In 2009 Brazil purchased 4 Scorpène submarines for US $ 9. 9 billion with a massive technology transfer agreement.

* Brazil – Willys Overland do Brasil, purchased by Ford to become Ford do Brasil – 1957 – 1985 and the Troller T4 is a fiberglass bodied Jeep version built in Brazil.

In 1944 McKay purchased Riddle's share of Embry-Riddle as Riddle chose to remain in Brazil.

* was a Humber-class monitor launched in 1913 for Brazil, but purchased by the Royal Navy in 1914 and sold in 1921.

The Northern type was purchased by 36 railroads in the Americas, including 31 railroads in the United States, three in Canada, one in Mexico and two in Brazil.

: in the promotion of his pet projects – as in his campaign for the building of airports and training of pilots across Brazil – he would resort to any means whatsoever, having even ordered his thugs to shoot a German businessman who refused to be blackmailed by him Later in life, he would refurbish his São Paulo Museum of Art ( MASP ) with a whole collection of old European masters ' works purchased at bargain prices in impoverished post-WW II Europe, by using funds extorted through blackmail from various Brazilian businessmen.

During the Paraguayan War, Brazil purchased several ironclads from the United Kingdom, France and from the Navy's Imperial Arsenal in Rio de Janeiro.

The jets were purchased from the British for 15, 000 tons of crude cotton, as Brazil had no foreign currency reserves to spare.

* was a Humber-class monitor, launched for Brazil in 1913 but purchased in 1914 and sold in 1921, being scrapped in 1923.

During this period the aviation portions of Brazil Straker were purchased by Cosmos Engineering, where work on the designs continued.

On March 19, 2007, it was announced that Ipiranga would be purchased by a consortium formed by Petrobras, Braskem and Grupo Ultra, and its retail operations would be split between Grupo Ultra ( in the South and Southeast regions, including the Ipiranga brand ) and Petrobras ( elsewhere in Brazil, where Petrobras will have 5-year rights to use the Ipiranga name, while rebranding to Petrobras ).

300 Swiss ex-army trucks are purchased, converted, and shipped to Brazil to facilitate the Church's pastoral work in the vast Amazonian jungle, providing support and increasing vital contact between priests and people

Scientists have discovered the longest underground river in the world, in Brazil, running for a length of 6, 000 km at a depth of nearly 4 km.

USA 41 %, Mexico 6. 1 %, Venezuela 5. 7 %, Japan 5. 4 %, China 5. 1 %, Brazil 4. 3 % ( 2007 )

Main inland waterways are the Magdalena – Cauca River system, which is navigable for 1, 500 kilometers ; the Atrato, which is navigable for 687 kilometers ; the Orinoco system of more than five navigable rivers, which total more than 4, 000 kilometers of potential navigation ( mainly through Venezuela ); and the Amazonas system, which has four main rivers totaling 3, 000 navigable kilometers ( mainly through Brazil ).

For example, PAL-M ( Brazil ) uses a 3. 58 MHz subcarrier, and SECAM uses two different frequencies, 4. 250 MHz and 4. 40625 MHz above the video carrier.

With a population close to 2. 3 million ( metropolitan region over 3. 4 million ), Fortaleza is the 5th largest city in Brazil.

Brazil ( 25 million ), Argentina ( 20 million ), US ( 17. 8 million ), France ( 5 million ), Uruguay ( 1. 5 million ), Canada ( 1. 4 million ), Venezuela ( 900, 000 ) and Australia ( 800, 000 ).

Japanese emigrant communities ( the largest of which are to be found in Brazil, with 1. 4 million to 1. 5 million Japanese immigrants and descendants, according to Brazilian IBGE data, more than the 1. 2 million of the United States ) sometimes employ Japanese as their primary language.

includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Argentina 9, Australia 2, Austria 15, Belgium 9, Brazil 5, Canada 4, Cayman Islands 1, Chile 7, China 39, Croatia 11, Denmark 4, Ecuador 1, Estonia 1, Germany 437, Greece 154, Hong Kong 69, India 5, Indonesia 1, Israel 1, Italy 5, Japan 90, Latvia 20, Man, Isle of 5, Monaco 56, Netherlands 12, New Zealand 1, Nigeria 1, Norway 103, Pakistan 1, Portugal 5, Russia 66, Saudi Arabia 21, Singapore 20, Slovenia 1, South Africa 1, South Korea 10, Spain 2, Sweden 9, Switzerland 17, Taiwan 29, Turkey 3, Ukraine 4, United Arab Emirates 12, United Kingdom 39, United States 113, Uruguay 3, Vietnam 1 ( 2002 est.

If the project is completed, " more than 4, 000 km of waterways upstream from the dams in Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru would become navigable.

Electronic Musicological Review 4 ( June ): Federal University of Paraná, Brazil.

Uruguay 27. 8 %, Brazil 19. 2 %, Argentina 6. 3 %, Switzerland 4. 1 % ( 2004 )

Brazil 30. 9 %, Argentina 23. 3 %, China 16. 6 %, US 4 % ( 2004 )

US 19 %, Colombia 6 %, Venezuela 5 %, Chile 4 %, Brazil 4 % ( 1997 )

The South Korean economy of the 21st century, as a Next Eleven economy, is expected to grow from 3. 9 % to 4. 2 % annually between 2011 and 2030, similar to growth rates of developing countries such as Brazil or Russia.

The principal commercial source of zirconium is the silicate mineral, zircon ( ZrSiO < sub > 4 </ sub >), which is found primarily in Australia, Brazil, India, Russia, South Africa and the United States, as well as in smaller deposits around the world.

* In terms of purchasing power parity in 2009, the ten largest economies were the United States ( U. S. $ 14. 26 trillion ), China ( U. S. $ 9. 10 trillion ), Japan ( U. S. $ 4. 14 trillion ), India ( U. S. $ 3. 75 trillion ), Germany ( U. S. $ 2. 98 trillion ), Russia ( U. S. $ 2. 69 trillion ), United Kingdom ( U. S. $ 2. 26 trillion ), France ( U. S. $ 2. 17 trillion ), Brazil ( U. S. $ 2. 02 trillion ), and Italy ( U. S. $ 1. 92 trillion ).

** Brazil defeats Italy 4 – 1 to win the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

) By 1700 the English West Indies produced 25, 000 tons of sugar, compared to 20, 000 for Brazil, 10, 000 for the French islands and 4, 000 for the Dutch islands.

They can be found in Argentina ( 1 ), Brazil ( 1 ), France ( 6 ), Germany ( 1 ), Italy ( 4 ), Portugal ( 1 ), Slovenia ( 1 ), South Korea ( 2 ), Spain ( 5 ), Switzerland ( 1 ), the United Kingdom ( 1 ) and the USA ( 1 ).

They are, in particular, Herman Aihara in California, Roland Yasuhara in Belgium ( where LIMA, the well-known manufacturer of macrobiotic products was born ), Tomio Kikuchi in Brazil, Clim Yoshimi of Kyoto and Michio Kushi in Massachusetts.

In July 2009, the minister of defense, Nelson Jobim, said that Brazil will expend about 0. 7 % ( US $ 13 billion ) of the GDP per year to modernize the forces in addition to the 2. 6 % yearly defense budget.

Branco river and Macuxi's Bridge, with 1. 2 km, in Boa Vista, Roraima | Boa Vista city, Roraima state, Brazil.

* 2 Emperors of Brazil

On June 2, 1621, it was granted a charter for a trade monopoly in the West Indies ( meaning the Caribbean ) by the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands and given jurisdiction over the African slave trade, Brazil, the Caribbean, and North America.

Franklin James Schaffner ( May 30, 1920July 2, 1989 ) was an American film director best known for such films as Planet of the Apes ( 1968 ), Patton ( 1970 ), Papillon ( 1973 ), and The Boys from Brazil ( 1978 ).

During a state visit by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to Georgetown in 2 March 2007, the governments of Guyana and Brazil signed several cooperation agreements and announced plans to boost trade between the two countries.

Zircon crystal ( 2 × 2 cm ) from Tocantins, Brazil

There are more than 125 Campus Lions clubs in the world including nearly 2, 500 members on college and university campuses in Australia, Brazil, China, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, England, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mongolia, Nepal, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uganda, United States, Venezuela, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Ghana-Lions KNUST.

International Motors of Brazil offer an engine called the 2. 8 TGV Power Torque, which is essentially a 2. 8-litre version of the 300TDi, with a corresponding increase in power and torque.

The Madeira river rises more than 15 m ( 50 ft ) during the rainy season, and ocean vessels may ascend it to the Falls of San Antonio, near Porto Velho, Brazil, above its mouth ; but in the dry months, from June to November, it is only navigable for the same distance for craft drawing about 2 m ( from 5 to 6 feet ) of water.

* 1996 – A Fokker F100 operating as TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes into several houses in São Paulo, Brazil killing 98 including 2 on the ground.

Brazil was the leading source of imports to Paraguay ( 24. 3 percent ), followed by the United States ( 22. 3 percent ), Argentina ( 16. 2 percent ), China ( 9. 9 percent ), and Hong Kong ( 5 percent ).

Most of the remaining production originated from Russia ( 2, 500 t ), Canada ( 1, 964 t ), Bolivia ( 1, 023 t ), Austria ( 900 t ), Portugal ( 900 t ), Thailand ( 600 t ), Brazil ( 500 t ), Peru ( 500 t ) and Rwanda ( 500 t ).

Shaped roughly like an inverted triangle, the country has a 2, 800-kilometer coastline and is bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by Guyana, on the south by Brazil, and on the west by Colombia.

* " For achievements in aeronautics " ( Brazil, 2 August 1961 )