Brazil is much like the United States, it has a broad and eclectic population that includes many different nationalities from all over the world. After conducting a little research on Brazil, I would consider them to be a very forward and outside the box thinking country. Much of their exports are derived from services which ranks #1 at 66% of their total GDP. Most of these services include mail, banking, telecommunications, energy, commerce and computing. In 2011 Brazil boasted a positive trade balance of $20 billion, nothing to scoff at in today's economy. Agriculture has boosted some of Brazil's economy, although the total agriculture exportation is not very high at 6% of the total GDP, the expansion of their agricultural boom has negated the need for vast imports of most of their agricultural needs. This has showed a significant reduction in their total imports of food, from 22% in 1970 to a paltry 8% today. Brazil began blazing a trail of economic prosperity way back in 1985, when the country was delivered from a dictatorship governed by the military, to a democracy. The past 15 years Brazil has been consistently electing presidents into office that cared deeply about moving their country ahead and brand it as a serious contender in the world economy. The most current president, Dilma Vana Rousseff a female, made a landslide election with over 60% of the popular vote. She is a staunch supporter of a world economy, and is a powerful leader for Brazil. What I found to be interesting was the serious decline in unemployment over the last four years. In 2007 unemployment was at a relatively high number and posted rate of 9.2%. In 2010 the rate made a giant decline to an almost even 7%. While the United States and the rest of the world is trying to keep their heads above water, Brazil looks to be weathering the storm quite nicely.

The biggest and most