Brazil
The original report was published in the USA Today on Tuesday, May 24, 2011
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It is well known that Brazil is a vast country blessed with immense natural resources. “Anything that you plant in this land will flourish”, wrote the Portuguese explorer Pero Vaz de Caminha in one of his letters to the King of Portugal during the first expedition led by Pedro Alvares Cabral to Brazil in 1500.
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Since its origins, the Methodist University of São Paulo (UMESP) has been producing graduates ready to take on the reality of the new Brazil
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In a show of support to global efforts to tackle climate change and to promote sustainable development
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Brazil’s economy, the eighth largest in the world, was one of the least affected by the crisis that shook the U.S. and other economies in 2007 and 2008.
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In 1952 the government founded the Brazilian Development Bank, or BNDES, to help widen access to financial products and offer businesses loans on manageable terms.
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The São Paulo-based bank offers a range of fast, personalized services
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The revitalization currently under way in Brazil’s ports is creating a new era in transportation and logistics services, with both public and private participartion
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Antonio Roberto Cortes, president of MAN Latin America, talks about his hopes for the future of the Resende truck and bus making plant
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 Luis Pires, president of MBR A raft of programs are helping improve health, safety, education and quality of life of workers and their families
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Introduced less than a decade ago, amusement parks and waterparks have already found 12 million fans a year, and enormous growth potential awaits investors
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In the State of São Paulo, SerrAzul is the first tourist destination in Brazil based on leisure and entertainment
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Close to the geographical center of Brazil, Cuiaba has been greately modernized since its early goldrush days
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To say São Paulo is big would be an understatement. With more than 41 million inhabitants, the state of São Paulo outranks California but in just over half the area, and the city of São Paulo is the largest metropolis in the southern hemisphere
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Fiscal incentives for companies involved in R&D and high-tech sectors have successfully bolstered economic activity in this high value added area
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Representing more than 100,000 companies in the state of São Paulo, FIESP gives Brazilian industries a unified voice for international commerce and helps foreign investors get involved
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Banco BVA is a credit bank focused on medium-sized enterprises and provides a range of banking products as well as government-related financial services
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The Rio de Janeiro-based credit bank has seen net profits soar in recent years by focusing on medium-sized companies and expanding its products
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As Brazil’s economy continues to rapidly advance, registering 7.5% GDP growth last year, so too does the need for its transportation network to likewise develop full steam ahead to deal with the nation’s increasing trade and commercial activity
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One of Europe’s leading players in transport-related engineering, the MAN Group has become the leading truck maker in Brazil by acquiring a division of Volkswagen, and building on its success
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From industry and manufacturing to commercial and residential, MBR construction projects are building Brazil’s economy
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Few countries invoke as many colorful images and feelings as Brazil. To some, it is the land of samba and Carnaval.
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Investment is being strategically poured into technology parks and transportation and tourism infrastructure to prepare the city for bigger business
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Thriving agriculture has spurred massive economic growth in the state of Mato Grosso, where major infrastructure projects are improving transport, telecoms, utilities, health and education
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Covering an area of more than 48,000 square miles across three countries (Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia), and with an average altitude of just 100 meters, the Pantanal is the largest tropical wetland in the world.
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LOCATION:
Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean
CAPITAL:
Brasilia
AREA - comparative:
slightly smaller than the US
POPULATION:
203,429,773 (July 2011 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 5.8%
industry: 26.8%
services: 67.4% (2010 est.)
AGRICULTURE - products:
coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef
INDUSTRIES:
textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment
EXPORTS:
$201.9 billion (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 24
$153 billion (2009 est.)
EXPORTS - commodities:
transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos
EXPORTS - partners:
China 12.5%, US 10.5%, Argentina 8.4%, Netherlands 5.4%, Germany 4.1% (2009)
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