In rural countries such as Africa, Canada, and Brazil crimes that are considered “traditional” are usually property crimes and rapes. According to research that was conducted by the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control Affiliated with The United Nations, “violent and property crimes have…
fantastic vacation spot to visit because of all the unique features/places to visit and many monuments to explore. To start off, one of Argentina’s unique feature/place to visit is Iguazu Falls which is located on the Iguazu River, on the border of Brazil and Argentina. In the area of the falls includes walkways to take strolls near it and boat rides to get as close as possible to the falls. This main waterfall was mentioned as one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature in the year 2011. The falls…
Carnival is a celebration of different colors which converts into beautiful customs, calypso and steel pan music, different forms of dancing, foods, and Caribbean style arts that fascinates thousands of people from many different parts of the world. Trinidad and Tobago carnival is a once a year event with a combination of many different activities. The main purpose of the carnival is to reveal their culture and way of life by bringing everyone together. Trinidad and Tobago is a dual island,…
The tropical rainforest is a wonderful place! There’s so many animals and plants… it’s overwhelming! In fact, there’s three of them around the world! There’s one in South America, one in Australia, and one in Indonesia. The most famous is the Amazon Rainforest in South America. In fact, the Amazon Rainforest is the biggest rainforest. Three biotic factors of tropical rainforests are animals, trees, and plants. In fact, the tropical rainforests have some of the most fascinating animals in the…
Question 1: Discuss three nonverbal differences you might encounter if you are transferred to manage a company in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. An individual is likely to encounter differences in nonverbal communication when interacting in a different nationality from their own. The Brazilian Culture harbors a number of nonverbal differences when compared to the American culture (Deresky, 2014). Working as a manager in a Brazilian company would expose me to quite a number of these differences in the…
thing to have if it didn’t come with the consequences that come with them. Also according to greenpeace.org article ‘Illegal timber from the Brazilian Amazon sold all over the world’ around and estimated 78% of the timber that is logged by ParState, Brazils largest timber…
The music of Brazil was formed from the mixture of European, African and indigenous elements, brought by Portuguese settlers, slaves and by the natives who inhabited the so-called New World. Other influences have been added throughout history, establishing a huge variety of musical styles. At the time of the discovery of Brazil, the Portuguese were amazed at the natives ' way of dressing and the way they made music: singing, dancing, playing instruments (rattles, flutes, drums). Brazilian music…
Rio de Janeiro even became the capital of the southern province of Brazil. The big importance of Rio de Janeiro is noticeable in the 18th century, where, Rio de Janeiro became the most important city of Brazil. The port of Rio de Janeiro was used for the transport of gold, to Europe. Rio de Janeiro was the capital for a long time, until Brasilia took over. Now Rio de Janeiro changed in to the most important tourism city of Brazil, and in this chapter we will tell you why. The first sings of…
1. Introduction UNCED, United Nations Conference on Environment and Development was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil over the period of 12 days in the year 1992. This is also referred to as Rio Summit or Earth Summit. Magnitude and scale of this meet was so huge that 172 countries participated including 116 countries which sent head of the states for this. Also more than 2000 representatives from NGO attended this conference. Agenda 21 which was one of the tangible results of this Earth Summit…
Brazil is one of the most urbanised countries in the world and is populated with 207 million people. The tourist wonder of the world is known for its beautiful mountains and love for soccer however the country is home to one of the poorest places in the world. Favelas, as locals call them, are huge slum areas located in Brazil. Home to 11 million people around the country, there are over 1600 Favelas just in Sao Paulo and these Favelas are only expanding. What are some size and characteristics…