President of Brazil

Brazil brief description: Brazil, the largest country in South America was found on September 7th, 1822. Before 1822, Brazil was ruled by the Portuguese Empire from the 1500s. Pedro Cabral was the lucky man to claim the title as the discoverer of Brazil. At the arrival of the Portuguese, they discovered that there were around 7 million tribal native Indians living there. The Portuguese observed a highly developed tribal culture, but also tribal warfare which even included cannibalism to a…

BRAZIL República Federativa do Brasil or Federatice Republic of Brazil, or what we usually call Brazil is the biggest state in South America and the world’s fifth largest country by its Geographic and Population, with a total area of 8,515,767.049 km2 (3,287,956 sq mi), including 55,455 km2 (21,411 sq mi) of water, with over 190 million people. A country where world cup was held in 2014 is located between Andes and Atlantic Ocean. Brazil is famous with Sao Paulo, its capital city, Rio de Janeiro…

Introduction Brazil is the seventh largest nation by GDP today and fifth largest by size. Over the last few years, Brazil has been a point of interest for many people and companies looking to invest internationally. Brazil has shown continuous stable growth and investment profitability. Along with their large work force, natural resources, infrastructure and technological advances they are seen as an excellent opportunity for investors. Brazil has the seventh largest economy in the world and…

BACKGROUND PAPER ON BRAZIL 1. Standing 2,300 feet into the sky and with arms wide open, the statue of “Christ the Redeemer” offers a sincere welcome to both locals and visitors from around the world. The figure of Christ is not only a symbol of Christianity, but a cultural icon for the people of Brazil. With the world’s 8th largest economy, a population of 205 million people and an average of five million annual visitors, Brazil offers a broad range of resources, history and culture to learn…

Even more alarming recent events have drawn people to the Zika hotspots in the American South with the Brazilian president taking action to try and eradicate the mosquitoes used to spread the virus, “A further concern is the effect of the Zika pandemic on the scheduled 2016 summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, said, "As long as the mosquito keeps reproducing, each and every one of us is losing the battle against the mosquito. We…

cutting and burning down trees and nature for pasture. 65-70% of deforested areas in Brazil are now used for pasture. Cattle have low maintenance costs in latin america. Large areas of rainforests are cleared and used for cattle grazing in latin america for land purposes. Land clearing for cattle pasture remains a popular activity for land speculators.…

Dissatisfaction for government, along with perceived threats, had previously led to military interventions in Latin America prior to the 60s. However, following this and into the 70s, a new form of the intervention began taking place that differed from those before. As defined by Guillermo O’Donnell, an Argentine political scientist, the new military interventions were referred to as bureaucratic authoritarian regimes. Bureaucratic authoritarian regimes were systems of power in which the…

At the turn of the 15th century the indigenous people of Brazil would witness firsthand the dangerous effects of colonial expansion. Fleet commander in chief Pedro Cabral would come to the shores of Brazil and declare the entire nation or collection of nations as it was under the rule of Portugal. (B. Beary) Pedro Cabral would bring disease from the world, coupled with forced slavery and mass genocide to the indigenous people of Brazil. (B. Beary) This would in effect severely diminish the…

Introduction Brazil is the largest country on the South American continent, which covers 8,515,770 sq km territory in total and is the 5th largest country in the world. Its population is 205,823,665 people, according to the data collected in July 2016, and mostly consists of white (47.7%) and mulatto (43.1%) people. The percentage of black people is 7.6% of the whole population. The official language, that is also the most widely spoken, is Portuguese; however, other tongues, such as Spanish,…

At first citizens of Brazil were intrigued when the news broke out about hosting the 2014 World Cup, the most entertaining and famous sports event in the world and a host in 2016 Olympics. After discovering there was a corporate conflict of interest in regards to Brazil’s economy and the money was being displaced towards other projects instead of rebuilding community schools, hospitals, etc. This lead to major protesting which this country hasn’t endured in years, Brazilians feel as if they are…