Stock Car Brasil | Brazilian stock car in 2006

She is a cousin of Brazilian Indy Car driver Felipe Giaffone and a niece of the Stock Car Brasil champions, Affonso Giaffone Filho and Zeca Giaffone.

At the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Barrichello drove with a helmet in tribute to Ingo Hoffmann, former F1 driver and multichampion of the Stock Car Brasil who was retiring that year.

On 15 December 2005, Copa Holdings, S. A., the parent company of Copa Airlines, launched an IPO of 14 million shares in the New York Stock Exchange thus becoming the fourth Latin American airline to be traded in the exchange, the other three being LAN Airlines of Chile and Brazilian carriers Gol Transportes Aéreos and TAM Airlines ( TAM Linhas Aéreas ).

* Telecomunicacoes de Sao Paulo S. A., Brazilian telecommunications company trading on New York Stock Exchange with symbol " TSP "

* Campeonato Brasileiro de Stock Car, the main division of Brazilian national stock car championships, also known as Stock Car Brasil

Banco do Brasil is controlled by the Brazilian government but its stock is traded at the São Paulo Stock Exchange and its management follows standard international banking practices ( Basel Accords ).

After that, he returned to Brazil and entered into competition in Stock Car Brasil, a Brazilian national championship, from July.

In the 1980s and early 1990s he drove in the Brazilian Stock Car championship, winning several rounds.

In February 1998 he announced his return to competitive driving in the Brazilian Stock Car championship.

Hoffmann's Chevrolet Opala in the Stock Car Brasil | Brazilian Stock Car Championship, 1988

Notably, Ingo Hoffmann has won the Brazilian Stock Car Championship 12 times ( 1980, 1985, 1989-1994, 1996-1998 and 2002 ).

In 2006, despite rumors of the race being cancelled, the Brazilian Stock Car Rio event was contested on a temporary short circuit combining sections of the oval and normal circuits and the start / finish line was moved to the back stretch, which was cut short to make room for the Pan-American games venues.

On May 8, 2008, the São Paulo Stock Exchange ( Bovespa ) and the Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange ( BM & F ) merged, creating BM & FBOVESPA.

Founded on August 23, 1890 by Emilio Rangel Pestana, the " Bolsa de Valores de São Paulo " ( São Paulo Stock Exchange, in English ) has had a long history of services provided to the stock market and the Brazilian economy.

On May 8, 2008, Bovespa Holding announced the merger of the São Paulo Stock Exchange ( Bovespa ) and the Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange ( BM & F ), creating the world's third largest stock exchange.

In 2002, Banif Securities acquired the Brazilian brokerage firm Indusval, giving them a place on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

For the race Barrichello exchanged helmet liveries with Tony Kanaan, a Brazilian Indy Car driver and one of his best friends.

Antônio Reginaldo Pizzonia Júnior ( born September 11, 1980 in Manaus ) is a Brazilian racing driver who has raced in Formula One and the Champ Car World Series.

Several outstanding events take place in Sao Lourenço every year such as the National Vintage Car Show, International Choir Festival, Cachaça Festival-a national hard liquor distilled from sugar cane, Winter Festival, Street Carnaval, Orchid Exhibits, Megacycle ( a motorcyclists gathering ), Hot Air Balloonists Gathering, as well as several conventions and conferences of major Brazilian organizations.

A strong Brazilian influence was also exercised by the Jesuits in religion and education.

The Brazilian military has also four times intervened militarily to overthrow the Brazilian government.

The Brazilian Air Force (,, also known as FAB, or ) is the biggest air force in South America.

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

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.

Usually Brazilian bocks are produced by local breweries or craft breweries, especially in the cities of German settlement in Santa Catarina State and also in Petrópolis, state of Rio de Janeiro.

Crux also appears on the Brazilian coat of arms.

The five stars are also in the logo of the Brazilian football team Cruzeiro Esporte Clube and the Brazilian coat of arms ; it is mentioned in the Brazilian national anthem, and even featured as the name of the currency ( the cruzeiro from 1942 to 1986 and again from 1990 to 1994.

The Corcovado is also a symbol of the Brazilian culture.

The Santo Daime also includes children in their Entheogenic rituals ; studies done by the Brazilian government concluded that there were no physical or mental damage caused by this practice, so it is allowed.

The colors and pattern were influenced by the Austrian dragoons of the period, as the Brazilian Empress Consort was also an Austrian Archduchess.

* Glaucineis Martins, also known as " Inca ", Brazilian footballer player.

The jaguar also appears in banknotes of Brazilian real.

His work had also noticeable influence over Brazilian author Machado de Assis, who made exceptional ( and outstandingly original ) usage of the digressive technique in the masterful novel The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas.

* The machete is also a performance weapon used in variations of the Brazilian martial dance called maculelê, often practiced by proponents of capoeira.

The Brazilian navy has also trained marines for the Namibian navy.

The elder López also had infuriated the Brazilians by not helping overthrow Rosas in 1852 and by forcing Brazilian garrisons out of territory claimed by Paraguay in 1850 and 1855.

Pasta is also widespread in the Southern Cone, as well most of the rest of Brazil, mostly pervasive in the areas with mild to strong Italian roots, such as Central Argentina, and the eight southernmost Brazilian states ( where noodles are called macarrão, and more general pasta is under the umbrella term massa, literally " dough ", together with some Japanese noodles, such as bifum rice vermicelli and yakisoba, which also entered general taste ).

Brazilian pizzerias offer also Brazilian variants such as " pizza com catupiry ".

In the middle of the 19th century, the word samba defined different types of music made by African slaves when conducted by different types of Batuque, but it assumed its own characteristics in each Brazilian state, not only by the diversity of tribes for slaves, but also the peculiarity of each region in which they were settlers.

However, other geographers have had access to the same data since 2001, and a consensus has yet to emerge to support the claims of these Brazilian scientists.

The back and sides of a particular guitar are typically made of the same wood ; Brazilian or East Indian rosewood and Honduras mahogany are traditional choices, however, maple has been prized for the figuring that can be seen when it is cut in a certain way ( such as " flame " and " quilt " patterns ).

Since 1988, Brazilian administrative law has been strongly influenced by the judicial interpretations of the constitutional principles of public administration ( art.

The Brazilian military, especially the army, has become more involved in civic-action programs, education, health care, and constructing roads, bridges, and railroads across the nation.

As in most South American nations, the Brazilian Army (, ) has been the most influential of the services because of its size, deployment, and historical development.

In 2008 the Brazilian minister of defense has formulated the " Estratégia Nacional de Defesa " ( National Defense Strategy ), that claims to build a strong national industry and make strategic partnerships with allied nations to develop technology together.

The Brazilian government has announced that a Helibras factory in the city of Itajubá, Minas Gerais, will initially produce 50 units of the EC 725 and up to 150 new helicopters for the Brazilian military.

However, despite those efforts, the presence of the Armed Forces on the border regions of the Brazilian Amazon continues to be sparse and disperse, given the fact that the Army has just 28 border detachments in that area, a total of 1, 600 soldiers, or 1 men for every of borders.

Brazilian foreign policy has recently aimed to strengthen ties with other South American countries, engage in multilateral diplomacy through the United Nations and the Organization of American States, and act at times as a countervailing force to U. S. political and economic influence in Latin America.

According to the Constitution, the President has ultimate authority over foreign policy, while Congress is tasked with reviewing and considering all diplomatic nominations and international treaties, as well as legislation relating to Brazilian foreign policy.

Brazilian foreign policy has generally been based on the principles of multilateralism, peaceful dispute settlement, and non-intervention in the affairs of other countries.

Instead of pursuing unilateral prerogatives, Brazilian foreign policy has tended to emphasize regional integration, first through the Southern Cone Common Market ( Mercosul ) and now the Union of South American Nations.

For example, while concluding meaningful trade agreements with developed countries ( such as the United States and the European Union ) would probably be beneficial to Brazil's long-term economic self-interest, the Brazilian government has instead prioritized its leadership role within Mercosul and expanded trade ties with countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

In recent years, the Brazilian Development Bank ( BNDES ) has provided US $ 5 billion worth of loans to countries in the region.

Over the years, the Brazilian F94 line has been improved with several cosmetic changes and became more and more different from the German and Argentine models.

A new fleet of buses tailored for this system has been purchased from a Brazilian firm.

Portuguese has for now two official written standards, respectively Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese, but in a short term it will have a unified orthography.

A study done at the Medical College of Georgia has found that venom from the Brazilian wandering spider contains a toxin, called Tx2-6, that causes erections.

The worldwide spread of judo has led to the development of a number of offshoots such as Sambo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

A city ( cidade ) is defined in Brazilian law as the urban seat of a municipality, and a municipality always has the same name as the corresponding city.

Extensive Brazilian aid has assisted in the development of the Namibian Navy.