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In contrast to the neighbouring Spanish possessions in South America, the Portuguese colony of Brazil kept its territorial, political and linguistic integrity due to the action of the Portuguese administration effort. Although the colony was threatened by other nations across the Portuguese rule era, in particular by Dutch and French powers, the authorities and the people ultimately managed to protect its borders from foreign attacks. Portugal had even to send bullion to Brazil, a spectacular reversal of the colonial trend, in order to protect the integrity of the colony.[13]
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"Brazil's intellectual property abuses have long occurred at the expense of the American people," said Nancie Marzulla, president of Defenders of Property Rights. "Brazil's intellectual property rights abuses under President Lula threaten all of America's intellectual property-based industries, or 15% of our GDP. If negotiations fail to convince Brazil to change its ways, the U.S. Trade Representative should consider sanctions against Brazil."
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The new Brazil headquarters will cover the South Cone region of South America, which includes Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. Reinaldo Assis, formerly general manager of Hypercom de Brasil, has been promoted to managing director of the South Cone region.
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Alan Woods who participated in the Pan-American Conference of Occupied Factories held last December in the Cipla factory in Joinville, Brazil, has issued this appeal to workers of all countries to come to the aid of their Brazilian brothers. Keep up the protest campaign and ... send letters of solidarity to the workers in Joinville.
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Brazil occupies an immense area along the eastern coast of South America and includes much of the continent’s interior region. The factors of size, relief, climate, and natural resources make Brazil geographically diverse. Planners divide the country into five macro-regions: (1) North, (2) Northeast, (3) Southeast, (4) South, and (5) Center-West.
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Initially Portugal had little interest in Brazil, mainly because of high profits gained through commerce with Indochina. After 1530, the Portuguese Crown devised the Hereditary Captaincies system to effectively occupy its new colony, and later took direct control of the failed captaincies.[7][8] Although temporary trading posts were established earlier to collect brazilwood, used as a dye, with permanent settlement came the establishment of the sugar cane industry and its intensive labor. Several early settlements started to be founded across the coast, among them the colonial capital, Salvador, established in 1549 at the Bay of All Saints in the north, and the city of Rio de Janeiro on March 1567, in the south. The Portuguese colonists adopted an economy based on the production of agricultural goods that were exported to Europe. Sugar became by far the most important Brazilian colonial product until the early 18th century.[9][10] Even though Brazilian sugar was reputed as being of high quality, the industry faced a crisis during the 17th and 18th centuries when the Dutch and the French started producing sugar in the Antilles, located much closer to Europe, causing sugar prices to fall.
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