tell me about Brazil !

Location:

Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean Geographic coordinates: 10 00 S, 55 00 W Population: 203,429,773 Government type: federal republic Political pressure groups and leaders: Landless Workers' Movement or MST other: labor unions and federations; large farmers' associations; religious groups including evangelical Christian churches and the Catholic Church <><> School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2008) Education expenditures: 5.2% of GDP (2007) country comparison to the world: 61 Religions: Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% (2000 census) Languages: Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language); note - less common languages include Spanish (border areas and schools), German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large number of minor Amerindian languages Birth rate: 17.79 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 110 Death rate: 6.36 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 152 Life expectancy at birth: total population: 72.53 years country comparison to the world: 125 male: 68.97 years female: 76.27 years (2011 est.) Ethnic groups: white 53.7%, mulatto (mixed white and black) 38.5%, black 6.2%, other (includes Japanese, Arab, Amerindian) 0.9%, unspecified 0.7% (2000 census) Legal system: based on Roman codes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction Suffrage: voluntary between 16 and 18 years of age and over 70; compulsory over 18 and under 70 years of age; note - military conscripts do not vote Unemployment rate: 7% (2010 est.) Population below poverty line: 26% (2008) Industries: textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment Telephones - main lines in use: 41.497 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 6 Telephones - mobile cellular: 173.959 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 5 Internet hosts: 19.316 million (2010) country comparison to the world: 5 Internet users: 75.982 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 4 Military service age and obligation: 21-45 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 9 to 12 months; 17-45 years of age for voluntary servic Disputes - international: uncontested boundary dispute between Brazil and Uruguay over Braziliera/Brasiliera Island in the Quarai/Cuareim River leaves the tripoint with Argentina in question; smuggling of firearms and narcotics continues to be an issue along the Uruguay-Brazil border; Colombian-organized illegal narcotics and paramilitary activities penetrate Brazil's border region with Venezuela Illicit drugs: second-largest consumer of cocaine in the world; illicit producer of cannabis; trace amounts of coca cultivation in the Amazon region, used for domestic consumption; government has a large-scale eradication program to control cannabis; important transshipment country for Bolivian, Colombian, and Peruvian cocaine headed for Europe; also used by traffickers as a way station for narcotics air transshipments between Peru and Colombia; upsurge in drug-related violence and weapons smuggling; important market for Colombian, Bolivian, and Peruvian cocaine; illicit narcotics proceeds are often laundered through the financial system; significant illicit financial activity in the Tri-Border Area (2008) LiNK ;D https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html