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

PEOPLE

• 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

8th 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

0100

200300

400500

600700800

9001000

11001200

BRAZIL

MEXICO

ARGENTINA

CHILE

VENEZUELA

A DIVERSIFIED ECONOMY

AGRICULTURE: 12% OF GDP

BRAZIL’S MAIN AGRO-BUSINESS COMMODITIES IN WORLD RANKING PRODUCTION

COFFEE 1ST SUGAR 1ST

ORANGE 1ST BEANS 2ND

BEEF 2ND CHICKEN 2ND

SOYA 2ND CORN 3RD

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 4TH TV SETS 4TH

REFRIGERATORS 4TH SHOES 4TH

TEXTILES 5TH PHONES 7TH

STEEL 8TH CARS 8TH

FOREIGN TRADE: BRAZIL vs. MEXICO

BRAZIL

UNITED STATES

ALL OTHERS

ASIA

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

AFRICA & OCEANIA

MERCOSUL

OTHER LATIN

AMERICA

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

1ST 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

RELIGION82% CATHOLICS

TOTAL SEPARATION STATE AND CHURCH

CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS

ARTS

CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS

TV & MOVIE INDUSTRY

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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

CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS

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