i need some interesting facts about Brazil, or additional info
2007-02-10 09:42:18 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Brazil ➔ Other - Brazil
Portuguese is the official language. Real is the currency
Brazil is a Democratic Republic and the President is Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva a former blue collar worker, who also from lead the labour Party
About 200.000.000 inhabitants.
Brazilia is the capital. Sao Paulo is the biggest and the most important city. Rio de Janeiro is the second one. Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Curitiba, Salvador e Recife are also economically important.
People are very friendly, open minded and inteligent.
Petrobras (Oil and Gas) Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Iron ore)are two of the most important brazilian companies.
Brazil is the 12º greatest economic power.
Brazil is the land of Pele, Ayrton Senna, Carlos Gohns (CEO of Renault-Nissan) Gisele Bundchen, Fernando Meirelles (film maker City of God). Santos Dumont(who invented the plane).
Rodrigo Santoro (actor "Lost).
2007-02-10 11:00:24 · answer #1 · answered by Jimmy K. 2 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Hey, send me a message and ask me what exactly u want. I can help U. Im brazilian and live in Rio de Janeiro. And im sorry about this dumb brazilian who couldnt even right for U in english. And ppl dont use to swim "around amazon". Yes, there is hot ladies and they r crazy for "gringo´s" money. The famous beach J-Lo said is Recife and not resifi, and its not the best one. Beautiful brazilian ppl are based on south and southeast part of the country ,the richest one. Big urban citys like Rio and Sao paulo that u wouldnt believe how big it is. Well... there are many things to say! Take care!
Oh almost forgot; Blackouts is no usual in Brazil. That was only once. The country growed faster then the eletric investments. But thats was fixed in few months...
2007-02-10 18:58:43 · answer #2 · answered by xRalph 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes that's true. Brazil is not as primitive as in some answers you got here. It is a beautiful country, and I am not Brazilian. In fact it is more a "melting pot" than the States. You get all sorts of people in Brazil. The country spans a wide geographical area if you think about it, since it covers wide across the latitude. So up north of the country it is hot and humid, further to south it is template and in fact cold as you go nearer to the border with Argentina. And the south eastern cone of the country is most industrious and richest of the nation (RJ and SP). And so does the vegetation varry from north to south. You can find grapes and oranges (they make good wine too in Brazil and it is one of the world's largest of orange juice and pulp producer) in the south. While in the more tropical regions, you find exotic fruits and crops like passion, cocoa, cashew, coconut etc.
About culture, as I mentioned there is a bigger fusion of races I notice in Brazil. For example in Sao Paulo, I was surprised to see a huge community of Japanese, mostly of 3rd and 5th generation. Although the lingua franca is Portuguese, which is quite distinct that the Iberian Portuguese, in fact more pleasant to hear; the people are made up of different ethnicities that all call themselves Brazilians. And despite, being the only Portuguese-speaking country in Latin America, surrounded by Spanish speaking nations, Brazil maintains a colorful, authentic and vibrant culture and it is one of the 10th largest economy in the world. People in North America, the stereotype always think Brazilians speak only Spanish and that is not true!
If you look at Bahia, where a mix and unique Afro-Brazilian culture, it produces some of the best artists like Chico Buarque, Gilberto Gil and Daniela Mercury. Not to mention Brazil produces some of world class soccer stars like Pele, Ronaldo etc. Not to mention world-class literary figure such as Jorge Amado (I read his book Gabriela, Cinnamon and Clove many times!)
You find all kinds of industries in the world, the country is self-sustained in terms of food resources. If you only think Brazil has only snakes and Amazon river, you are wrong. Embraer is an emerging aviation company, rival to the Canadian Regional Air. Like most Latin American nations which were practising close economy, the country has now somehow learnt to nurture a creative and vibrant economy when it is opened to the world in early 90's.
As they all say and imagine, yes Brazilian girls are some of the most beautiful in the world.. it goes without saying..
Well, I can go on and on because Brazil is my favorite country..cuanto eu adorei.
2007-02-11 23:14:29 · answer #3 · answered by fahmey_eusoff 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I am Brazilian, live, work and study in Brazil. If you wish e-mail me to ask some specific thing, feel free to do it.
Ah, Marcos know it a lot. Everything he wrote is correct.
I would add up Ayrton Senna, formula one racer, five times champion. Paulo Coelho world famous writer; lot of best sellers.
And others...
Tnx for asking about my country.
2007-02-12 06:47:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to www.ibge.gov.br - it's the official site for statistics about Brazil.
2007-02-12 07:10:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anele Aganon 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Official language: portuguese
Famous cities: Rio de janero, san paolo
Famous Beach: Resifi
Famous natural land formations: sugar loaf bread mountain, Amazon river
Famous event: Carnival (equivalent to US Mardi Gras, but in much more grandeur)
2007-02-10 09:46:57 · answer #6 · answered by I am Jennifer Lopez (official) 1 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Look up some info on the interesting life of a little Amazonian animal called the candirú. You WILL be surprised, believe me....
2007-02-13 13:26:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Go to the CIA World Factbook, it will tell you everything you need to know. Here's the link:
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/br.html
2007-02-10 12:59:51 · answer #8 · answered by amaya m 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I'm Brazilian..
Aqui tem tudo de bom é um lugar otimo para se viver..!!
tem mulheres bonitas, o povo é bom...
2007-02-10 12:41:04 · answer #9 · answered by Maykon R 3 · 5⤊ 3⤋
95% of Brazil's electricity comes from hydroelectric dams. That's why they get blackouts in drought years.
2007-02-10 10:18:36 · answer #10 · answered by bergab_hase 3 · 1⤊ 6⤋