Politics of Brazil

Whilst on holiday in São Paulo, Brazil, I noticed that the soil colour was completely different to the soil colour in the UK and in order to understand why, I visited the ‘Museu Catavento Cultural e Educacional’. I discovered that the soil has a high-iron content because it originates from what was possibly one of the largest volcanic spills in the Earth’s history and as the spill contained magnetite, the soil in southern Brazil is incredibly fertile where it’s called Terra Roxa. This type of…

The Amazon Rainforest The tropical Amazon Rainforest covers most of Northwestern Brazil, and extends into Bolivia, Peru, and many other South American countries. It is the world’s largest tropical rainforest and contains at least 10% of the world’s known biodiversity. Over the last 500 years, the Amazon has lost almost 20% of its forest cover, leading to waves of resource exploitation for many species residing there. The rainforest contains 90-140 billion metric tons of carbon and helps to…

Paraguay is a beautiful third world country located between Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil. The total amount of area is 157,048 mi. The average temperature in Paraguay is 87 degrees which is fairly warm. The population is over 6.8 million people, with a birthrate of 3 children for every women. The death rate has a larger amount than birth rates at a 4.7 percentage. The life expectancy average is 72 years, which is pretty common. People in Paraguay are free to choose any religion they want…

Over 490 million people live in Latin America with the two major countries, Mexico and Brazil. Latin America consists of many different cultures that have been blended over the years. This is because of the dying Native American groups and immigration of new ethnic…

In terms of what happened between the united states and Brail, “in 2002, Brazil filed a lawsuit against the United States in the WTO Dispute Settlement System saying that the subsidies the United States provided to US producers violated WTO trade agreements and gave US farmers an unfair advantage” (Agricultural Policy and Trade Liberalization). The WTO ruled in favor of Brazil’s claim. In addition, “the WTO then gave Brazil permission to enact punitive measures against the United States,…

John Grisham, the author of The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town, explores a legitimate criminal case that rattled the small town of Ada, Oklahoma from 1982 and on. Debbie Carter, a 21-year-old woman who worked at a bar called the Coachlight, was brutally murdered in her own home on December 7, 1982. She was found in her bedroom, covered in bruises and messages written in ketchup and surrounded by evidence, such as a bloody palm print, hair, fingerprints, and more messages. The…

Cattle Ranches in Brazil This article is from October 16 and it presents information about how people are clearing forests for cattle ranches, mining operations and oil pipelines. These forests, like the amazon, were being cleared at a rate of 149 acres every minute, or 214,000 acres every day. The result of these forests and trees being cleared was that it was causing global warming, ozone depletion, species extinction, rain forest destruction and it has depleted fisheries and…

Colombia is the second most populous country in South America behind Brazil. With over 48 million people Colombia holds 11 percent of the total population in South America. Due to their increasing population poverty has become a great concern for the country. Poverty means to lack efficient funds for food, clothing or shelter. Some of the different determinants of poverty are overpopulation, lack of education and environmental problems. Colombia has had poverty issues for quite some time, but…

(Reuter Agency) A decade of solid fiscal management has left Brazil with a financial position that is the envy of the United States and most European countries. Its net debt-to-GDP ratio is slightly under 40 percent, and has steadily fallen in recent years. Part of Brazil's relatively rosy standing can be chalked up to favorable demographics, with a median age of 29.6 years -- compared to 37.1 in the United States and 43.8 in Italy. Brazil may inevitably face the financial perils of a graying…

Venezuela is full of exciting and rebellious people. The location of Venezuela is full of facts and full of colorful agriculture. Venezuela is fun and also very special country because it has the most unique types of animals. Furthermore, my ancestors were from Latin American that is why I chose this country. One of the unique things about this country times zones, also the cultural is very bright and also dangerous, also there is a name that is from a famous battle that Venezuela fought.…