brazil final_presentation
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Do you know where Brazil is?
IT IS LOCATED IN SOUTH AMERICA
HISTORY # 1
1500
BRAZIL WAS “DISCOVERED”BY PORTUGAL
1494
SPAIN AND PORTUGUAL DIVIDED THE “NEW WORLD”
Pedro Álvarez Cabral
HISTORY # 2
FOR MORE THAN 300 YEARS, BRAZIL “EXPORTED” FOR PORTUGAL:
Sugar Gold “Imported” any manufactured product from
Portugal (England) and slavery trade from Africa
BRAZIL DECLARES ITS INDEPENDENCE IN 1822
“by the Portugal Prince”
HISTORY # 3
ABOLISHED SLAVERY IN 1888
One of the last countries to do it
HISTORY # 4
HOWEVER, BRAZIL HAD 2 DICTATORIAL REGIMES,
SINCE THEN
BRASIL IS A FEDERAL REPUBLIC, SINCE 1889
1937 - 1944 1964- 1986
BRAZIL PRESIDENT LULA
FORMER WORKERS UNION LEADER
HAD LITTLE FORMAL EDUCATION. HE DID NOT LEARN TO READ UNTIL HE WAS TEN YEARS OLD, AND QUIT SCHOOL AFTER THE FOURTH GRADE IN ORDER TO WORK TO HELP HIS FAMILY.
Each star in the flag represents one state in the country.
There are 27 states including the capital.
BRAZIL’S MAP
Brasilia is the capitalBuilt in 1960. Geographical central location made for a more regionally neutral federal
capital and defense proposes.
ABOUT BRAZIL
Brazil is the fifth largest country in the worldThere are 192 million people living in Brazil (5o)The spoken language is PortugueseWorld’s leading producers of coffee, orange, cattle, soy and important producer of jewelry, airplanes, cars, chicken.It’s 8th economy in the world. It will be the 5th in 2020The largest cities are Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.It has the biggest rainforest on earth, Amazonia.
SAO PAULO
BUSINESS SKYSCRAPERS
MASP = MODERN METROPOLITAN ART MUSEUM
IBIRAPUERA = CENTRAL PARK
JAPANESE NEIGBOURHOOD
SHANTYTOWNS = FAVELAS
VILA MADALENA NEIGBOURHOOD
MORUMBI STADIUM = 2014 WORLD SOCCER OPENING GAME
CHRIST REDEEMER
RIO DE JANEIRO
SUGAR LOAF CABLE CAR
COPACABANA SIDEWALK & WATER FRONT
COPACABANA FIREWORKS AT NEW YEARS EVE
IPANEMA BEACH
SHERATON AND VIDIGAL SHANTYTOWN
ROCINHA SHANTYTOWN
200.000 inhabitants
CULTURE, SUN & BEACH, ADVENTURE AND SPORTSCARNAVAL
AIDS & STDFree during Carnaval
MARACANA
AMAZON RAINFOREST
The Amazon Rainforest covers a large portion of the country.
Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana
AMAZON RIVERLargest river in the world by volume, with a
total river flow greater than the next eight largest rivers combined
In some parts can reach 10 miles wide
MANAUSAverage high 86°FAverage low 73°F
Precipitation (inches) 65.7Pop = 1,7 Million
OUR “GRAND JUNCTION”
Negro and Solimoes: where the two rivers meetfor 15 miles
February may mean springtime, flat swell, and winds in the U.S., but in Brazil it’s the beginning of the dry season and the time of year surfers can ride the tidal bore the
Amazon, the Pororoca.
Measuring up to 12 ft, the Pororoca is easily the longest wave in the world; it only breaks
twice a year in February and March.
In 2003 Brazilian, Picuruta Salazar, won the event with a record ride of 12.5 kilometers and
37 minutes.
OTHER IMPORTANT PLACES / THINGS
IGUAZU FALLSThe Iguazu Falls are
located at the boarder of Brazil, Argentina and
Paraguay4 times bigger than Niagara falls
Upon seeing Iguazu, the United States' First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt reportedly
exclaimed "Poor Niagara!”
BEACHES
Jericoaquara = elected by the Washington Post as one of the Top 10 most beautiful beaches in the world
14.000 km Atlantic coast
Beautiful places to enjoy, to relax, to go, to see…
Maresias = 2 hours from Sao Paulo
Fernando de Noronha = an archipelago of 21 islands in the Atlantic Ocean, around 220 miles offshore from the Brazilian coast.
BRAZILIAN BARBECUE
FEIJOADA IS A TRADITIONAL DISH WITH BLACK BEANS, RICE, PORK
CAIPIRINHA = Brazil's national cocktail, made with cachaça, sugar and limes.
Cachaça is Brazil's most common distilled alcoholic beverage.
CAPOEIRA IS A TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ART
BJJ = BRAZILIAN JIU JITSUAND MMA FIGTHERS
MOVIES ABOUT BRAZIL
1986 2002
FOOTBALL = SOCCER5 times Champion FIFA World Cup
Will be 6 in 2010
Actual routes
Coming routes
AVAILABILITY OF FLIGHTS FROM USA TO BRAZIL8 – 9 HOURS FLIGHT
Los Angeles
Dallas
ChicagoNew York/Newark
Atlanta
Orlando Manaus
Recife
Salvador
Belo Horizonte
Rio de JaneiroSão Paulo
Brasília
MiamiHouston
Washington D.C.
Charlotte