Brazil Part 1

Brazil is the largest Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) nation in the world and the only one in the Americas. Brazil has the largest Japanese community outside of Japan. Brazil has more animal and plant species than any other country in the world and is at the top among the 18 megadiverse countries. It hosts between 15 and 20 percent of the world’s biological diversity. It contains about two-thirds of the Amazon Rainforest. The deadliest place on earth is Queimada Grande Island, also known as Snake Island, cannot be visited without authorization of the Brazilian Navy.

·      00:00 – Intro 

·      01:28 – Bare Bones

·      04:35 – Heart of the Nation

Geography/Climate through Doing Business

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Where is this information coming from?

World Atlas

https://www.worldatlas.com/maps/brazil

Trading Economics 

https://tradingeconomics.com/brazil/indicators

The Crazy Tourist 

https://www.thecrazytourist.com/15-best-places-visit-brazil/ - more-8109

Nations Online 

https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/brazil.htm

Google Freebase sites

https://mobile.sites.google.com/site/theinternetnations/the-earth/receitas

U.S. State Department

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/brazil-travel-advisory.html

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/Brazil.html

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 

https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/brazil/

https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-report-on-international-religious-freedom/brazil/

CIA World Factbook 

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/brazil/

International Trade Administration 

https://www.trade.gov/country-commercial-guides/brazil-business-travel

UN Data

http://data.un.org/en/iso/br.html

The World Bank 

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.EXP.GNFS.CD

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.IMP.GNFS.CD

ARDA 

https://www.thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_31_1.asp

The Fact File 

https://thefactfile.org/brazil-facts/

Fact Retriever 

https://www.factretriever.com/brazil-facts

IEA 

(good for energy summary)

https://www.iea.org/countries/brazil

OEC

https://oec.world/en/profile/country/bra

OECD 

https://www.oecd.org/els/public-pensions/PAG2019-country-profile-Brazil.pdf

The Global Economy

https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/Brazil/

World Data 

https://www.worlddata.info/america/brazil/index.php

Worldometers 

https://www.worldometers.info/demographics/brazil-demographics/

Land Links

https://www.land-links.org/country-profile/brazil/

World’s Top Exports/Imports

https://www.worldstopexports.com/brazils-top-10-exports/

https://www.worldstopexports.com/brazils-top-10-imports/

Living National Treasures

http://lntreasures.com/brazil.html

AFS (Culture info)

https://www.afsusa.org/countries/brazil/

Culturalatlas

https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/brazilian-culture

Landenweb 

https://theworldofinfo.com/brazil/

https://theworldofinfo.com/brazil/plants/

Government of Canada

https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/brazil

US News

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2019-08-20/10-interesting-facts-about-brazil

I Heart Brazil

https://www.iheartbrazil.com/brazil-facts/

South American Backpacker

https://southamericabackpacker.com/facts-about-brazil/

The Planet D

https://theplanetd.com/facts-about-brazil/

Swedish Nomad

https://www.swedishnomad.com/facts-about-brazil/

CNN

https://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/27/americas/dindim-penguin-trnd/index.html

Skin Cancer

https://www.skincancer.org/blog/indoor-tanning-legislation-heres-stand/

UN Environment Program

https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/megadiverse-brazil-giving-biodiversity-online-boost

Atlas and Boots

https://www.atlasandboots.com/travel-blog/interesting-facts-about-brazil/

Heritage

https://www.heritage.org/index/country/brazil

Wilipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itaú_Unibanco

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Awareness_Day

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zumbi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jogo_do_bicho

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_rights_in_Brazil

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lençóis_Maranhenses_National_Park

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_Center_of_Salvador

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasília

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_the_Redeemer_(statue)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_de_Noronha

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Theatre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canoa_Quebrada

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_cuisine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucupi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival

Environmental Performance Index

https://epi.yale.edu/epi-results/2022/country/bra

InTechOpen

https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/61299

-Insight Crime

https://insightcrime.org/news/insight-crimes-2021-homicide-round-up/

All That’s Interesting

https://allthatsinteresting.com/bullet-ant-glove

European Space Agency

https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Swarm/Swarm_probes_weakening_of_Earth_s_magnetic_field

Expat Focus

https://www.expatfocus.com/brazil/health/health-insurance-brazil

Learn Religions

https://www.learnreligions.com/candomble-4692500