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Capital of Brazil is Brasilia.  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, English, French



Brazil is the only Portuguese-speaking nation in the Americas. About three-quarters of all Brazilians belong to the Roman Catholic Church; most others are Protestant, members of a growing evangelical movement, or follow practices derived from African religions.


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Lonely Planet Brazil (Country Guide)

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Wander the streets of bohemian Lapa, where samba spills from every doorway
Swim eyeball-to-eyeball with hundreds of exotic fish in crystalline waters
Brave near-vertical descents on a wind-whipped dune buggy ride
Sling a hammock and relax as your riverboat glides up the Amazon

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Brazil is the only Portuguese-speaking nation in the Americas. About three-quarters of all Brazilians belong to the Roman Catholic Church; most others are Protestant, members of a growing evangelical movement, or follow practices derived from African religions.
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The state is cut from north to south by the river Tocantins.

Here is where Survivor 18 has been filmed - Tocantins State in Brazil

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Tocantins is one of the states of Brazil. The state was formed in 1988 out of the northern part of Goiás, and construction began on the capital, Palmas, in 1989.

21st Century Complete Guide to Brazil: Encyclopedic Coverage, Country Profile, History, American Government Information (DOD, State Dept., White House), CIA Factbook

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Completely updated and revised for this new edition, our unique electronic book on DVD-ROM has an amazing collection of the finest federal documents and resources about Brazil, providing encyclopedic coverage of all aspects of the country.

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Brazil is the only nation to have competed in every FIFA World Cup tournament and the first to win it five times.
Brazil were drawn in the toughest group, with England, the USSR and Austria.
Brazil were eliminated from the tournament after managing just one shot on Fabien Barthez in a 0-1 loss to France in the quarterfinals; the elimination was in many ways similar to the 1998 final.

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Brazil History and Travel

Brazil History
The Portuguese were the first European settlers to arrive in the area, led by adventurous Pedro Cabral, who began the colonial period in 1500.

Giant Iguassu Falls on the Argentina-Brazil Border

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A Lapwing (bird) flying over a soccer field in Brazil deflected a winning goal 3 minutes before the end of a game.

Sports fans in Brazil sometimes become so excited that it was necessary to build a wide moat around the playing field of Rio's 180,000-seat Maracar%uFFFDa Stadium. The moat keeps the crowd from running onto the field, molesting the players and attacking the referees.

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The population of the Amazon is now over 20 million and rapidly increasing, since there is great poverty in Brazil, and the fore

Brazil has the world's second largest Christian population (151 million, behind that of the United States), and also is the world's largest Roman Catholic-majority nation in terms of both number of adherents and land mass - a strong cultural legacy left behind by the Roman Catholic Portuguese colonists.

Brazil is thought to have been inhabited for at least 10,000 years by semi-nomadic populations before the first Portuguese explorers, led by Pedro Álvares Cabral, disembarked in 1500.

Brazil's population is mostly concentrated along the coast, with a lower population density in the interior.

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Amazon Jungle

The Amazon is the largest and densest rainforest on earth.
Its vegetation represents about 1/3 of the remaining forest on earth and provides about 15% of the world's new oxygen

# Scientists have cataloged about

* 2500 species of fish
* 1500 species of birds
* 1800 species of butterflys
* 4 types of big cats
* 200 species of mosquitos
* 50,000 species of higher plants

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Brazil is a leader in science and technology in South America and in some fields a global leader, such as biofuels, agricultural research, deep-sea oil production, and remote sensing. U.S. Government, private sector, and academic researchers have extensive ties with Brazilian counterparts, and the extent of bilateral scientific and technological cooperation is expanding. The Brazilian Government seeks to develop an environment that is more supportive of innovation, taking scientific advances from the laboratory to the marketplace.p

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Brazil (Country Guide) by Regis St. Louis, Kevin Raub, Gregor Clark, John Noble, Gary Chandler, Robert Landon, Mara Vorhees

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Brazil - Criterion Collection

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Brazil (Exploring Countries of the World) by Alberto Taliani

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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (20th Anniversary Edition)

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Brazil As an Economic Superpower?: Understanding Brazil's Changing Role in the Global Economy

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