Is Brazil a dangerous country?

I need to know all these about the country Brazil, in south America?

• * Where is this country located? * What is the population? * What system of government does the country have? Is it a stable government? * Who is the current leader? * Where is the capital city? * What type of economic system is utilized (market, command, mixed, traditional)? * What are the primary imports and exports? * Is it a rich or poor country? * What is the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) per capita? Compare this to your own country. * What is the estimated labor force? * What is the unemployment rate? * Is unemployment a problem in this country? * What is the educational level of the citizens (at the very least give the literacy rate)? * What are the natural resources? * What are the major industries? * Is there a connection between its natural resources and the products it makes? * What is the name of the currency and its exchange rate with U.S. dollars? * Are there adequate communication and transportation systems available? * If your company put a branch operation there, would it be satisfied with the communications system? Do most people in the country have telephones, for example? * What cultural aspects should you be aware of (religion and language)? * What is the present relationship that this country has with the United States?

• Answer:

  Well here we go: 1.-Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. 2.- July 2010 estimate: 201,103,330 3.-Federal Republic, with an stable government. 4.-President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva. 5.-Brasilia is in the Central-Eastern part of the country. Geographic coordinates: 15' 47'' South, 47' 55'' West 6.-It is a free economy with a Market system. It is also a Newly Industrialized Country, it could be a Developed Country in 2021. 7.-IMPORTS: machinery, electrical and transport equipment, chemical products, oil, automotive parts, electronics EXPORTS: transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos 8.-It is still a Developing Country (poor). 9.- Brazil's GDP per capita $10,200; Costa Rica's GDP per capita $10,900. My country has a higher GDP per capita because of its smaller population. Brazil is actually a richer country than Costa Rica. 10.- 2009 estimate: 101,700,000 11.- 2009 estimate: 8.1% 12.- Not really, the country's unemplyoment rate is the 90th lowest in the World (90 out of 196). 13.- 2007 Literacy Rate of 90.0% (most recen data avaliable). Brazil has some of the best Universities in Latin America. We can conclude that its citizens have a high education level. 14.-Bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber 15.-Textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment 16.-Yes there is. Compare items 14 and 15. As Brazil is rich in bauxite and gold, minning is a major industry. As it is rich in uranium and platinum, aircraft and vehicles are major industries. Most of Brazil's industries are related to its natural resources. 17.- Real. Reals per dollar: 2.0322 reals per USD$1. 18.- Communication Yes. Brazil is the 6th country with most phone lines; and the 5th country with most cell phones. Brazil also has the 5th largest number of Internet hosts and users in the World. Transportation NO: The country has 1,751,868 km of roadways (which is the 4th highest in the World), but only 96,353 km of those are in good conditions. Brazil has 4,000 airports (only the U.S. has more) but only 727 of those airports are in good conditiond. Most of the cities in the Amazon Basin (which comprises half of the Brazil's territory) are accesible only by boat or plane. Also the International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial and offshore waters in the Atlantic Ocean as a significant risk for piracy and armed robbery against ships; numerous commercial vessels have been attacked and hijacked both at anchor and while underway; crews have been robbed and stores or cargoes stolen. 19.-Yes, of course. Brazil has 41,141,000,000 telephone lines in use. It has 150,641,000,000 cell phones in use. And also 138 TV broadcast stations. NOTE ON COMMUNICATIONS: good working telephone system including an extensive microwave radio relay system and a domestic satellite system with 64 earth stations; mobile-cellular usage has more than tripled in the past 5 years. Fixed-line connections have remained relatively stable in recent years and stand at about 20 per 100 persons; less expensive mobile-cellular technology has been a major driver in expanding telephone service to the lower-income segments of the population with mobile-cellular teledensity reaching 80 per 100 persons in 2008. 20.- RELIGIONS: Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% ETHNIC GROUPS: white 53.7%, mulatto (mixed white and black) 38.5%, black 6.2%, other (includes Japanese, Arab, Amerindian) 0.9%, unspecified 0.7% LANGUAGES: Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language); note - less common languages include Spanish (border areas and schools), German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large number of minor Amerindian languages 21.-Deepening U.S.-Brazil engagement and cooperation are reflected in high-level contacts between the two governments, including reciprocal visits by President George W. Bush and President Lula in March 2007. In March 2007, the United States and Brazil signed three separate memoranda of understanding to increase cooperation on biofuels (MOU text; fact sheet), education (MOU; media note) and legislative capacity building in Guinea-Bissau (media note). The U.S. and Brazil are also cooperating on trilateral development programs in Mozambique in the health sector and food security, with plans to extend this cooperation to additional countries in Africa and Haiti. Well that's it. You are not going to believe me but I find most of the answers on the following lynk: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html Item 13 source: http://data.worldbank.org/country/brazil?display=map (more recent than the other page). Item 21 source: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm Well I hope that helps.