BRAZIL

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BRAZIL

• A land of staggering beauty with stretches of
  unexplored rainforest, islands with pristine
  tropical beaches, and endless rivers.

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What does it come to your mind when you think
about Brazil?
Caipirinha
Carnival
Women
Amazon
Copacabana
Poverty
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General Information

• Name República Federativa do Brasil
• Capital Brasília
• Currency Real ( US 1 R 2.5 )
• Population 184.223.178
• Women (50.31), Men (49.68)
• Rural (18.75), Cities (81.25)
• Area 8.514.215,3 Km²
• (size of India 3.287.590 Km²)
• Language Portuguese
• President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva
• Parlament type Presidencialism

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General Information

• Borders Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia,
  Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Guiana, French
  Guiana, Peru
• The world's fifth-largest country (almost half
  the South American continent)
• The Amazon, 6275km long, is the world's largest
  river. It carries more water to the sea than any
  other river and the Amazon forest contains 30 of
  the world's remaining forest.
• The country has eight river systems, which carry
  approximately 20 of the world's fresh water

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History

• First sign of human in Brazil more than 30.000
  years ago
• Discovered by Portuguese 1500
• Independence 07 / 09 / 1822
• Republic 15 / 11 / 1889
• Military Dictatorship 1964 1984

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The 5 Regions

• North Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia, Roraima, Pará,
  Amapá, Tocantins
• South Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná
• Central-West Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasília, Mato
  Grosso do Sul
• South-East São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio de
  Janeiro e Espírito Santo
• North-East Bahia, Maranhão, Sergipe, Alagoas,
  Pernambuco, Paraíba, Ceará, Piauí

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Population
Ethnicty/race white (include european) 55,
mixed white and black 38, black 6, other
(Japanese, Arab) 1
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The Brazilian Women
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Economy

• GDP US 760 Billions ( main economy in South
  America and one of the 10th largest economies in
  the world)
• PPP US 3200
• Main Products
• Agriculture Soy, Coffee, Sugar, Tropical Fruits,
  Cotton
• Industry Cars, airplanes, footwear, textile,
  steel
• Services Tourism, Banks, Telecommunication,
  Education
• Natural resources iron, uranium, gold, oil

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Culture
Music the biggest variety if rhythms in the
world
Axé
Funk
Bossa Nova
Música Sertaneja
Tropicalismo
Pop/Rock
Samba
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Culture
Cinema / TV
TV Globo
Cinema
Soap Operas
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Popular Parties
Religious Parties
Carnival
New Year
Boi Bumbá
Festa Junina
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Society
Social Disparity
X
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Population
Immigration Portuguese, German, Italian,
Spanish, Polish, Japanese, Arab
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Religion

• Religion 70 Roman Catholic

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Food
Sucos
Feijoada
Caipirinha
Churrasco (Brazilian Barbecue)
Candies
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Sports Football!!
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Sports
Yacht
Formule 1
Jiu-jitsu
Volley
Tenis
Capoeira
Gymnastics
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Well known facts about Brazil

• Soccer Only team to be 5 times World Cup
  Champions
• Samba Carnival is considered the largest popular
  party in the world.
• Gods Backyard Brazils multi-climate territory
  is well known and admired throughout the world.

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Unknown facts about Brazil

• Elected by the United Nations as the country with
  the most effective public programs to combat
  AIDS.
• The only country in the southern hemisphere
  participating in the Genoma Project.
• Brazil is the 3rd largest democracy in the world,
  with more than 100 million voters and direct
  elections in all levels of government.

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Unknown facts about Brazil

• Brazils presidential election official results
  were announced 12 hours after the last vote. The
  United States is now testing the Brazilian
  electronic voting system.
• Brazilian internet users represent 49 percent of
  all users in Latin America.
• Brazil has 14 automobile factories operating and
  another 4 in the process of being built. Its the
  fourth largest automobile plant in the world.

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Unknown facts about Brazil

• Brazils banking system, helped by heavy
  inflationary periods, has been considered by Bill
  Gates (Microsoft), the most modern in the world.
• In the last 5 years, Brazilian advertising
  agencies won, proportionally, the largest number
  of international awards.
• Brazilian businessmen were elected by the World
  Commerce Organization, as the most entrepreneur
  group in the world, with an annual new business
  increase rate of 70.

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Brasilia, the world's most ambitious planned city
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Important Cities
Belo Horizonte
Brasília
2,347,500 Habitants
2,160,100 Habitants
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Important Cities
Curitiba
Caxias do Sul
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Important Cities
Florianópolis
Goiânia - Extension
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Important Cities
São José dos Campos
Joinville
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Important Cities
Maringá
Juiz de Fora - Extension
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Important Cities
Porto Alegre
Campinas - Extension
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Important Cities
Recife
Rio de Janeiro
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Important Cities
Santa Maria
Salvador
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Important Cities
Vitória
São Paulo
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Rio de Janeiro
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Amazônia
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Pantanal The Water Continent

• Largest continental wetland on Earth
• One of the most rich and diversified natural
  reservation of the Planet
• Largest animal life density in Americas

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Want to learn some Brazilian body language?
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Brazilian Body Language
Hold your thumb and third finger together.
Shake your hand really fast, so your index
finger snaps against the third finger. That means
"quick, fast.
Gently pull the eyelid down to indicate one of
two things, depending on the situation"watch
out, be careful, keep your eyes open" or "do you
think I'm stupid to believe that?"
Now, here's a cute one! Tug at your earlobe
like this when you think something is delicious.
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Brazilian Body Language
So those were the good ones...now a bad one, ok?!
This is very similar to the American OK, but it's
VERY obscene! It means "screw you like the
gesture in the picture above. There are
countless jokes in Brazil about unknowning
Americans making the OK sign to signify approval
or pleasure. Please, train yourself to use the
"thumbs up" sign instead.
Tap under your chin with hand when you want to
indicate that someone doesn't know what he's
talking about.
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Have you already bought your ticket to
Brazil?What are you waiting for?

• Thank you!
• Carlos Eduardo Moro
• carloseduardomoro_at_gmail.com

True Love is born from Cultural
Understanding. Budha