Brazil

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Brazil
Presented by Pete Riley
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Quick Facts

• Motto Ordem e Progresso  (Portuguese)"Order and
  Progress
• Capital Brasília
• Largest city São Paulo
• Official languages Portuguese (English widely
  spoken)

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Quick Facts

• GDP (nominal) 2006 2 estimate  
•   Total - US1.067 trillion (10th)  
•   Per capita - US6,842 (61th)
• Area  -  Total 8,514,877 km² (5th)
  3,287,597 sq mi   
• -  Water () 0.65
• Population  -  2007 1 estimate
• - 183,888,841 (5th)  
• -  2000 1 census
  169,799,170   
• -  Density
  22/km² (182nd), 57/sq mi

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List of Radio Stations

• Current Radio Stations
• 89 FM - 89.1 FM - São Paulo
• 94 FM? - Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
• 98 FM
• 97 FM - 97.7 FM - São Paulo
• Alpha (Rádio) - 101.7 FM - São Paulo
• BH FM
• Boa Vista FM - 96.5 FM - pop - Paracatu, Minas
  Gerais
• Brasilia Super Radio (Super FM) - Brasília,
  Federal District - classical mushic
• CBN - News Station - 24 affiliates throughout
  Brazil (a parent station of Globo, created in
  1991)
• Rio de Janeiro - 860 AM and 92.5 FM
• São Paulo - 780 AM and 90.5 FM
• Clube Cidade - 94.1 FM - Porto Velho, Rondônia
• Cultura - AM and 103.3 FM - São Paulo, classical
  music
• Eldorado - 700 AM and 92.9 FM - São Paulo, jazz,
  MPB, classic rock
• Transamérica - 100.1 FM - São Paulo, also
  broadcasts throughout Brazil
• JK
• Jovem Pan
• Jovem Pan 2 - 100.9 FM - São Paulo

• Radiobras - International broadcaster
• Rádio Caxias - Caixas do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul
• radioclick.com - Online radio (a parent radio
  station of Globo)
• Rádio Capital - Brasília, Federal District
• Rádio Colombo
• Rádio Cultural
• Rádio Energia - FM
• Rádio Fênix - Online radio (radio dedicated to
  the Japanese population in Brazil)
• Rádio FM 98.6?
• Rádio Globo, AM and FM - Globo's radio station -
  Variety
• Rádio Inconfidéncia - pop, sports - Belo
  Horizonte, Minas Gerais
• Rádio Internacional de Caixas? - Caixas do Sul,
  Rio Grande do Sul
• Radio Noturno - 93.3 FM - Frutal, Minas Gerais
• Rádio Prudente - Presidente Prudente, São Paulo
• Rádio Renascença - Cajuru?, São Paulo
• Rádio Rondônia - Polim, Rondônia
• Rádio USP - 93.7 FM - São Paulo
• Super Rádio Tupi - AM - Rio de Janeiro, Rio de
  Janeiro State
• Top FM - 92.3 FM - pop - Santos Dumont, Minas
  Gerais

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Gini Index (2005) 56.7 (high)
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Map of Brazil
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Government Information

• Government Presidential Federal republic  
• President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva  
• Vice President José Alencar Gomes da Silva  
• President of the Chamber of Deputies Arlindo
  Chinaglia  
• President of the Senate Garibaldi Alves Filho
• Chief Justice Ellen Gracie Northfleet
• Independence Day 7 September 1822 (from
  Portugal)

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Government Info (cont.)

• Constitution Drafted 5 October 1988
• Administrative divisions
• 26 states
• each state has its own governor and legislature
• 1 federal district, Brasilia
• The president is elected by popular vote for a
  four-year term (and may serve two terms)
• The president is both head of state and head of
  government

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• Ethnic Groups White 53, Mulatto 22, Mestizo
  12, Black 11, Japanese 1, Other 1
• Religions Roman Catholic 88, Protestant 6,
  Afro-Amer.Spirit.2, Spiritist 2, Atheist 1,
  Other 1
• Climate Tropical to semitropical. Seasons
  reversed from northern hemisphere

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EDUCATION

• Primary
• Schools 201,541
• Teachers 1,055,170
• Students 26,821,134
• Students per Teacher 25
• Secondary
• Schools 10,244
• Teachers 206,111
• Students 3,339,090
• Students per Teacher 16

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EDUCATION (cont.)

• Third Level
• Schools 855
• Teachers 122,486
• Students 1,418,196
• Students per Teacher 12
• GNP for Education 4.5
• Literacy Rate 81

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CULTURE TOURISM

• Sights Rio de Janeiro (especially Carnival),
  Brasilia, the Iguacu Falls (seventh largest in
  world), the Amazon, Salvador, Recife
• Tourist Arrivals (1000s) 1,272
• Tourist Receipts (million ) 1,225

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NATURAL RESOURCES, AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES

• Natural Resources Iron Ore, Manganese, Bauxite,
  Nickel, Uranium, Gems, Petroleum, Phosphates,
  Tin, Gold, Platinum, Timber, Hydroelectric Power,
  Granite, Limestone, Clay
• Agriculture Sugarcane, Corn, Cassava, Soybeans,
  Oranges, Wheat, Dry Beans, Coffee, Cotton,
  Tomatoes, Potatoes, Cocoa, Peanuts, Rice, Beef,
  Cattle, Pork

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Continued

• Major Industries Iron Steel, Chemicals,
  Petrochemicals, Machinery, Vehicles, Consumer
  Goods, Cement, Wood Products, Shipbuilding, Metal
  Products, Fertilizer, Foodstuffs, Textiles,
  Clothing, Paper Products, Plastics,
  Pharmaceuticals

Clothing plant
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Bringing the Internet into Rural Brazil

• Co-ops an autonomous association of persons
  united voluntarily to meet their common economic,
  social, and cultural needs and aspirations
  through a jointly-owned and democratically-control
  led enterprise.
• A cooperative may also be defined as a business
  owned and controlled equally by the people who
  use its services or who work at it

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• Co-ops have gained popularity in Brazil in recent
  years.
• They are how small communities organize to help
  themselves, given that they are often overlooked
  by large companies

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Valente, Bahia

• A town deep in Bahia in Brazil's Northeast.
• A co-op was created to help its members produce
  and market sisal, a tough fiber used in rope and
  in many other products, and it provides
  microfinance services to its members.

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Valente, Bahia

• The co-op is technologically sophisticated - it
  uses modern computerized accounting systems and
  has VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) phone
  links to its branches in 6 other nearby towns
• The co-op has used that expertise to help
  establish an internet center in Valente, which
  provides both computer training for students and
  free access to the community.

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Valente, Bahia

• The problem is that the co-op pays a huge amount
  for its Internet access and to lease lines
  connecting its branches
• This is a common problem in rural
  Brazil--Internet access, when it is available, is
  very expensive bulk bandwidth typically costs
  5-10 times what it does in the United States

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Valente, Bahia

• Valente would be the perfect place to install a
  wi-max system
• The co-op could become its own Internet Service
  Provider
• The co-op is part of a well-organized network of
  some 1500 rural co-ops and so the potential
  opportunity for it to reach into every corner of
  Brazil and benefit thousands of small communities
  and millions of people is there.

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Issues

• One of the problems is infrastructure
• The World Bank's World Development Report
  2000/2001 gives a very clear insight into the
  lack of infrastructure in the majority of rural
  Brazil
• According to them, only 12 Brazilians in a 100
  have a telephone, and only 4.7 Brazilians in a
  100 have a mobile phone

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Issues

• These numbers indicate that only a minute
  fraction of the populace has access to the
  telecom infrastructure nationwide. The situation
  with computers is similar. Only 2 in 100 have a
  computer
• There has been a slight improvement in the
  situation since the completion of the telecom
  privatization process. The new telecom structure
  has allowed greater access to telephone lines,
  and the number of mobile phones in the hands of
  Brazilians has exploded

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Conclusion

• With the formation of co-ops and maybe the help
  from the OPEC fund, I believe that the internet
  is a very possible reality for the rural
  Brazilian population.
• Microloans are a very practical way of
  implementing some of these ideas as well.
• Bridging the digital divide would definitely help
  lower the gini index and bridge the gap between
  the rich and the poor.