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Brazilian Economy
For my Latin American country I chose Brazil.
The Labor force in this country varies by occupation. The main three occupations, according to the CIA World Factbook, are agriculture, services, and industry.
Some import commodities are machinery, electrical and transport equipment, chemical products, oil, automotive parts, and electronics. Here are some of the trading partners:
Some export commodities are transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, and automobiles. Here are some of the trading partners:
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Panama Canal
In 1902 the US senate voted in favor of the Panama Canal. After Panama declared independence in 1903, the plans for the Panama Canal were put into place. Construction of the
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They are mainly Spanish, Portuguese, and African. This is because explorers from Spain and Portugal mostly took over the language and land of the indigenous peoples. The mix of these native languages and the European languages created unique languages used by some Mulattoes. The mix also created unique religions like Vodou, music like salsa, and dance like rumba. Most Mulattoes live in Brazil. The population of Brazil is actually 39.1% Mulatto. However, countries like Argentina and Mexico have almost no Mulattoes.
Mestizos
European explorers did not bring women with them to Latin America, so there were many relationships between the male explorers and the female natives. This began shortly after the Europeans arrived. The intermixing of two races created Mestizos and made up most of the population in half the countries in Latin America. Their population reaches a high of 91% in El Salvador, but Caribbean countries have almost no presence of Mestizos. Many Mestizos celebrate a tradition called the Posada. This is a re-enactment of Mary going door to door in Jerusalem seeking shelter. This takes place around Christmas time.
Amerindians
Also called Native Americans, Amerindians were the first to live in this part of the world, making them the indigenous population. They moved here around 8000 B.C., but because of immigration, they are now the minority in most Latin American countries. The Amerindian population suffered a threatening decline in
Latin America at this time had very little manufactured exports, mainly electing to important finished goods from the United States or Europe. Their most popular exports were coffee and bananas. They did, however, have an ever-growing amount of exports in the form of raw materials. These materials included cotton, copper, guano, and petroleum. Each Latin American
Commodities account for 57% of the value of total exports, so that a downturn in world commodity prices can have a big impact on the economy. The government is pushing for increased exports
Holidays are an important part of Latino culture, some holidays relate to the religious, while others relate to anniversaries of major battles in Mexican history. All the major catholic holidays are celebrated by Latinos such as Christmas, Lent and Easter as well as the Catholic rites of passage Baptism, Holy Communion, and Confirmation.
Australia and China are two countries located in the southern and northern hemispheres respectively. They are both very important and major international exporters across the globe. Australian exports reached an all time high of A$29,970 million in February of 2014, this is a gain of A$120 million from the previous year. Australia’s natural resources are one of its main exports as Australia is so rich in its natural resources such as bauxite, coal, copper, tin, gold, iron ore, silver, uranium, tungsten, nickel, lead, zinc, diamonds, mineral sands, natural gas and petroleum.
Major imports include petroleum, coal, apparel, and gas. Major exports include automobiles, electronics, plastic, iron, and steel.
* Products that are commonly imported in the United States are oil, cars, and clothes. These products are very important to humanity.
In 1903, the United states under President Theodore Roosevelt signed a treaty with Panama which gave over the rights to build and control the passage through what we now know as the famous Panama Canal, with the purpose of creating a politically, economically and geographically significant waterway that would allow for the travel of ships from the
El Salvador has a vast and very sentimental culture as it is known as being one of the most culturally diverse places in the world. The mainly spoken language in the country is Spanish and although there is no central religion, in recent years, the Catholic religion has taken a strong hold in the country. The country 's main source of income comes from its sell of coffee and sugar cane, which not only provides money for the country but jobs for the people within the country. Many Salvadorians today are descendants of the Pipil Indians, who were the original inhabitants of the country until the Spanish
The main goods that were traded were gold and salt. The West African gold mines made the West African Empires very rich. They also traded Kola nuts, ivory, cloth, metal goods, beads and slaves.
Brazil’s national language is Portuguese. Like the United States’ English differs from England, Brazil also developed a character of its own. The difference is mostly from the influence of Brazil’s Indians. Other influences are attributed to the African heritage and German, Italian and Spanish immigrants. Their alphabet has three fewer letters than English, missing “k”, “w”, and “y.”
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)
Venezuela’s primary imports include electronics, chemical products, and agricultural products and livestock. Venezuela mainly exports petroleum, heavy industry products such as steel, aluminum, and cement, and electronics. Products of Venezuela are consist of agricultural food crops and livestock, equipment and machinery, transport and construction materials, medical instruments, chemicals, medicinal drugs, iron and steel commodities, and crude oil and petroleum-derived products. As of 2017, the percentage of Venezuela’s population below the poverty line is currently 81.77%.
Sr. No. 1. 1 Export (a) Agricultural Products (b) Animal Products (c) Marine Products (d) Mineral Products (e) Forest Products (f) Manufacture Goods (inclusive of natural gas) (g) Others 2. Import (a)Capital Goods (b) Industrial Raw Materials ( ) (c) Consumer Goods 3.
Bhutan primarily exports electricity, cardamom, gypsum, timber, handicrafts, cement, fruit, precious stones, and spices to India (84%) and Hong Kong (11%). Bhutan’s major imports consist of fuel and lubricants, grain, aircrafts, machinery and parts, vehicles, fabrics and rice from India (72%) and South Korea (6%).
Export trade consists of jute and jute goods, leather and leather goods, frozen foods, tea, RMG and knitwear products and some other non-traditional items including handicrafts, flower, chemical products and medicines. Among the export items, RMG and knitwear alone account for more than two thirds of the total export earnings of Bangladesh during the last one and half a decade.