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12 Cards in this Set
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Brazil Overview |
- 7th largest economy - Increased GDP - $4874 in 2007 - $5823 in 2014 |
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Sectors of employment % of GDP |
Services: 69% Industry: 25% Agriculture: 6% |
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Migration Patterns Into Brazil |
- 500,000 migrants annually (2000-2009) - Mercosur: Chile / Andean States - Rise in Labour migrants during 2014 world cup & 2016 Olympics |
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Migration Patterns Out of Brazil |
- Low skilled workers travelling to the USA (Has slowed since) - Many Brazilians of Japanese descent are travelling back to Japan - 2000: 980,000 lived abroad - 2013: 1.7million lived abroad |
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Portugal |
- Longstanding bilateral relationship due to Portugal once owned Brazil as a colony - Shared language and similar cultures allowing easy integration of migrants - Portugal is a gateway to the EU |
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USA Migrant Workers |
- Large numbers of low skilled workers can send back remittances - Lower numbers of high skilled workers also have opportunities in the US |
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USA Support To Brazil |
- Education, Teacher Training, Agriculture, Finance, and Defence - USAID Environmental Projects and Preservation |
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Haiti Reasons for Support |
- Humanitarian relationship - Providing easy Visas for Haitian migrants - 2010 Earthquake - 2012 Hurricane Sandy |
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Number of Haitian migrants in Brazil |
2010: 1600 2013: 11,000 |
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Economic Development in Brazil due to migrants |
- Factory work and agriculture have growth due to migrant workers - Remittances being sent back by Brazils migrant workers in other countries |
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Political Relations |
- Brazil is a leading member of the mercosur group of countries - Trading bloc which increases political relationa between all of the linked countries |
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Social Equality |
- UNESCO has reported on the racism against certain ethnicities - Housing and access to services has many people living in slums and favelas |
