest favela in Latin America, with over 200,000 inhabitants living in an area of less 743 square meters

17. The Brazilian Landless Workers Movement is the largest social movement in Latin America and one of the most successful grassroots movements in the world.
                                                                        

18. The expectative is to settle about 115 thousand families this year.
There is about 4 million families landless
Large estate owners (2.8%) owns about 56.7% of Brazil’s lands
                                                                        

19. Environment
Brazil has the biggest rain forest in the world, Amazonia. However, international wood sellers and cattle raising, have been devastating a total unique place like that, with unknown amount of undiscovered nature.
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