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    How does slavery in Brazil compare to slavery in America? First, where they got their slaves and when it started. Second, there is the population rate of their slaves. Third, is how Brazilian and American slavery were similar. Fourth, is the way they treated their slaves. In Brazil, slave labor was long before the settlement of Jamestown and still had hordes of slaves on its plantations as late as a quarter century, even after the U.S. had issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The slave trade…

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    Slavery in the United States and Brazil The United States (U.S) and Brazil are two Western cultures that both went through a period in the 19th century where Africans worked as slaves. In the Southern U.S., slavery was high in the mid-1800s, but it was not abolished until the end of American Civil War in 1865 when the House passed the 13th Amendment. Like the U.S., Portuguese settlers also employed slaves, but slavery was not abolished until the late-1800s. Brazil had more slaves…

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    only Brazilians have in common. They do not work more than they need to. People who work hard and stay late at the work only do that because there is extra payments or compensations. These features are from culture, sense of value, and labor law. Brazil is individualistic society. Rather than indistinct future, they put more effort in today. Becasue of it, working atmosphere is quite free. Also working is inefficient and slow because people priortize their own personal business. It is not hard…

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    The Truman Show Vs Brazil

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    real life. On the other hand, a very entertaining movie called Brazil 1985. Brazil was released on the 1st of December 1985, and directed by Terry Gilliam. In the movie Brazil 1985, Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his daily life by daydreaming. Where he sees himself as a hero who tries to save a beautiful damsel. For some work reasons, investigating a case that led…

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    Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world and also the largest nation in South America with 206.1 million populations. Brazil covers nearly half of the continent with 3,286,470 square miles. Brazil is a Portuguese-speaking country consisting of 26 states. It borders with every countries on the continent except Chile and Ecuador. Brazil has one of the highest levels of income inequality in the world. Even the trend has been decreasing, the number of inequality from Gini index…

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    Reason for choosing the Article The reason why I chose this article is because I was interested in how Brazil runs its school system. I enjoy learning about different countries especially when they are so vibrant. I don’t plan on staying in Texas for ever so if I move to another country like Brazil I will already be aware of how the school systems are ran. No just Brazil but a variety of different counties are important to learn about because you never know where your students originate from.…

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    France and Brazil both have ways of trying to help those in their nation who need someone to help them out. Brazil has the Zero Hunger program and France has its welfare system. In France has favored capitalism and market centered policies. The government has either slightly or completely privatized many national industries. France’s leaders remain committed to capitalism. However, the French government still plays a role in certain key national sectors, such as agriculture, and it will step in…

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    Slavery had a big impact in both Brazil and in Africa but was also a terrible thing that happened throughout history. Slavery caused both economies to change (Brazil and Africa), caused many people to die or be injured and lastly caused many people to be put into dangerous situations and/or deadly environments. The reason the slave trade started was because people wanted workers that they didn't need to spend their hard earned money on. This later turned into a way to boost the economy and for…

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    BRAZIL A federal study reported that in Brazil half a million of Brazilians are infected with the virus that causes AIDS. The National Program for the Transmissible Diseases/AIDS reported that 27 million Brazilians are at high risk, 36 million are considered to be at medium risk, and 7.5 million could be AIDS victims in the next decade. Pedro Chequer, a Health Ministry official said that in Brazil, the Health Ministry is distributing free medicine, passing out condoms, and bringing AIDS…

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    Brazil Snow White Parody

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    well all these years. By making a parody on the flawless story of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” while using hyperbole and timing methods of humor, the author creates a spoof of the president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff. By using satire and dark type of humor, the parody implies that the president of Brazil has no condition of managing and governing the country and tries to illuminate the intended audience that nothing is perfect as it…

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