edited PPT on Brazilian history

1. BRUNO PERONI, FLÁVIA SCHEFFER, GIULIANO CECATTO, LIDIANI GOMES

2. BRAZIL – GROUPE ESC TROYES – INTERNATIONAL WEEK – 2010
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT
BRAZIL?

3. BRAZIL – GROUPE ESC TROYES – INTERNATIONAL WEEK – 2010
BRAZIL 101
• Was discovered in 1500
• Has become independent in 1822 of Portugal
• Has become a republic in 1889
• We speak Portuguese

4. BRAZIL – GROUPE ESC TROYES – INTERNATIONAL WEEK – 2010
SIZE COMPARISON
Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world
1 BRAZIL = 2X EU or 16X FRANCE

5. BRAZIL – GROUPE ESC TROYES – INTERNATIONAL WEEK – 2010
DO YOU KNOW THAT BRAZIL IS A
VERY COSMOPOLITAN COUNTRY?

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IMMIGRATION
Country Number of Immigrants
Italian 1.507.695
Portuguese 1.391.898
Spanish 683.382
Syrian and Lebanese 189.727
Japanese 188.723
German 176.422

7. BRAZIL – GROUPE ESC TROYES – INTERNATIONAL WEEK – 2010
ECONOMY
- The largest economy in Latin America and the 8th
largest economy in the world
- BRIC
- Most modern banking system on the planet
- GDP Structure:
– Agriculture 6.1%
– Industry 25.4%
– Services 68.5%

8. BRAZIL – GROUPE ESC TROYES – INTERNATIONAL WEEK – 2010
ECONOMY
- Highly entrepreneurial country
- Main exports:
- Aircraft, electrical equipment, automobiles, alcohol,
textiles, footwear, iron ore, steel, coffee, orange juice, soy
and canned meat.
- Pioneering research in the fields of oil in deep
waters, where 73% of its reserves are extracted.

9. BRAZIL – GROUPE ESC TROYES – INTERNATIONAL WEEK – 2010
ECONOMY
Our five biggest companys are:
Petrobrás - Oil
Vale - Mining
Telemar - Telecommunications
Brasken - Petrochemical
Pão de Açucar - Retail

10. BRAZIL – GROUPE ESC TROYES – INTERNATIONAL WEEK – 2010
North Region
- Home of the Amazon Forest
- Home of most of Brazilian indigenous
people
- Low population density
- 15-20% of the biodiversity of the world

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Northeast Region
- Cultural Richness
- The best beaches in Brazil
- Dutch Influence
- Huge social gaps
- Fast economic development
- Dry climate (semi-desert)

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Center-West Region
- Concentrates the majority of
agribusiness in Brazil
- Holds one of the biggest natual
reserves, the Pantanal
- It is known for the natural tourism

14. BRAZIL – GROUPE ESC TROYES – INTERNATIONAL WEEK – 2010
Southeast Region
- It is the economic engine of Brazil,
being responsible for 56.4% of the
Brazilian GDP.
- It is where Rio de Janeiro and
São Paulo are located.
- A strong flow of Syrian-Libanese and Italian
imigrants.

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Rio de Janeiro
- Most known city of Brazil
- Hosted the 2016 Olympic Games
- It is very well know for the Carnival
- Has complicated issues regarding security
- Struggle against organized crime
- War against drug dealers in “favelas”

17. BRAZIL – GROUPE ESC TROYES – INTERNATIONAL WEEK – 2010
If you are Brazilian you...
- Think that God is also Brazilian
- Are too much optimistic
- Eat the combo rice&beans at least once a week
- Summer is synonymous with Carnival, beaches, holidays, Christmas
and New Year’s Eve
- MUST Vote
- Are a football coach
- Want to buy a car
- Are probably open minded about religion, politics and new
ideas.

18. BRAZIL – GROUPE ESC TROYES – INTERNATIONAL WEEK – 2010
Brazilians are not proud of:
- Corruption
- Social Gaps
- High taxes and low counterparts
- Feeling of insecurity
- Educational Level
- High interest rates