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