Sesame seed, which comes from the tall pods of a plant grown in Egypt, Brazil, and Central America, has a toasted-nut flavor and can be used in almost any dish calling for almonds.

Caecilians have been little studied in this respect but the Cayenne caecilian ( Typhlonectes compressicauda ) produces toxic mucus which has caused the death of predatory fish in a feeding experiment in Brazil.

At the same time, Angola has promoted the revival of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries ( CPLP ) as a forum for cultural exchange and expanding ties with Portugal ( its former ruler ) and Brazil ( which shares many cultural affinities with Angola ) in particular.

However, since the discovery of extensive deposits in locations such as Brazil, it has lost most of its value.

Religious use in Brazil was legalized after two official inquiries into the tea in the mid-1980s, which concluded that ayahuasca is not a recreational drug and has valid spiritual uses.

According to a 2008 television programme, presented by Griff Rhys Jones, “ the flame has only been extinguished once, by a drunken Mexican football supporter on the night that France beat Brazil here in Paris ,” most likely referring to the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final.

Brazil has had seven constitutions:

Brazil has both modern technologies in the center-south portion, counting with 3G HSDPA, VDSL2 +, Digital TV.

Brazil has the most powerful military of South America, and so are each of its military branches.

Additionally, Brazil has no contested territorial disputes with any of its neighbours and neither does it have rivalries, like Chile and Bolivia have with each other.

However, Brazil is the only country besides China and Russia that has land borders with 10 or more nations.

Moreover, Brazil has of land borders and of coastline to be patrolled and defended.

In 2008, Brazil has signed a strategic partnership with France and Russia to trade military technology.

Brazil has also begun negotiations with France to have Brazil build 120 Rafale aircraft locally by Embraer.

Brazil has the need to patrol its of land borders.

Since the 1990s Brazil has been relocating its forces in accordance to this national security requirement.

Among tropical nations, Brazil probably has the world's best monitoring of deforestation activity.

There has been participation of the national industry in all satellite subsystems on charge of Brazil.

Brazil engages in multilateral diplomacy through the Organization of American States and the United Nations, and has increased ties with developing countries in Africa and Asia.

Finally, Brazil is also strongly committed in the development and restoration of peace in East Timor, where it has a very powerful influence.

Over the past decade, Brazil has firmly established itself as a regional power.

By promoting integration through organizations like Mercosur and UNASUR, Brazil has been able to solidify its role as a regional power.

In addition to consolidating its power within South America, Brazil has sought to expand its influence in the broader region by increasing its engagement in the Caribbean and Central America.

They were seeking black slaves for use in sugarcane plantations of Northeastern Brazil ( Pernambuco, Olinda, Recife ) which they had also seized from Portugal.

It is also found in pegmatite in Madagascar and in Brazil.

The main sources for gem material are Brazil and the U. S .. Australia, France, Germany, Namibia, Norway, and Spain have also produced gem quality amblygonite.

The Constitution of Brazil knows also two elements of direct democracy, stated in Article 14.

The Department of Defense of Brazil, in 2009 also asked the Brazilian Navy to develop a plan for the next 30 years.

Brazil is also committed to cooperation with other Portuguese-speaking nations through joint-collaborations with the rest of the Portuguese-speaking world, in several domains which include military cooperation, financial aid, and cultural exchange.

Although integration is the primary purpose of these organizations, they also serve as forums in which Brazil can exercise its leadership and develop consensus around its positions on regional and global issues.

In addition to popularizing the bikini swimming suit, Bardot has also been credited with popularizing the city of St. Tropez and the town of Armação dos Búzios in Brazil, which she visited in 1964 with her boyfriend at the time, Brazilian musician Bob Zagury.

Barter was also used in the colonization of Brazil, since the Indians did not know hard currency.

Developed into its present form in Italy, ( where it is called bocce, the plural of the Italian word boccia which means " bowl "), it is played around Europe and also in overseas areas that have received Italian migrants, including Australia, North America, and South America ( where it is known as bochas ; bolas criollas in Venezuela, bocha ( the sport ) in Brazil ), initially among the migrants themselves but slowly becoming more popular with their descendants and the wider community.

There are also commercial deposits being actively mined in the Northwest Territories of Canada, Siberia ( mostly in Yakutia territory ; for example, Mir pipe and Udachnaya pipe ), Brazil, and in Northern and Western Australia.

Cape Verdean populations also settled Spain, Germany, Canada, and other CPLP countries ( Angola, Brazil and Guinea-Bissau ).

They also appear on the flags of the Australian state of Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory, as well as the flag of Magallanes Region of Chile, the flag of Londrina ( Brazil ) and several Argentine provincial flags and emblems ( for example, Tierra del Fuego and Santa Cruz ).

In September 2011, a friendly between Ghana and Brazil was also held at Craven Cottage

In Brazil the CIGS ( Jungle Warfare Training Center ) also trains soldiers in the use of crossbows.

Chagas disease can also be spread congenitally ( from a pregnant woman to her baby ) through the placenta, and accounts for approximately 13 % of stillborn deaths in parts of Brazil.

In 1991, farm workers in the state of Paraíba, Brazil, were infected by eating contaminated food ; transmission has also occurred via contaminated açaí palm fruit juice and sugar cane juice.

* French group, under which they also included the countries that codified their law either in 19th or in the first half of the 20th century, using the Napoleonic code civil of year 1804 as a model ; this includes countries and jurisdictions such as Italy, Portugal, Spain, Louisiana, states of South America ( such as Brazil ), Quebec, Santa Lucia, Romania, the Ionian Islands, Egypt, and Lebanon

The order also includes some edible fruits, including kiwi fruit ( Actinidia deliciosa ), persimmon ( genus Diospyros ), blueberry, huckleberry and cranberry, Brazil nut, and Mamey sapote.

Emeralds are also found in other countries, such as Afghanistan, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Russia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, United States, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The alternative spelling Xavier is also popular in Portugal, Brazil, France, Belgium, and southern Italy.