One thing that some portuguese people has is that Brazil, our brother nation, the one that 500 years ago we stomp on, is always very bad and underdeveloped.
But let me get this straight for you: - Brazil has 180 million people, Portugal has 10 million - There are 10 million people, the same as Portugal population, living in São Paulo only - Brazil is 90 times larger than Portugal - Brazil GDP is 8th worldwide, Portugal is 40th - Brazil is the B on BRIC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRIC - In 2001 there were 9.8 million internet users in Brasil - 7 years later there are almost 42 million people with internet access - There's almost 100 million cell phones - In 2004 hydropower accounted 83% of Brazil power production - They produce the Embraer Jet airliner, used by airlines all over the world - The gold cache from cold war is appearing now as 'fortune': http://tinyurl.com/3djuwm Now, who's the underdeveloped now ? ... -- //VD _______________________________________________ tce mailing list [email protected] http://lists.paradigma.pt/mailman/listinfo/tce
