Brasil A Biased View as always

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Brasil - A Biased View (as always)

• Manoel Conde

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Outline

• Brief history
• Portuguese colony (1500 1822)
• Empire (1822 1889)
• Republic (1889 now)
• What it presently looks like.

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Colony

• Cabral was first European in Brazil?
• Treaty of Tordesillas
• Invasions English, French, Dutch
• Portugal under Spanish king (1580 1640)
• Territorial expansion treaty of Madrid (1750)
• Economic activities Brazil wood, sugarcane,
  tobacco, gold, coffee
• Portuguese king in Brazil (1808 1821)

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Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)
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Empire

• D. Pedro I (1822 1831)
• Aristocracy dominating politics (landowners vs.
  Portuguese)
• Economic crisis
• Regencies (1831 1840)
• Political parties
• Regional revolts
• D. Pedro II (1840 1889)
• Parliamentary monarchy
• Liberal and Conservative parties

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Borders

• Conflicts and politics in the South
• British influence

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Republic

• old republic (1889 1930)
• Getulio Vargas (1930 1945)
• post WWII (1945 1964)
• military coup (1964 1985)
• back to democracy (1985 now)

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Brazil today

• Area 3,287,612 sq mi (5th largest)
• Population (81 urban) 180,542,000 (5th largest)
  
• Racial composition 54 white, mulatto 40, black
  5.4
• Religious affiliation catholic 74, protestant
  23
• Fraction of the catholics that actually practice
  the religion 10 15 in large cities, 60 70
  in towns and rural areas
• Literacy 86
• GNP US 479 billion (2,710 per capita)
• Fraction of employed population receiving minimum
  wage 54
• Imports US 56 billion (machinery 43, chemicals
  18, fuels 14) US 22, Argentina 10, Germany
  9)
• Exports US 58 billion (food products 20,
  transportation equipment 14,iron and steel 6)
  US 25, Netherlands 5

Enciclopedia Britannica Almanac 2006
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Five distinct regions

• North
• Northeast
• Center-West
• Southeast
• South

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Center-West The Pantanal
The Pantanal is the largest fresh-water wetland
in the world.
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Center-West Brasilia

• Pop. 2,094 / 3,200

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Southeast Rio de Janeiro
Pop. 5,974 / 11,227
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Southeast Rio de Janeiro
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Southeast Rio de Janeiro
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Southeast Sao Paulo
Pop. 10,042 / 18,628
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Southeast Sao Paulo
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Southeast Sao Paulo
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Southeast

• Angra dos Reis, RJ

Ubatuba, SP
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Northeast
Tambada, PB
Natal, RN

• Jeriquaquara, CE

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North Amazon
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South
Iguaçú Falls

• Blumenau, SC

Florianopolis, SC