What do you guys think about Brazil?
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I am hoping that one day I will know everything about Brazil and South America. I have been studying the country and the continent for almost a decade. I even have an online magazine dedicated to South American culture.
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Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: 'Brasil' or República Federativa do Brasil, listen (help·info)[1]), is the largest and most populous country in South America, and fifth largest in the world in both area and population. It is also the second most populous country in the Western Hemisphere after the United States. Spanning a vast area between central South America and the Atlantic Ocean, it is the easternmost country of America and it borders Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and the French department of French Guiana. In fact, it borders every South American nation except for Ecuador and Chile.\n\nThe country's name is generally believed to be derived from pau-brasil (brazilwood), a tree highly valued by early colonists, though some credit the name to a mythical land mentioned in Europe during Middle Ages. Brazil is home to both extensive agricultural lands and rain forests. Exploring vast natural resources and a large labor pool, it is South America's leading economic power and a regional leader.\n\nBrazilian society is still heavily influenced by Portugal's 300 year colonization. Portuguese is the official language, and the Roman Catholic religion is adopted by most of its people, with a number of adherents never seen in any other country. The population is composed mainly of descendants from European immigrants and Africans brought during the slavery times. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Brazil attracted well over 5 million European, Arab and Japanese immigrants. That period also saw Brazil industrialise, further colonise, and develop its interior.\n\nAfter declaring independence from Portugal in 1822, Brazil became a monarchy until a military coup deposed the emperor and established a Republic in 1889. Brazilian democracy was replaced by dictatorships three times — 1930–1934 and 1937–1945 under Getúlio Vargas, and 1964–1985, under a succession of generals appointed by the military. In the 1980s the military regime ended and a new constitution was established, opening the way to the Brazilians' return to democracy.\n\nCurrently Brazil's greatest challenge is to reactivate its economy, which was once one of the most thriving in the world but had many problems in the last 20-30 years, while dealing with serious issues that plague many of its inhabitants, like poverty, hunger and crime.\n\nHistory of Brazil\nMain article: History of Brazil\n \nAncient map of Brazil issued by the Portuguese explorers in 1519.Brazil is thought to have been inhabited for at least 10,000 years by semi-nomadic populations before the first Portuguese explorers, led by Pedro Álvares Cabral, disembarked in 1500. Over the next three centuries, it was resettled by the Portuguese and exploited mainly for brazilwood (Pau-Brasil) at first, followed by sugarcane (Cana-de-Açúcar) agriculture, coffee beans and gold mining. The colony's source of manpower was initially composed of enslaved Amerindians, and after 1550, mainly African. In 1808, Queen Maria I of Portugal and her son and regent, the future João VI of Portugal, fleeing from the armies of Napoleon, relocated to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with the royal family, nobility and government. This is the only recorded trans-continental relocation of a royal family.\n\nThough they returned to Portugal in 1821, the interlude led to the opening of commercial ports to the United Kingdom — at the time isolated from most European ports by Napoleon — and to the elevation of Brazil to the status of a united kingdom under the Portuguese Crown. Upon João VI's departure, the remaining royal government in Rio moved to dissolve the Kingdom of Brazil and return it to the status of colony. This resulted in the small scale conflicts known as the Brazilian War of Independence. On 7 September 1822 Prince regent Dom Pedro I (later Pedro IV of Portugal) declared independence, establ
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Brazil is the best soccer team in the World.
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France is an excellent team, and they have excellent players, Viera,  Henry. Makelele, Zidane. In the beginning I think there were trouble among the players, but that stopped and they are playing as a team. Brazil has to be aggressive but very careful
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I believe that Brazil is going to win again this world cup.\nBrazil is simply the best. With Rolando, Rolandiho, and Robreto, no one can stop Brazil not even France.\n\nBRAZIL WOULD REMAIN THE BEST!!!
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Brazil are the best team in the world at the moment.\nThey are also favourites to win the World Cup this summer, but I always say to expect the unexpected!
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I thought they played as well (or badly?) as any other team's first match. We saw they seemed to have most everything under control but I think the reason they were dissapointing is their attack didn't create much. They are renown for their attack with players such as ronaldo, adriano and robinho who showed no glimpse of what they're capable of. Also, ronaldinho was trying to assist too much but I think he would do better for his team if he tried to score more himself. I think Kaka was definately man of the match.\nYou can't really say much about the Brazilian defence because they have never been a "textbook" back four.\nI think Brazil are expected to win by 4 or 5 goals in the group matches for some reason. Everyone has put so much pressure on them to perform spectacularly in every match but you can't in realilty. Besides, one goal win is a win. Also, Croatia were 3rd in the 98 world cup, so they are not exactly a walk over opposition. Brazil have still got some tough teams in their group to beat yet so don't expect 4 or 5 goal wins unless they win their second.
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This is not a place to ask this (SO, WHY HAVE YOU ANSWERED?)\n2 don't ask such childish questions (WHY NOT?)\n3 why don't you check the map skill if you really donno (BECAUSE I ALREADY KNOW THE CAPITAL AND BECAUSE I WANTED TO KNOW IF FOREING PEOPLE KNOWS - SOME PEOPLE HAVE ANSEWERED "RIO DE JANEIRO")\n4 shame on you as a brazilian to ask this(REALLY!!)\n5 there is no use of you living in this world without knowing the country's capital (GOOD ADVICE!!)\nits brasillia - learn atleast now!! OH THANKS!! \n\nWERE YOU KIDDING? I THOUGHT YOUR JOKE WAS IN VERY "BAD TASTE" Try to be more polite next time. It will be good for you and good for the person who is readding.\n\n"VOCÊ ME OFENDEU" !(try to translate this!!)\n\nABOUT RIVALDO;\nBrazilians are very good on playing footbal. It is why lots of players are around the world, playing in others team. And it is why we have some problems when they get together again, here in Brazil, to train for the world cup. They feel difficulties to get along again.\nI am pround of many things in my country. Footbal is just a small part of this.\n\nGood luck!
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I hate to admit it. But Brazil is going to take home the cup again. \nWhen I look at there team I just laugh at how good they are.\n\nRonaldinho him self is just sick. I can sit and watch him play with the ball all day.\n\nI just finished reading an article that Pele says "Ronaldinho better then Maradona"\n\nShould I say more\n\nor the Italians will take it...(that's my team) lol
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Brazil because there good and there are brazil plus i think they got a good team.
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Barring an amazing lift by another country, or a spectacular crash, Brazil should win again. Their team contains so many of the best players in the world, and they actaully have the ability to play as team, unlike certain club sides..*cough, cough* Real Madrid *cough cough*\nThier main weakness in the past (their defense) has improved significantly since the last World Cup, and despite some scares in their qualifiers, it seems hard to see anyone else who can touch their dominance
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They're both great, but I think Brazil is better!
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Hello there Hamsterboy,\n\nAll the opinions are flowing...mine too...lol...on the performance of the Brazilian team. Some are saying it was all tactical and they were holding back, some say they do not want injuries to impede them ( but who does).  \nFor me, they were less than dynamic and less than impressive. I don't know what the problem was, maybe they were over confident and took Croatia a little for granted which put them on the back foot against a team that played very well. Croatia impressed me. A bit of polish on their finishing of shots will see them threaten a lot of teams in time to come. Ronaldo has problems, that is obvious but the lack lustre performance was not his problem alone. They did enough to win and whether that was a tactical decision or not we will have to wait and see, but if they are going to win that form and performance will not see it happen a 6th time. They made themselves look over rated today or perhaps Croatia did. Guess it's a waiting game now. I'm really excited to see how my team Australia goes against Brazil now. I can't wait for that game.
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I don't know where you got THAT piece of inof, since Brazil is widely called the best. Germany, England and Spain are pretty good too, but America just doesn't figure in there.
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Yep, I totally agree. Brazil has just poor fame all over the world, although in fact it just an own estupides itself. The team most respected in South America I think is Argentina. I am not in S. A. and I support to Argentina in this world cup and forever
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I think Brazil is a little bit overrated. Sure they've won 5 world cups and their players are the most famous and highest-payed anywhere in the world, but that doesn't make them undefeatable. Didn't they struggle against Australia? How about against Croatia? Let's not mention that great goal by Japan. Besides, up until now Spain, England and Germany have had better or equal performances than Brazil's in the world cup. So yeah, they are overrated.
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I think Nothing Beats brazil