- Brazil is the largest country in South America with over 190 million people and its capital is Brasília. The official language is Portuguese and the currency is the real. - Brazil has diverse regions including the Amazon rainforest, Pantanal wetlands, and coastal areas like Rio de Janeiro that are known for beaches, samba music, and Carnival celebrations. - Famous Brazilians mentioned include soccer players Pelé, Kaká, Ronaldinho, and Ronaldo as well as modernist artist Tarsila do Amaral and scientist Miguel Nicolelis.

4. AGENDA • Basicinformation •RegionsofBrazil • RemarkableBrazilians • Cultural Behavior • Problems • Future

5. • Largest country inSouthAmerica • Area:8.5 million km2 • Capital: Brasília

6. • Language: Portuguese. Colonized by Portugal • Federal Republic • 2010: Dilma Rousseff • Population: over 190 million people (5.6x the Canadian population) • Currency: real (R$)

7. • Positivist theme • Each star means a state (27 states) • Colors’ meaning: green and yellow colors representing theBraganza-Habsburgdynasty

8. Food: indian influence. Tacaca, açai, pato no tucupi e maniçoba Amazon rainforest:biodiversity Carimbó: typicaldance

9. Food: carne de sol, farofa, acarajé Culture: frevo, maracatu, bumba meu boi Salvador was the first Braziliancapital Beaches: Costa dos Corais, Abrolhos, Jericoacoara

10. Pantanal mato-grossense: largest swampy plain area in the world Brasília: Brazil's national capital Culture: Carvalhada e Procissão do Fogaréu Food: arroz com pequi, sopa paraguaia, arroz carreteiro

11. MG: São Francisco river RJ: Christ the Redeemer São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil: 11 millionresidents Food: feijoada (everyWednesday and Sunday in São Paulo)

12. SÃO PAULO • Japaneses in São Paulo: 1.4 and 1.5 million people of Japanese descent in Brazil •São Paulo e Rio de Janeiro: holdthelargestcarnival parades in Brazil

13. RIO DE JANEIRO: • BossaNova:upscale beachside neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro • Samba's origins infavelas of Rio • Bossa Nova: love, thebeach, and beautiful women - bohemian life • Samba:Brazilians' dailystruggles, amusicgenrepopular among the working class. • International popularity: Garota de Ipanema

14. Italian and German immigration Food: barbecue Snow

15. SANTA CATARINA • Oktoberfest:one of the world's largest outside Germany. • Celebrate German traditions - music, parade, typical food and...beer!

16. RIO GRANDE DO SUL • Gramado Film Festival: is an internationalfilm festival held annually in the city of Gramado • Kikito: awards’ name

17. TARSILA DO AMARAL • 1922 Modernist Artist: changedthe conservative artistic establishment in Brazil • Was part ofGrupo dos Cinco

18. MIGUEL NICOLELIS • Brazilian scientist • Named by Scientific American Magazine one of the 20 most important scientists in the world today • Reading monkey thought: research in which a monkey controlled a robotic arm just thinking about it

19. KAKÁ • He plays in Spain – Real Madrid RONALDO • Playedfor Barcelona (spanish football club), played in Corinthians (brazilian football club). Now he is retired (2011) RONALDINHO GAÚCHO • Played for the Italian team Milan and nowadays plays in Flamengo (brazilian team)

20. PELÉ • One of the greatest football players of all time. THE KING PELÉ • Began playing for Santos at 15 • Scored 1281 goals in 1363 games

21. • Brazilians: optimistic people • Like parties, social events. Business meeting usually is a lunch, a coffee or another social event.Offices meetings happen too in some cases

22. • Like to touch, hug, kiss the cheek • Personal space: close

23. • BIRD report: 53,6 ranking from0to100.In 2008the country raised to 58,5 • Drug trafficking - big issue. Fights between drug dealers in favelas. Crimes, murders, robberies

24. • One of the most unequal distributions of income in the world •26% (2008) of people living below the povertyline

25. • Between 2003 and 2008, around 21 million people left their poverty status in Brazil • More than 30 million people (equivalent to half of the French population) have risen to classes ABC in five years. • 2016: Olympic Games • Olympic challenge would be as a relevant incentive in the margin for Brazil and Rio de Janeiro city to focus on the achievement of tangible and more permanentimprovements

26. • 2014:World Cup • Won 5 times thiscompetition • Contributes to improvethecountry’scondition: investments