
Brazil
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Population | 209. 3 million (2017) |
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Capital | Brasilia |
Dialing code | +55 |
Presidents | Jair Bolsonaro |
Currency | Brazilian real |
Official language | Portuguese |
Awards | BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects |
BAFTA Award for Best Production Design | |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director | |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film | |
Originally published | 2006 |
Authors | Francisco Luna |
Herbert S. Klein | |
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ID | 734238 |
About Brazil
This is a general survey of Brazilian society, economy, and political system since 1980. It describes the basic changes occurring as Brazil was transformed from a predominantly rural and closed economy . . .
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... Because she was a bit shy when she started out, she decided to create an alter ego called Janessa Brazil...
What do the Bolsonaro protesters in Brazil want?

...By Katy WatsonBBC South America correspondent, São PauloBrazilians have woken up today still processing what on earth went on in their country s capital on Sunday...
Pope Benedict XVI: Lying in state at the Vatican begins

... In Brazil - the largest Catholic nation in the world - incoming President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he wished " comfort to the faithful and admirers of the Holy Father"...
Climate boss Carney's firm linked with deforestation

...By Ben KingBusiness reporter, BBC NewsUN Climate envoy and ex-Bank of England boss Mark Carney s firm sold farms in Brazil linked to deforestation claims...
Deadly landslide engulfs motorway in Brazil

...By James GregoryBBC NewsA landslide on a motorway in southern Brazil has killed at least two people and left dozens missing...
Brazil election: A moment in history as Lula returns

... " Like him or loathe him, the fact that Lula, once Brazil s most popular politician, is returning to the top job is a moment in history...
Brazil's Bolsonaro and Lula battle it out for top job

...By Vanessa BuschschlüterBBC News Online Latin America editor, RioBrazil is on tenterhooks as voters are due to decide in the coming hours if the world s fourth-largest democracy should continue to be led by the far-right incumbent or whether to vote a left-wing former president back in...
How Brazil's election campaign turned ugly

...By Katy WatsonBBC South America correspondent, São PauloBrazilians will vote on Sunday in the second and final round of presidential elections...