Between 170 and 210 million people speak Portuguese throughout the world today.
Brazil has everything.
Its teeming rivers and mysterious jungles are the last major frontier on earth. Its thunderous cataracts dwarf Niagara and the falls of the Zambezi. Its 3000-mile Atlantic coastline has enough white sand beaches to accommodate all the world's bathers. Its burgeoning cities and pristine capital are for those who savor the ultimate in modernity. By contrast, its baroque hill towns rival Southern Europe's.