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Emily, Daniel, Nicci

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Storyteller: South American Myth - Jaguar, The Master of Fire https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JZlwN9ytcqtC32Z3caQXDAsUYJBmGMB8kdA1evB2TIk/edit?pli=1

[|Population of Brazil] Click link to view a google chart [|Distance to Brazil] Click on this link to view the distance to Brazil

//The climatological information is based on Brazil's monthly averages for the 30-year period 1961-1990.//
 * Social conditions can be harsh in the big cities of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, where a third of the population lives in slums.


 * José Graziano da Silva ran Brazil’s //Fome Zero// (zero hunger) campaign, a policy that has helped to cut hunger by more than a third in Latin America’s largest country.


 * Brazil is South America's most influential country, an economic giant and one of the world's biggest democracies. Over the past few years it has made major strides in its efforts to raise millions out of poverty.


 * The exploitation of the Amazon rainforest, much of which is in Brazil, has been a major international worry, since the wilderness is a vital regulator of the climate. It is also an important reservoir of plant and animal life.


 * ** Full name: ** Federative Republic of Brazil
 * ** Capital: ** Brasilia
 * ** Largest city: ** Sao Paulo
 * ** Area: ** 8.55 million sq km (3.3 million sq miles)
 * ** Major language: ** Portuguese
 * ** Major religion: ** Christianity
 * ** Life expectancy: ** 71 years (men), 77 years (women)
 * ** Main exports: ** Manufactured goods, iron ore, coffee, oranges, other agricultural produce