Brazil Research Paper

The Evolution of Brazil

Brazil is going to hold the 2014 World Cup. Half-century before, there were nobody believed that Brazil can do so. Besides, Brazil has become an export powerhouse now. Moreover, we enjoyed a rich natural resources, timber, cattle rear, tropical fruits etc. And those are now very important to the developed and newly developing countries. It makes our economy to boost rapidly. The history about the colonial experiences and the 1964 revolution contributed a lot to create the democratic Brazil society.

The news article posted on Feb 17, 2012 at The Rio Times said that the income inequality in Brazil still high. Although the economy in my country has improved for several decades, there are still 28 million of people regarded as extreme poverty, 16.2 million of people have less than R$70 per month to spend. The unemployment rate in Brazil is not high, only 6.1% of its population, there are 26% population live under poverty line however. And it is harsh for the children from poor family become rich in my country. The poverty problem is left by history.

The ways for the Portuguese to colonize my country were very difficult from others in the Latin America. Portugal came to discover South America is more likely from its counterwork with Spain on the traditional overseas trade, but not for the lusts to form a Latin America colony. The first resource that attracted Portugal is the Brazil-wood or pau-brasil, which was collected by the native nomadic Indian indigenous and trade with Portuguese. Later, other economic interests are discovered soon. However, the rivalry on the sea-trade products intensified during the 1500s among European powerful countries like France and British, the Portugal government decided to pr...

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...Africa. Although they treated badly in Brazil, it really helped to create the multi-racial society in Brazil. The democratic process in Brazil developed from late 2000s; however, the military dictatorship improved the economy and made the civilian government pay more attention to protect the freedom and encourage participation in political issues. As Brazil is important to the global economy, it has more power in international decision-making. Brazil no longer needs to rely on exporting goods to Euro countries. Instead, it increases the operation with the developing countries like India. Moreover, the local economy is good, more and more people go into middleclass, the local demand for Brazilian goods increased. No doubt, the economy in Brazil is good; however, it is difficult for Brazil to become a powerhouse like the North America until the safety problem solved.