by kicho » Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:30 am
I live in Colombia. But I really like Brazil. More than all the celebrations popular as the Carnival in Rio De Janeiro. These are the best attractions. But it has other major features, for example:
Brazil covers nearly half of South America and is the continent's largest nation. Brazil is the only Latin American nation that derives its language and culture from Portugal. The native inhabitants mostly consisted of the nomadic Tupí-Guaraní Indians.
Government: Federal republic.
Religion: Roman Catholic 74%, Protestant 15%, Spiritualist 1%, none 7% (2000)
Literacy rate: 88.6% (2004 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2006 est.): $1.616 trillion; per capita $8,600. Real growth rate: 2.8%. Inflation: 3%. Unemployment: 9.6%. Arable land: 7%. Agriculture: coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef. Labor force: 96.34 million; agriculture 20%, industry 14%, services 66% (2006 est.). Industries: textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment. Natural resources: bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber. Exports: $137.5 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.): transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos. Imports: $91.4 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.): machinery, electrical and transport equipment, chemical products, oil. Major trading partners: U.S., Argentina, China, Netherlands, Germany, Mexico, Nigeria, Japan (2005).
I hope to learn more about Brazil, I am sure you will enjoy much!