Materials Awesome Library in Portuguese (WorldLingo.com) Provides online translations of the Web. 7-02 Pictures of Famous Places (PicturesofPlaces.com) Provides pictures of many of the tourist spots. 5-02 News -06-26-08 Brazil Now a Farming Superpower (MSNBC News) "Today, the region grows some of the world's most precious commodities and has made Brazil a farming superpower, according to Robert Thompson, an agricultural economist who worked with the USDA and the World Bank." 06-08 -07-31-08 Brazil, the World's Hottest Market (Newsweek.com) "The specter of rising food and fuel prices now threatens to destroy an era of unprecedented global prosperity, with two notable exceptions: Brazil and Canada. Both countries produce and export enough food and fuel not just to offset the worst of global inflationary pressures but even to turn the price spike from a menace to a boon. They are the only two major economies where prices have not burst the upper limit of the central bank's inflation target." 07-08 Papers Brazil (CountryReports.org) Provides a profile by topic, including Economy, Defense, Geography, Government, People, National Anthem, Lyrics and Related Links. Provides a map and a flag. 6-02 Brazil (Library of Congress) Provides a profile by topic. 11-05 Brazil (U.S. State Department) Provides a profile by topic. 11-05 Brazil (Wikipedia.org) "The Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil in Portuguese) is the largest and most populous country in Latin America, and fifth largest in the world." "Exploiting vast natural resources and a large labor pool, it is today South America's leading economic power and a regional leader. A former colony of Portugal, Portuguese is its official language." 11-05 Brazil Reacts to High Food Prices (New York Times) "Luciano Alves planted beans, corn and grain on about 7,500 acres of his farm in southern Brazil last year. This year, he is planting 8,600 acres. And he credits Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, with the increase." " 'The government is helping us finance the purchase of new machinery,' said Mr. Alves. 'They reduced the interest rates we pay and have given us more time to pay off the loans. It’s vital.' " 08-08

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