do many other economic activities.Otherwise, the crown by itself, spoiled almost every gold and rare woodsfound in this land to satisfy their richness needs.After Independence (1822), citizens slowly began to organize andproduce (mainly agriculture) with the help of african slaves andindian workers. Kind of difficult for these didn't have thenecessary skills to do any good job.In the second half of 19th century, many immigrants began tocome here, eager to work "in a land where everything you plant willgrow up". Italians, Arabs, Jews, Germans, Poles, Japanese ... fromeverywhere, so that today, Brazil is the biggest italian orjapanese country abroad.A 100 YEARS COUNTRYModern Brazil began with the arrive of the immigrants, who, withtheir skills added to the former portuguese culture could build amulticultured country with no clusters, ghettos or discrimination.Impossible (prohibited) marriages in any other country isubiquitous and it seems, everyone contributed with the best of itsculture.Yes, Brazil is a new country, you will find it from the momentyou arrive at the airport. Few heroes, untold history, little war... A young country where everything smells of youth. Modernbuildings, unfinished chanty towns, untouched lands, paradisiacbeaches ... Lots of. A land where everythingabounds.BRAZIL BY NUMBERSNo numbers can describe its hugeness, but a few examples aresufficient to explain what you will find here:Big cities have big (from 13 stories) and modern buildingsspread all around. A gorgeous landscape for any town. Elevatorindustry is second in the world. Sao Paulo has as manyhelicopters as New YorkTraffic is massive everywhere. Car industry is bigger thanitalian and it is passing french and german very soon. Highways arefilled with buses and trucks of any brand in the world (100%made here). A fleet as big as in USAHuge newspapers with peak 500 pages of content and many TVnetworks, allowing brazilian tough journalism to be one of the mostcomplete news network in the world. We have also satellite andcable TV in the whole country. 89% of the houses have Color TVLots of hydroelectric power and sugar cane alcohol burned inmodern cars, freed the country of any expensive oil dependence. Safeand ecological. We are also 85% oil sufficientThis country has been growing for a long time at a 5% averagerate, physical. Landscapes change fast. Ten years ago, new bornTocantins state had nothing in its land. Now there are two citieswith a million people in very well planned townsCattle of any kind has been a major brazilian product from itsbeginning, so that Brazil tops the list in many categoriesWe are the second country in Viagra consumptionObligatory elections are 99% computerized. Numbers close after a mere 6 hoursfor the whole country (99 million votes).Grain (soy, corn, rice etc) production exceeds 100 million tons a yearand so another 100 for additional agricultural productsPEOPLEBrazilian people has no race, no face, no color, no suit, nosurname, no specification. In this world, you can't detect abrazilian by any characteristic. Brazilians are of any kind,indeed.Brazilians are:blondes, blacks, brunnettes, in Brazil you can find that eventhe japanese are not the same (maybe they have a german surname,an italian second passport, and a nickname for sure)the only color that distinguishes real brazilians fromstrangers is