Middle Adulthood Development
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Brazil
Brazil is an Eastern South American country bordering the Atlantic Ocean (making it easy and convenient for trade). Brazils terrain consists mostly of flat to rolling lands in the north. Exploiting vast natural resources and a large labor pool, it is today South Americas leading economic power and a regional leader. It has some plains, hills, mountains, and a narrow coastal belt. Brazil has large and well-developed agricultural, mining, and manufacturing service sectors. It is the largest and most populous Latin America country, outweighing all other South American countries.
Bauxite, gold, iron, ore, manganese, nickel, phosphate, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, and timber are the many natural resources found in Brazil. The entirety of Brazils land use consists of 6.96% arable land, 0.9% permanent crops, and 92.15% is used for everything else.
Brazil is one
Trade
The government employs import taxes to protect many agricultural products from international competition.
Exports: 115.1 billion f.o.b
Imports: 78.02 billion f.o.b
Economic
Brazil is a market economy, which was once in a financial crisis but has recovered. There is intense pressure on Brazils currency.
GDP ranking: 9th
GDP Growth: 501%
GDP per Capita: $8,100
Unemployment rate: 9.9%
Public dept: 50.2% of GDP
Government and History
Brazil became and independent nation in 1822 after following three centuries under Portugal rule. Brazil has overcome more than a half century of military intervention on the