[187] It has the most known species of plants (55,000), freshwater fish (3,000), and mammals (over 689). Ribeira Valley and the Atlantic Forest. [152] Sarney's unsuccessful government led to the election in 1989 of the almost-unknown Fernando Collor, subsequently impeached by the National Congress in 1992. [473] The films Limite (1931) and Ganga Bruta (1933), the latter being produced by Adhemar Gonzaga through the prolific studio Cindia, were poorly received at release and failed at the box office, but are acclaimed nowadays and placed among the finest Brazilian films of all time. 15 November is now Republic Day, a national holiday. Teresina, Fortaleza, and Florianpolis were the most Roman Catholic in the country. In 2017, Brazil`s GDP grew 1%, inflation fell to historic lows of 2.9%, and the Central Bank lowered benchmark interest rates from 13.75% in 2016 to 7%. Slavery was abolished in 1888. [416], Minority languages are spoken throughout the nation. 17 Grande Enciclopdia Universal edio de 1980 Ed.Amazonas, West, David A. Regrettably, its also one of the most endangered biomes in the world, with just 12.5% of it remaining in disparate fragments along Brazils southeast-facing coastline. [453] A lyrical fusion of samba and jazz, bossa nova acquired a large following starting in the 1960s. Paulo. [385] In 2007, the National Indian Foundation estimated that Brazil has 67 different uncontacted tribes, up from their estimate of 40 in 2005. [199], By 2013, however, Brazil's "dramatic policy-driven reduction in Amazon Basin deforestation" was a "global exception in terms of forest change", according to scientific journal Science. [183] A similarly devastating drought occurred in 1915. [238], Brazil has not been invaded since 1865 during the Paraguayan War. [93], During the last phase of the monarchy, internal political debate centered on the issue of slavery. Flag. [328], At the end of 2021 Brazil was the 2nd country in the world in terms of installed hydroelectric power (109.4 GW) and biomass (15.8 GW), the 7th country in the world in terms of installed wind power (21.1 GW) and the 14th country in the world in terms of installed solar power (13.0 GW) on track to also become one of the top 10 in the world in solar energy. 1. Brazil. Two-way trade in goods and services was $98.4 billion ($78 billion in goods and $20.4 billion in services) in 2021, a significant recovery compared to $77.3 billion registered during the pandemic in 2020. In 1994, Cardoso produced a highly successful Plano Real,[154] that, after decades of failed economic plans made by previous governments attempting to curb hyperinflation, finally stabilized the Brazilian economy. One hundred and eighty Amerindian languages are spoken in remote areas and a significant number of other languages are spoken by immigrants and their descendants. 6974, Needell, Jeffrey D. "A Tropical Belle Epoque: Elite Culture and Society in Turn-of-the-Century Rio de Janeiro" Cambridge University Press 2010, pp. [267] The large service sector accounts for about 72.7% of total GDP, followed by the industrial sector (20.7%), while the agriculture sector is by far the smallest, making up 6.6% of total GDP. The Tup people were subdivided into the Tupiniquins and Tupinambs, and there were also many subdivisions of the other groups. Marshall C. Eakin and Paulo Roberto de Almeida. [307], The country is also a pioneer in the search for oil in deep water, from where it extracts 73% of its reserves. [441], During 19th century, Brazilian architecture saw the introduction of more European styles to Brazil such as Neoclassical and Gothic Revival architecture. Brazil Tourism: Tripadvisor has 16,953,637 reviews of Brazil Hotels, Attractions, and Restaurants making it your best Brazil resource. [468], The national beverage is coffee and cachaa is Brazil's native liquor. [158][159] However, sparked by indignation and frustrations accumulated over decades from corruption, police brutality, inefficiencies of the political establishment and public service, numerous peaceful protests erupted in Brazil from the middle of first term of Dilma Rousseff, who had succeeded Lula after winning election in 2010 and again in 2014 by narrow margins. The first car with an ethanol engine was produced in 1978 and the first airplane engine running on ethanol in 2005. Other large trading partners include the United States, Argentina, the Netherlands and Canada. [423], According to IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) urban areas already concentrate 84.35% of the population, while the Southeast region remains the most populated one, with over 80 million inhabitants. It is the fifth largest country in the world, exceeded in size only by Russia, Canada, China, and the United States, though its area is greater than that of the 48 conterminous U.S. states. The different climatic conditions produce environments ranging from equatorial rainforests in the north and semiarid deserts in the northeast, to temperate coniferous forests in the south and tropical savannas in central Brazil. At the 1963 event, the Brazil national basketball team won one of its two world championship titles. [262] Its foreign exchange reserves are the tenth-highest in the world. Judiciary authorities exercise jurisdictional duties almost exclusively. Economic overview. (Bruno Barreto, 1997) and Central do Brasil (Walter Salles, 1998), all of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the latter receiving a Best Actress nomination for Fernanda Montenegro. [95], The foreign-affairs policies of the monarchy dealt with issues with the countries of the Southern Cone with whom Brazil had borders. Cachaa is distilled from sugar cane and is the main ingredient in the national cocktail, Caipirinha.[469]. [487] Commercial television channels broadcast internationally include Globo Internacional, RecordTV Internacional and Band Internacional. [220] The country was considered the 9th largest military power on the planet in 2021. Brazil (Portuguese: Brasil; Brazilian Portuguese:[baziw] (listen)),[nt 1] officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: Repblica Federativa do Brasil),[9] is the largest country in South America and in Latin America. [210], Brazilian law is based on the civil law legal system[211] and civil law concepts prevail over common law practice. [285][286][287] In 2018, the chemical industry of Brazil was the eighth-largest in the world. The first census in Brazil was carried out in 1872 and recorded a population of 9,930,478. Brazil is the worlds twelfth-largest economy, and the United States is Brazils second-largest trading partner. Television in Brazil began officially on 18 September 1950, with the founding of TV Tupi by Assis Chateaubriand. [192][193], More than one-fifth of the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil has been completely destroyed, and more than 70 mammals are endangered. Amorim, who was Brazils foreign minister during Lulas 2003-2010 administration, said he hoped the uprising had been nipped in the bud. It is the fifth largest country in the world, exceeded in size only by Russia, Canada, China, and the United States, though its area is greater than that of the 48 conterminous U.S. states. Brazils response to the riots has been swift. 104, of 2019), Military Police and Civil Police. [483] Since then television has grown in the country, creating large commercial broadcast networks such as Globo, SBT, RecordTV, Bandeirantes and RedeTV. [282] The country was the second-largest producer of pulp in the world and the eighth-largest producer of paper in 2016. One of the world's most captivating places, Brazil is a country of powdery white-sand beaches, verdant rainforests and wild, rhythm-filled metropolises, with its attractions extending to otherworldly landscapes of red-rock canyons, thundering waterfalls and coral-fringed tropical islands. [333][334], Brazilian roads are the primary carriers of freight and passenger traffic. Much of the terrain lies between 200 meters (660ft) and 800 meters (2,600ft) in elevation. Acar. WebGovernment of Brazil. Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world in terms of population (208.8 million in 2018) and well as land area. The theatre in Brazil has its origins in the period of Jesuit expansion when theater was used for the dissemination of Catholic doctrine in the 16th century. [34] Throughout the 16th century, massive amounts of brazilwood were harvested by indigenous peoples (mostly Tupi) along the Brazilian coast, who sold the timber to European traders (mostly Portuguese, but also French) in return for assorted European consumer goods. [249] Brazil does not just use its growing economic strength to provide financial aid, but it also provides high levels of expertise and most importantly of all, a quiet non-confrontational diplomacy to improve governance levels. [424] Economic overview. [55][56] In the first two centuries of colonization, Indigenous and European groups lived in constant war, establishing opportunistic alliances in order to gain advantages against each other. [464] Brazil also holds its own literary academy, the Brazilian Academy of Letters, a non-profit cultural organization pointed in perpetuating the care of the national language and literature. The cities of Boa Vista, Salvador, and Porto Velho have the greatest proportion of Irreligious residents in Brazil. Brazil Coronavirus update with statistics and graphs: total and new cases, deaths per day, mortality and recovery rates, current active cases, recoveries, trends and timeline. [168] In the early 2020s, Brazil became one of the hardest hit countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, receiving the second-highest death toll worldwide after the United States. [71], Portuguese expeditions known as Bandeiras gradually expanded Brazil's original colonial frontiers in South America to its approximately current borders. Call us in Washington, D.C. at 1-888-407-4747 (toll-free in the United States and Canada) or 1-202-501-4444 (from all other countries) from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays). [359], Race and ethnicity in Brazil[360][361][362], According to the National Research by Household Sample (PNAD) of 2008, 48.43% of the population (about 92 million) described themselves as White; 43.80% (about 83 million) as Pardo (brown), 6.84% (about 13 million) as Black; 0.58% (about 1.1million) as East Asian (officially called yellow or amarela); and 0.28% (about 536 thousand) as Amerindian (officially called indgena, Indigenous), while 0.07% (about 130 thousand) did not declare their race. It is the economic leader of South America, with the ninth-largest economy in the world, and a large iron and aluminum ore reserve. Ribeira Valley and the Atlantic Forest. [434] The indigenous Amerindians influenced Brazil's language and cuisine; and the Africans influenced language, cuisine, music, dance and religion. Published On 12 Jan 2023 12 Jan 2023. From the 1960s it was attended by a theater dedicated to social and religious issues and to the flourishing of schools of dramatic art. Freyre, Gilberto. Digital Television, using the SBTVD standard (based on the Japanese standard ISDB-T), was adopted on 29 June 2006 and launched on 2 November 2007. 200+ new agribusiness markets have been reached in the last 3 years. Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world in terms of population (208.8 million in 2018) and well as land area. Volleyball, basketball, auto racing, and martial arts also attract large audiences. [292][293] Micro and small businesses represent 30% of the country's GDP. [134][135], Several brief interim governments followed Vargas's suicide. [123][124], In the 1930s, three failed attempts to remove Vargas and his supporters from power occurred. About five million people from over 60 countries migrated to Brazil between 1808 and 1972, most of them of Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Polish, Jewish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Arab origin. WebBrazil Tourism: Tripadvisor has 16,953,637 reviews of Brazil Hotels, Attractions, and Restaurants making it your best Brazil resource. [157], The peaceful transition of power from Cardoso to his main opposition leader, Luiz Incio Lula da Silva (elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2006), was seen as proof that Brazil had achieved a long-sought political stability. In 2021, the Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index categorized Brazil as a "flawed democracy", ranking 46th in the report,[205] and Freedom House classified it as a free country at Freedom in the World report. Frank M. Colby, Allen L. Churchill, Herbert T. Wade & Frank H. Vizetelly; Richard Young, Odile Cisneros "Historical Dictionary of Latin American Literature and Theater" Scare Crow Press 2011, p. 224, 2nd , Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen & Amaya beda de Torres "The Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Case Law and Commentary" Oxford University Press 2011, Georges D. Landau, "The Decision-making Process in Foreign Policy: The Case of Brazil", Center for Strategic and International Studies: Washington DC: March 2003, Abreu, Manuel de, pag. The Portuguese built architecture familiar to them in Europe in their aim to colonize Brazil. [509] So Paulo organized the IV Pan American Games in 1963, and Rio de Janeiro hosted the XV Pan American Games in 2007. Outline Map. [213] States have their own constitutions, which must not contradict the Federal Constitution. [16] There are also specialized military, labor, and electoral courts. Currently it's possible to travel from Rio Grande, in the extreme south of the country, to Braslia (2,580km (1,603mi)) or Casimiro de Abreu, in the state of Rio de Janeiro (2,045km (1,271mi)), only on divided highways. 3947, transferred from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro, United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, Community of Portuguese Language Countries, expanded Brazil's original colonial frontiers, Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil, declaring the country's independence from Portugal, its participation in the battle of the Atlantic, independently in all three spheres of government, naval arms race between Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, largest producers of various agricultural commodities, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, So PauloGuarulhos International Airport, List of Brazilian states by population density, Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Rio de Janeiro International Film Festivals, Concentration of media ownership Brazil, IBGE Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatstica (Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics). The country has about 212 million people. [447] Forr is a type of folk music prominent during the Festa Junina in northeastern Brazil. [493], Upon the creation of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts, new artistic movements spread across the country during the 19th century and later the event called Modern Art Week definitely broke with academic tradition in 1922 and started a nationalist trend which was influenced by modernist arts. Notable film festivals in Brazil include the So Paulo and Rio de Janeiro International Film Festivals and the Gramado Festival. [443] Until the nineteenth century, Portugal was the gateway to most of the influences that built Brazilian music, although many of these elements were not of Portuguese origin, but generally European. [454], Brazilian literature dates back to the 16th century, to the writings of the first Portuguese explorers in Brazil, such as Pro Vaz de Caminha, filled with descriptions of fauna, flora and commentary about the indigenous population that fascinated European readers. [16] Jurisdiction is administered by the judiciary entities, although in rare situations the Federal Constitution allows the Federal Senate to pass on legal judgments. Of these, the first three are affiliated with federal authorities, the last two are subordinate to state governments and the Penal Police can be subordinated to the federal or state/district government. While in 2019 the world matrix was only 14% made up of renewable energy, Brazil's was at 45%. The largest urban agglomerations in Brazil are So Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Belo Horizonte all in the Southeastern Region with 21.1, 12.3, and 5.1million inhabitants respectively. 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