Brazil Executive Summary

Sao Paulo and Mexico City are facing some of the same problems. Sao Paulo and Mexico City are both marked by areas of great economic contrasts. Mexico City has more than five hundred areas that can be called slums.

C:One of Brazil’s most beautiful beach is the Brava Beach. It is located on north side of the island of Santa Catarina, in Florianópolis, the capital of the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. It offers beautiful crystal clear water, natural beauty and great waves for many surfers and bodyboarding tourist and locals.

Since 2000, Brazil has significantly improved its economic performance. Strong global demand and high prices for its commodity exports resulting

You probably heard of Brazil but, do you know much about it? Brazil is a beautiful place or country, in South America. It’s great for tourists’ sites; it has amazing land features, and especially cool culture and history. Brazil has a tremendous amount of nature and folktale. Brazil was found actually, over 8,000 years ago. The Portuguese were the first European settlers to arrive there. The journey was led by Pedro Cabral who began in the 1500s. When they finally got there they found Native Americans living there. They were around the seven millions.

The name Brazil comes from Pau Brasil. There are around 145 million people living in Brazil, most of them near the coast. The population is growing rapidly and half of all Brazilians are under the age of 20. By the end of the century, it is estimated that Brazil’s population will have reached 180 million. Brazil borders on ten other Latin American countries.

[Oil production has jumped from 5.0 million barrels per day in 2008 to 7.4 million last year and is expected to average 8.5 million this year and 9.3 million next year, according to the EIA, the analytical arm of the Department of Energy.” (Koch par. 2)]

Norther Brazil or costal city’s serving as ports for the exporting of commodities produced on the

Prudhoe Bay is a town in the Arctic region of Alaska; it is also called Sagavanirktok. It is a significant industrious economical area because the largest oilfield in all of North America is located in Prudhoe Bay. This does not give economical advances to just Alaska’s economy, but also the country's economy. Prudhoe Bay’s major oil producers are British Petroleum and Phillips; other minor oil companies are Brooks Range, Anadarko, Exxon, and Eni. Prudhoe Bay has an abundance of oil an example of the amount is, in around 1 day 1 million barrels of oil are produced meaning in around 25 years 15 billion barrels of oil have been produced. Gary Hoefs (2002)The Trans Alaskan pipeline System is used to move oil from the North slope to Valdez, Alaska

History of the region from the pre-Columbian period and including colonization by the Spanish and Portuguese beginning in the 15th century, the 19th-century wars of independence, and developments to the end of World War II.Latin America is generally understood to consist of the entire continent of South America in addition to Mexico, Central America, and the islands of the Caribbean whose inhabitants speak a Romance language. The peoples of this large area shared the experience of conquest and colonization by the Spaniards and Portuguese from the late 15th through the 18th centuries as well as movements of independence from Spain and Portugal in the early 19th century. Even since independence, many of the various

I am researching the economy of Brazil. The definition of economy: The Management of the income, expenditures, etc of a household, business, community, or government. Careful management of wealth, resources, etc; avoidance of waste by careful planning use; thrift or thrifty use. (1) The system or range of economic activity in a country, region, or community. (2)

Carnival is one of the most celebrated celebrations that in Brazil. This day is very important because its a day of freedom where people from all over brazil don't work for a week and just party and enjoy the company of friends and family. Carnival begins forty days before easter and lasts four days and four nights. It starts on Saturday and ends on Thursday. People dress in costumes and roam the streets in happiness and there is very often parades. The bigger the city the bigger the parade. It is celebrated a lot less in the south than the north west but it is still celebrated throughout brazil where people just relax. The only thing that they caution is taking the negative occurrences of Carnival and to look at the good and wonderful

on the south by the Atlantic Ocean and Chile, and on the west by Chile. The

Stretching over 2,500 miles form east to west and 2,700 miles from north to south, Brazil is the world’s largest tropical country. The only nations that are larger are the lands of Russia, Canada, China and the United States. Brazil has more then 150 million people spread unevenly over its huge land area, making it the fifth most populated country in the world. (Encyclopedia.com) More then two thirds of Brazil’s people live in the cities and towns and more then 29 percent of them are in the ten cities with more then a million people. These include the metropolitan area of Sao Paulo with more then 15 million people and Rio de Janeiro with more then 9 million people. The rural population is mostly concentrated on the East Coast or

NE Brazil has long lagged behind the rest of the country in terms of technology and income. However, economic reforms instituted by Finance Minister Cardoso has seen the

The primary question that Brazil faces as it moves into the 21st century is whether the Brazilian style of capitalism, which harnessed their economy towards growth as a developing economy, is sufficient to drive them as a developed country. Averaging 3.8% GDP growth over the last decade, this transition seems inevitable; Brazil has shifted from an agricultural giant to a country in which 90% of the population works in the industrial and service sectors. However, as they make this conversion, they must examine their economic policies to ensure that they are still applicable and advantageous. For example, Brazil must keep promoting their industrial policies. Brazil may fall back into a commodity-driven economy if raw