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Here Is A Complete List Of 406 Famous People From Brazil, A J Pedro I van Alcantara, Valdir Pereira, Look At This List!

Here is the HUGE list of 406 famous people from Brazil! Their birthdays are to the left in bold. ENJOY!

1517-10-18 – Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570)
1534-04-07 – Jose de Anchieta, Spanish jesuit/missionary (Brazilian Tupi-Indians)
1729-07-05 – Claudio M da Costa, Brazilian poet
1763-06-13 – Jose B de Andrada e Silva, premier of Brazil
1797-01-22 – Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826)
1798-10-12 – A J Pedro I van Alcantara, Kaiser of Brazil (1822-31)/king of Portugal
1803-08-25 – Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, the Duque de Caxias, Brazilian military leader
1815-10-23 – João Maurício Wanderley, Brazilian magistrate and politician (d. 1889)
1821-08-30 – Anita Garibaldi, Brazilian warrior; Garibaldi’s wife (War of Tatters) (d. 1849)
1822-03-14 – Teresa of the Two Sicilies, Empress of Brazil (d. 1889)
1825-12-02 – Pedro II van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil (1831-89)
1827-06-13 – Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (d. 1882)
1827-08-05 – Deodoro da Fonseca, first President of Brazil (d.1892)
1829-05-01 – Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice
1837-01-04 – Casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau)
1839-06-21 – Joaquim M Machado de Assic, Brazil, writer (Epitaph of a small winner)
1841-02-15 – Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, Brazilian politician (d. 1913)
1841-08-17 – Luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet
1841-10-04 – Prudente José de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (d. 1912)
1842-04-28 – Louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Brazil (1870-89)
1843-02-22 – Affonso de Escragnolle Taunay, France/Brazil writer (Inocencia)
1846-03-11 – Antonio C G Crespo, Brazilian/Portuguese poet
1847-03-14 – Antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (Espumas Flutuantes)
1849-11-05 – Rui Barbosa, Brazil, statesman/jurist/essayist/civil liberties
1861-11-21 – Joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet
1863-04-12 – Raul d’Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding School)
1864-07-06 – Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazil, composer/conductor (Artemis)
1865-05-23 – Epitácio Pessoa, President of Brazil (d. 1942)
1867-12-24 – Manuel de Oliveira Lima, Brazilian historian/diplomat
1869-10-26 – Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa, President of Brazil (d. 1957)
1871-03-05 – Maria do Carmo Geronimo, Brazilian lives to be at least 126
1872-08-05 – Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (d. 1917)
1873-07-20 – Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviator (d. 1932)
1874-11-24 – Charles William Miller, Brazilian footballer (d. 1953)
1875-08-08 – Artur da Silva Bernardes, President of Brazil (d. 1955)
1879-07-09 – Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician (d. 1934)
1883-04-19 – Getulio Vargas, president of Brazil (1930-45, 1951-54), modernizer
1885-05-18 – Eurico Gaspar Dutra, president of Brazil (1945-50)
1887-03-05 – Heitor Villa-Lobos, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, composer (Salon Waltz)
1890-01-11 – Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian author (d. 1954)
1892-07-18 – Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian football player (d. 1969)
1892-10-27 – Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author/mayor of Palmeira
1893-11-11 – Alceu Amoroso Lima, Brazilian author
1894-01-04 – Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (d. 1962)
1894-02-15 – Oswaldo Aranha, Brazil, lawyer/statesman (1st pres of UN)
1895-02-28 – Guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit)
1895-05-06 – Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian writer (d. 1974)
1896-05-17 – Brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere, composer
1897-02-06 – Alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti, Brazil, director (Nicholas Nickleby)
1897-04-30 – Humberto Mauro, Brazillina director and screenwriter (d. 1983)
1897-11-04 – Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez, Brazilian conductor/composer (Imbapara)
1899-02-03 – João Café Filho, Brazilian president (m.1970)
1900-03-15 – Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer
1900-09-20 – Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil general/pres (1964-67)
1902-09-12 – Juscelino Kubitschek, president Brazil (1955-60)
1902-10-03 – Arturo da Costa e Silva, marshal/pres of Brazil (1967-69)
1902-10-31 – Charles Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet (Claro Enigma)
1905-12-04 – Emilio Médici, president Brazil (1969-74)
1905-12-17 – Érico Lopes Veríssimo, Brazilian writer (d. 1975)
1906-12-25 – Lew Grade, British TV mogul (ATV)/movie producer (Boys from Brazil)
1907-02-01 – Camargo Guarnieri, Brazil, composer/conductor
1907-03-29 – “Braguinha”, Brazilian songwriter (d. 2006)
1907-06-14 – Chico Landi, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1989)
1907-06-23 – Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian comedienne (d. 2008)
1907-12-15 – Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilians architect (Brasilia)
1908-06-27 – João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian writer (d. 1967)
1909-02-09 – Carmen Miranda, Brazil, vocalist/actress (Copacabana, Date With Judy)
1909-05-15 – James Mason, England, actor (Lolita, Bloodline, Boys From Brazil)
1910-08-08 – Francisco Brochado Da Rocha, PM of Brazil (1962)
1910-12-11 – Noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter (d. 1937)
1912-08-10 – Jorge Amado, Brazilian writer (O Pais do Carnaval)
1913-10-19 – Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet and songwriter (d. 1980)
1914-03-24 – Lilli Palmer, Posen Germany, actress (Boys From Brazil, Sebastian)
1914-07-02 – Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist (d. 1990)
1916-05-08 – João Havelange, Brazilian industrialist
1916-07-22 – Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1984)
1917-01-25 – Jânio Quadros, Brazilian politician (d. 1992)
1917-03-24 – Constantine Andreou, Greek-Brazilian artist (d. 2007)
1917-07-03 – João Saldanha, Brazilian journalist and football manager (d. 1990)
1917-09-02 – Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian guitarist (developed bossa nova)
1918-01-15 – João Figueiredo, President of Brazil (d. 1999)
1919-06-12 – Uta Hagen, Germany, actress (Boys From Brazil)/teaches acting
1920-09-30 – Aldo Parisot, Brazilian-American musician and cellist
1920-11-08 – Eugênio de Araújo Sales, Brazilian cardinal
1920-12-10 – Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian writer (d. 1977)
1921-09-19 – Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator & writer (d. 1997)
1922-10-17 – Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian composer (d. 2001)
1922-11-08 – Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer (d. 1996)
1923-08-16 – Millôr Fernandes, Brazilian playwright
1924-07-10 – Bobo Brazil, American professional wrestler (d. 1998)
1924-07-11 – César Lattes, Brazilian physicist (d. 2005)
1925-12-07 – Hernando da Silva Ramos, Brazilian racing driver
1927-05-16 – Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer
1927-09-29 – Adhemar Ferreira da Silva, Brazil, triple jumper (Olympic-gold-52, 56)
1927-11-27 – Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian footballer (d. 1987)
1928-10-22 – Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Brazilian movie director
1929-01-03 – Ernst Mahle, Brazilian composer
1929-02-27 – Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer
1929-08-27 – Ira Levin, author (Rosemary Baby, Boys From Brazil, This Perfect Day)
1929-10-08 – Valdir Pereira, Brazilian footballer (d.2001)                                               1929-10-16 – Fernanda Montenegro, Brazilian actress
1930-06-28 – Itamar Franco, President of Brazil
1930-07-10 – Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist
1930-08-22 – Gilmar, Brazilian football player
1931-06-10 – João Gilberto, Brazilian singer and guitarist
1931-06-18 – Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil from 1995 to 2002
1932-02-29 – Jaguar, Brazilian cartoonist
1933-10-28 – Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (d. 1983)
1936-06-22 – Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian musician
1937-01-16 – Luiz Bueno, Brazilian racing driver
1937-05-03 – Nélida Piñon, Brazilian writer
1937-08-06 – Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist (d. 2000)
1937-12-24 – Félix Miéli Venerando, Brazilian football player
1938-01-16 – Jô Soares, Brazilian author, musician and TV personality
1938-01-22 – Altair, Brazilian footballer
1938-03-25 – Fritz d’Orey, Brazilian racing driver
1938-06-06 – Prince Luís of Orléans-Braganza, pretender to the Brazilian throne
1938-12-14 – Leonardo Boff, Italy, Brazilian Catholic theologian
1939-03-04 – Carlos Vereza, Brazilian actor
1939-05-11 – Carlos Lyra, Brazilian musician
1939-08-09 – Brito, Brazilian footballer
1939-10-11 – Maria Bueno, Sao Paulo Brazil, tennis player (Wimbledon 1959)
1940-03-22 – Jorge Ben Jor, Brazilian musician
1940-03-30 – Astrud Gilberto, Brazil, singer (Girl From Ipanema)
1940-10-23 – Pelé, Brazilian footballer
1941-01-11 – Gérson, Brazilian footballer
1941-02-11 – Sergio Mendes, jazz/pop musician (Brazil ’66/’77/’88)
1941-02-15 – Florinda Bolkan, Ceara Brazil, actress (Damned, Last Valley, Word)
1941-04-19 – Roberto Carlos, Brazilian singer
1941-09-04 – Marilena Chaui, Brazilian philosopher
1942-06-26 – Gilberto Gil, Brazilian singer and Minister of Culture
1942-08-07 – Caetano Veloso, Brazilian musician
1942-09-28 – Tim Maia, Brazilian Singer (d. 1998)
1943-01-05 – Ferreira da Silva Eusebio, Brazilan intl soccer player
1943-01-22 – Marília Pêra, Brazilian actress
1943-02-25 – Wilson da Silva Piazza, Brazilian footballer
1943-06-22 – Eumir Deodato, Brazilian artist, producer and arranger
1943-12-25 – Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Brazilian racing driver
1944-02-08 – Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian documentary photographer
1944-05-20 – Cipa Dichter, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, pianist/wife of Misha Dichter
1944-06-19 – Chico Buarque, Brazilian musician
1944-09-11 – Everaldo, Brazilian footballer
1944-10-06 – José Carlos Pace, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1977)
1944-12-15 – Chico Mendes, Brazilian campaigner (d. 1988)
1944-12-25 – Jairzinho, Brazilian footballer
1945-03-17 – Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (d. 1982)
1945-09-26 – Gal Costa, Brazilian singer
1945-10-09 – Taiguara, Brazilian musician (d. 1996)
1945-10-27 – Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil
1946-01-01 – Rivelino, Brazilian football player
1946-04-22 – Dectuplets, Bacacay Brazil, 8 males & 2 females
1946-12-08 – John Rubinstein, LA Calif, actor/composer (Family, Boys from Brazil)
1946-12-12 – Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazil, Indy-car racer (over 10 wins)
1947-01-25 – Tostão, Brazilian footballer
1947-02-20 – Jennifer O’Neill, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, actress (Summer of ’42)
1947-03-19 – Marinho Peres, Brazilian football player
1947-04-29 – Olavo de Carvalho, Brazilian philosopher
1947-06-01 – Jonathan Pryce, Welsh actor (Evita, Brazil, Praying Mantis)
1947-08-24 – Paulo Coelho, Brazilian author
1947-12-31 – Rita Lee, Brazilian Rock Star
1948-03-15 – Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (d. 2003)
1948-11-07 – Alex Ribeiro, Brazilian racing driver
1949-02-07 – Paulo César Carpegiani, Brazilian footballer and coach
1949-06-16 – Paulo César, Brazilian footballer
1949-08-12 – Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil (1990-92)
1949-12-25 – Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira, Singer and icon of the Brazilian music
1950-07-26 – Nelinho, Brazilian footballer
1951-02-06 – Marco Antônio, Brazilian footballer
1951-06-16 – Sonia Braga, Maringa Brazil, actress (Dona Flor & Her 2 Husbands)
1951-09-07 – Morris Albert, Brazilian singer
1953-02-07 – Robert Brazile, NFLer
1953-02-28 – Ingo Hoffmann, Brazilian racing driver
1953-03-03 – Zico, Brazilian footballer
1953-10-16 – Paulo Roberto Falcão, Brazilian footballer
1954-02-19 – Socrates, Brazilian footballer
1954-06-13 – Rita Cadillac, Brazilian dancer
1954-08-13 – Nico Assumpção, Brazilian bass player (d. 2001)
1955-02-07 – Mario Coutinho, Brazilian physician
1955-03-16 – Bruno Barreto, Brazilian film director
1955-06-05 – Edino Nazareth Filho, Brazilian football player
1955-11-09 – Fernando Meirelles, Brazilian film director
1957-12-04 – Raul Boesel, Brazil, Indy-car racer (CART)
1958-04-04 – Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (d. 1990)
1958-05-12 – Kim Greist, Stamford CT, actress (CHUD, Brazil, Payoff, Manhunter)
1958-11-20 – Rickson Gracie, Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist
1960-03-21 – Ayrton Senna, Brazilian formula-1 racer (1988 champ)
1960-07-28 – Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Brazilian film director
1960-09-27 – Nick della Casa, British/Brazillian/Argentine cameraman (Emmy Award)
1960-10-05 – Careca, Brazilian footballer
1961-10-01 – Robert Rey, Brazilian-American plastic surgeon and television personality
1962-02-13 – Jackie Silva, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, volleyballer (Pan Am-Bronze)
1962-09-22 – Diogo Mainardi, Brazilian writer
1963-03-12 – Joaquim Carvalho Cruz, Brazil, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
1963-03-27 – Xuxa, [Maria da Graca Meneghel], Brazil, actress (Xuxa Park)
1963-03-30 – Eli-Eri Moura, Brazilian composer and conductor
1963-04-20 – Mauricio Gugelmin, Brazilian racing driver
1963-07-21 – Paulo Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
1963-08-18 – Luiz Mattar, Brazil, tennis star
1963-10-31 – Dunga, Brazilian footballer
1963-12-01 – Marco Greco, Brazilian racing driver                                                            1964-02-16 – Bebeto, Brazilian footballer
1964-02-29 – Jahred Shane, Afro-Brazilian rapper/singer of Hed PE
1964-04-04 – Branco, Brazilian footballer and coach
1964-12-07 – Roberta Close, Brazilian model
1965-01-24 – Carlos Saldanha, Brazilian film director
1965-05-15 – Raí, Brazilian footballer
1965-11-30 – Aldair, Brazilian footballer
1966-01-18 – André Ribeiro, Brazilian racing driver
1966-01-29 – Romário, Brazilian footballer
1966-04-08 – Mazinho, Brazilian footballer
1966-05-08 – Claudio Taffarel, Brazilian footballer
1966-05-12 – Bebel Gilberto, Brazilian singer
1966-12-05 – Niege Dias, Brazil, tennis star
1966-12-12 – Royce Gracie, Brazilian martial artist
1967-04-15 – Alt, Brazilian comic creator
1967-08-11 – Eric Maleson, Brazilian Bobsleigh 2002 Olympian
1967-11-11 – Gil de Ferran, Brazilian race car driver
1968-01-12 – Mauro Silva, Brazilian footballer
1968-04-30 – Paulo Jr, Brazilian pop bassist (Sepultura, Morbid Visions)
1968-07-27 – Ricardo Rosset, Brazilian Formula One driver
1968-08-15 – Luciana Bemvenuti, Porto Alegre Brazil, golfer (1994 Jamie Farr-36th)
1968-08-24 – Andreas Kisser, Brazilian heavy metal guitarist (Sepultura)
1969-08-04 – Max Cavalera, Brazilian rock vocalist/guitarist (Sepultura)
1969-09-05 – Leonardo Nascimento de Araujo, Brazilian footballer
1970-04-20 – Adriano Moraes, Brazilian rodeo performer
1970-05-22 – Pedro Diniz, Brazilian Formula One driver
1970-06-07 – Cafu, Brazilian football player
1970-09-04 – Igor Cavalera, Brazilian pop drummer (Sepultura)
1970-09-28 – Gualter Salles, Brazilian racing driver
1971-01-18 – Christian Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver
1971-05-04 – Luiz Garcia, Jr., Brazilian racing driver
1971-09-14 – Andre Matos, Brazilian musician
1972-02-04 – Giovanni Silva De Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
1972-04-19 – Rivaldo, Brazilian footballer
1972-05-21 – Adriano Cintra, Brazilian musician (CSS)
1972-05-23 – Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian formula one driver
1972-05-27 – Ivete Sangalo, Brazilian singer
1972-05-28 – Guidoni Junior Doriva, Brazilian footballer
1972-08-22 – Max Wilson, Brazilian racing driver
1973-01-22 – Rogerio Ceni, Brazilian footballer
1973-02-22 – Juninho Paulista, Brazilian footballer
1973-04-10 – Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer
1973-09-13 – Marcelinho Paulista, Brazilian footballer
1973-09-19 – Cristiano da Matta, Brazilian racing car driver
1973-10-07 – Dida, Brazilian footballer
1974-01-21 – Alex Sperafico, Brazilian racing driver
1974-03-13 – Vampeta, Brazilian footballer
1974-04-12 – Sylvinho, Brazilian footballer
1974-07-05 – Márcio Amoroso, Brazilian footballer
1974-07-06 – Zé Roberto, Brazilian footballer
1974-09-09 – Ana Carolina, Brazilian singer, composer and musician
1974-12-31 – Tony Kanaan, Brazilian racing driver
1975-01-22 – Felipe Giaffone, Brazilian racing driver
1975-01-30 – Juninho Pernambucano, Brazilian footballer
1975-03-05 – Luciano Burti, Brazilian racing driver
1975-04-14 – Anderson Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1975-05-10 – Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian race car driver
1975-05-19 – Pretinha, Brazilian footballer
1975-07-16 – Ana Paula Arósio, Brazilian actress
1975-08-02 – Mineiro, Brazilian footballer
1975-08-22 – Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor
1976-01-19 – Tarso Marques, Brazilian racing driver
1976-01-25 – Mario Haberfeld, Brazilian racing car driver
1976-02-24 – Marco Campos, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1995)
1976-03-18 – Giovanna Antonelli, Brazilian actress
1976-03-23 – Ricardo Zonta, Brazilian racing car driver
1976-04-04 – Emerson, Brazilian footballer
1976-04-25 – Gilberto, Brazilian footballer
1976-04-29 – Nayla Micherif, Miss Brazil Universe (1997)
1976-05-23 – Ricardinho, Brazilian footballer
1976-05-29 – Caçapa, Brazilian footballer
1976-06-02 – Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1976-06-20 – Juliano Belletti, Brazilian footballer
1976-07-03 – Wanderlei Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1976-07-05 – Marina Dias, Brazilian model
1976-07-10 – Edmílson Gomes, Brazilian footballer
1976-08-31 – Roque Júnior, Brazilian footballer
1976-09-22 – “Ronaldo” de Lima, Brazilian soccer player (Cruzeiros/PSV)
1976-10-07 – Gilberto Silva, Brazilian footballer
1976-10-10 – Bob Burnquist, Brazilian-born skateboarder
1976-11-04 – Bruno Junqueira, Brazilian racing driver
1977-02-18 – Kátia, Brazilian footballer
1977-03-27 – Vitor Meira, Brazilian racing driver
1977-06-03 – Cris, Brazilian footballer
1977-07-20 – Alessandro dos Santos, Brazilian-born Japanese footballer
1977-07-22 – Gustavo Nery, Brazilian footballer
1977-08-06 – Leandro Amaral, Brazilian footballer
1977-08-24 – Denílson, Brazilian footballer
1977-12-19 – Maria Joana Parizotto, Miss Universe-Brazil (1996)
1978-02-09 – Airton Daré, Brazilian racing driver
1978-04-25 – Letícia Birkheuer, Brazilian model
1978-05-08 – Lúcio, Brazilian footballer
1978-05-15 – Edu, Brazilian footballer
1978-05-30 – Lyoto Machida, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1978-07-17 – Ricardo Arona, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1978-07-19 – Nené, Brazilian footballer
1978-09-19 – Michelle Alves, Brazilian supermodel
1978-10-19 – Enrique Bernoldi, Brazilian race car driver
1978-11-02 – Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro, Brazilian mixed-martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion
1978-11-06 – Zak Morioka, Brazilian racing driver                                                           1978-11-06 – Daniella Cicarelli, Brazilian model and television host
1978-11-08 – Júlio Sérgio Bertagnoli, Brazilian footballer
1978-11-16 – Carolina Parra, Brazilian musician (CSS)
1979-01-25 – Rodrigo Ribeiro, Brazilian racing driver
1979-02-01 – Juan Silveira dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
1979-07-23 – Ricardo Sperafico, Brazilian racing driver
1979-09-24 – Fábio Aurélio, Brazilian footballer
1980-01-30 – Joãozinho, Brazilian footballer
1980-03-21 – Ronaldinho Gaucho, Brazilian international footballer
1980-05-06 – Ricardo Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
1980-06-02 – Fabrizio Moretti, Brazilian-born rock drummer (The Stro
1980-06-10 – Francelino Matuzalem, Brazilian footballer
1980-06-24 – Cicinho, Brazilian footballer
1980-07-20 – Gisele Bündchen, Brazilian model
1980-08-01 – Mancini, Brazilian footballer
1980-09-11 – Antônio Pizzonia, Brazilian race car driver
1980-09-12 – Fernando Cesar de Souza, Brazilian footballer
1980-09-22 – Fernanda Tavares, Brazilian supermodel
1980-11-05 – Jaime Camara, Brazilian racing driver
1980-11-08 – Luis Fabiano, Brazilian footballer
1981-02-13 – Luisão, Brazilian footballer
1981-02-22 – Fredson Camara, Brazilian footballer
1981-03-01 – Ana Hickmann, Brazilian supermodel
1981-04-11 – Alessandra Ambrosio, Brazilian model
1981-04-25 – Felipe Massa, Brazilian Formula One driver
1981-05-05 – Marcelle Bittar, Brazilian supermodel
1981-06-12 – Adriana Lima, Brazilian supermodel
1981-07-19 – Anderson Luiz de Carvalho, Brazilian footballer
1981-08-28 – Raphael Matos, Brazilian racing driver
1981-09-28 – Iracema Trevisan, Brazilian musician (CSS)
1981-10-01 – Júlio Baptista, Brazilian footballer
1981-11-25 – Mauricio Rua, Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist
1981-12-10 – Fábio Rochemback, Brazilian footballer
1982-01-14 – Léo Lima, Brazilian footballer
1982-02-17 – Adriano, Brazilian footballer
1982-04-22 – Kaká, Brazilian footballer
1982-05-29 – Ana Beatriz Barros, Brazilian model
1982-07-24 – Thiago Medeiros, Brazilian racing driver
1982-07-29 – Jônatas Domingos, Brazilian footballer
1982-08-20 – Cléber Luis Alberti, Brazilian footballer
1982-08-28 – Anderson Silva de França, Brazilian footballer
1982-08-28 – Thiago Motta, Brazilian footballer
1982-09-13 – Nenê, Brazilian basketball player
1982-09-21 – Eduardo Azevedo, Brazilian racing driver
1982-09-28 – Anderson Varejão, Brazilian basketball player
1982-11-28 – Leandro Barbosa, Brazilian basketball player
1982-12-13 – Tuka Rocha, Brazilian racing driver
1983-01-10 – Danilo Dirani, Brazilian racing driver
1983-02-25 – Eduardo da Silva, Brazilian-born Croatian footballer
1983-03-01 – Daniel Carvalho, Brazilian footballer
1983-03-19 – Ana Rezende, Brazilian film director and musician (CSS)
1983-03-29 – Luiza Sá, Brazilian musician
1983-04-15 – Alice Braga, Brazilian actress
1983-04-15 – Dudu Cearense, Brazilian footballer
1983-07-04 – Isabeli Fontana, Brazilian model
1983-07-15 – Nelson Merlo, Brazilian racing driver
1983-09-03 – Augusto Farfus, Brazilian racing driver
1983-10-03 – Frederico Chaves Guedes, Brazilian footballer
1983-11-03 – Suzane von Richthofen, Brazilian murderess
1984-01-22 – Raica Oliveira, Brazilian supermodel
1984-01-25 – Robinho, Brazilian footballer
1984-02-25 – Lovefoxxx, Brazilian singer (CSS)
1984-04-01 – Gilberto Macena, Brazilian footballer
1984-05-15 – Sérgio Jimenez, Brazilian racing driver
1984-06-11 – Vagner Love, Brazilian footballer
1984-08-11 – Lucas Di Grassi, Brazilian racing driver
1984-10-23 – Izabel Goulart, Brazilian model
1984-10-26 – Adriano Correia Claro, Brazilian footballer
1985-01-04 – Fernando Rees, Brazilian race car driver
1985-02-27 – Juliana Imai, Brazilian model
1985-03-13 – Alcides, Brazilian football player
1985-04-12 – Jeisa Chiminazzo, Brazilian supermodel
1985-05-15 – Cristiane, Brazilian footballer
1985-06-04 – Ana Carolina Reston, Brazilian fashion model (d. 2006)
1985-06-17 – Rafael Sóbis, Brazilian footballer
1985-07-25 – Nelson Piquet Jr., Brazilian race car driver
1985-09-06 – Alberto Valerio, Brazilian racing driver
1985-09-07 – Rafinha, Brazilian footballer
1985-10-14 – Digão, Brazilian footballer
1985-10-14 – Alexandre Sarnes Negrão, Brazilian racing driver
1985-10-29 – Severino Jefferson, Brazilian football player
1986-02-19 – Marta, Brazilian footballer
1986-02-26 – Makelele, Brazilian footballer
1986-03-18 – Bia Figueiredo, Brazilian racing driver
1986-05-11 – Ronny, Brazilian footballer
1986-06-16 – Rodrigo Defendi, Brazilian footballer
1986-07-08 – Renata Costa, Brazilian footballer
1987-01-09 – Lucas Pezzini Leiva, Brazilian and Liverpool Footballer
1987-03-20 – Pedro Ken, Brazilian footballer
1987-03-20 – Jô, Brazilian footballer
1987-06-26 – Carlos Iaconelli, Brazilian racing driver
1987-07-06 – Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model
1988-01-27 – Kerlon Moura Souza, Brazilian footballer
1988-02-16 – Denílson Pereira Neves, Brazilian footballer
1988-04-13 – Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
1988-05-12 – Marcelo, Brazilian footballer
1988-08-25 – Angela Park, Brazilian/American golfer
1988-10-06 – Kayky Brito , Brazilian actor.
1989-02-13 – Rodrigo Possebon, Brazilian Footballer
1989-09-01 – Juliana Lohmann, Brazilian actress                                                             1989-09-02 – Alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer
1989-12-14 – Pedro Silva, Brazilian footballer
1990-04-10 – Lulinha, Brazilian footballer
1990-07-09 – Fábio and Rafael da Silva, Brazilian footballers
1992-06-12 – Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian football player
1992-08-29 – Mallu Magalhães, Brazilian singer-songwriter

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Hot Russian Woman Windsurfer, Olya Raskina

Hot tennis babes and gorgeous flexible gymnasts probably come to mind when thinking of sexy athletic Russian women. But what about hot Russian windsurfers? 

26-year-old Olya Raskina just began competing professionally in 2008, yet she’s already placed in the top 10 of her first few freestyle contests. However, she is most proud of her recent achievement which is sharing her love of windsurfing with women from all over the world. 

Olya, and fellow windsurfing instructor Sveta Martynova, recently organized the first ever Russian women’s windsurfing camp in Dahab, Egypt. Appropriately named Windsurf Beauties, the first camp attracted over 30 women from all over Russia and Ukraine.

Originally born in Moscow, Olya now lives in Egyptian freestyle Mecca of Dahab where she also works full-time as a windsurfing instructor at a Russian sports center. She is also a writer for a few Russian windsurfing magazines. When she’s not busy competing and working, she also loves jet skiiing, snowboarding, spending time with friends, and swimming naked in the sea. She enjoys traveling back to Moscow often to visit family and friends, and frequents Jericoacoa, Brazil in the winter for warmer windsurfing.

The Windsurf Beauties are looking forward to several summer camp sessions in the upcoming months, hoping to introduce the sport to even more women from other countries. In addition to training lessons, the gorgeous girls get to attend yoga and dance classes, themed parties, and enjoy wild excursions into the mountains.

Olya believes that windsurfing is the best sport for a woman, because it is fun, active, physical and bound with nature. It combines 2 basic elements: wind and water, which gives joy and freedom.

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Nigerian Women Agro-entrepreneurship Development: Issues and Challenges

Introduction

            Suleiman (2006) defined entrepreneurship as “the willingness and ability of an individual to seek for investment opportunities to establish and run an enterprise successfully” while Drucker viewed an entrepreneur as a person who perceives business opportunities and takes advantage of the scarce resources and uses them profitably. Entrepreneurs are job creators and/or become self-employed rather than seekers of jobs in an overstretched public service. Using USA standard, a woman-owned enterprise is a small enterprise that is at least 51% owned, managed and operated by one or more women.

            A small-scale farming is a farm holding established on a land area of not less than 5 hectares. In Nigeria, most of the small-scale farming enterprises are owned by men. This does not imply that Nigerian women agriculturists are not desirous of expanding their businesses due to so many challenges which border on gender issues, economic or socio-cultural barriers as well as government unfavourable policies. This paper, a purely descriptive research, employs secondary data to expound on the issues and challenges confronting the development of the Nigerian women to full blown agro- entrepreneurs for national economic advancement. The rest of the discussion in this paper is organized along the following issues;

·        Women’s potentials in entrepreneurial skills.

·        Why women entrepreneurship development?

·        Policy Framework for Women Entrepreneurship Development.

·        Challenges faced by women agro-entrepreneurs.

·        Strategies for development of women agro-entrepreneurs.

·        Conclusion.

Women’s Potentials in Entrepreneurial Skills                                             

Women in general are naturally endowed with some exceptional abilities, which if properly harnessed for entrepreneurship purpose, could result in positive and enviable results. Women by nature;

v     Have creative abilities

v     Are blessed with ability to persist and pursue their desires

v     Are good and patient nurtures of children, and this tenacity is usually transferred into business

v     Are good innovators

v     Have ability to develop passion for what they believe in

Waton (undated) cited in Okara (2005) identified the basic requirements of an entrepreneur to include: hardwork, teamwork, commitment, appreciation, listening, high expectations, setting achievable goals. Women, by nature and exposure to family relationships, possess most of these qualities that are essential and can be enhanced for entrepreneurial success.

Why Women Entrepreneurship Development?

          Many researchers have shown that poverty is a malady that incapacitates its victim economically and indirectly subject him/her to a state of destitution, voicelessness, powerlessness and even violence (World Bank 2000; Okojie, 2002) Unfortunately, the most affected sex by the above incapacitation are women and children. Statistics show that women are poorer than men. The UNDP (1995) estimated that, about 60% of the world-poors, are women. Women are poorer because they are more vulnerable economically.

           The findings of Thane (1978), Showalter (1987) and Lewis and Piachered (1987) cited in Magaji (2004) showed that women have been the poor sex throughout the 20th Century and have formed a substantial majority of the poor since poverty was first recognized. On why women are the poorest sex, the physical strength of women and various challenges limit them to specific soft duties making it difficult to be enterprising. Entrepreneurship development therefore is a crucial tool for women’s economic empowerment.

            The benefits derivable from empowering the women folk are far reaching, starting with family advancement and eventually touching on the national and global economic advancement. According to the Nigerian Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya H. S. Bungudu, the latest Nigerian census revealed that women constitute 49.9% of the nation’s population; the underrepresentation of women (2%) in the nation’s development processes in finance, business and investment fronts renders 40% of the population inadequately positioned to contribute to the economic growth of the country. It is the nation that blends the strengths of women and men that will lead the world in development (Kiyosaki 1993) in the field of agriculture and other sectors.

Entrepreneurship or investing is not an exclusive reserve of any gender. Both women and men generate the same result provided they follow the principles of investment. Kiyosaki (1993) proves with statistical data in United States, that women are better investors than men. A year 2000 National Association of Investors Corporation (NAIC) study found that women-only clubs achieved average annual returns of 32% since 1951 versus 23% for men-only investment clubs. The verdict is; women know how to handle money and can be greater entrepreneurs than men if the various obstacles to development is removed or minimized.

Policy Framework for Women Entrepreneurship Development

There are neither policies nor strategies for entrepreneurship development that is specifically tailored to women (Olutunla, 2008). The Nigerian government’s policy of promoting entrepreneurship dated back to the early 1970s. The hope of promoting small scale enterprises to stimulate entrepreneurship was documented in the 2nd National Development Plan (1970-74). This policy continued in the 3rd (1975-80) and the 4th National Development Plan through various strategies of technical, financial and management of the small scale industries. The Federal Government’s concern for the menacing problem of mass unemployment in the mid-1980s spurred the setting up of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in 1986 and the Work For Yourself Programme (WFYP) in 1987. Both were essentially joint programmes of training and financial support to entrepreneurs. The NDE operations included three core programmes (i) Youth Employment and Vocational Skills Development Program (YEVSDP) (ii) agricultural programs (iii) the small scale industries and graduate employment scheme. The NDE, though starved of fund for some time, has achieved a lot in promoting employment, create wealth and alleviating women poverty. The Better Life for Rural Women Programme (BLRWP) initiative of a first lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Maryam Babangida, was an entrepreneurship development programme specifically for promoting education, health and economic development of women. It made unprecedented contribution to women through the cooperative organizations. The spirit of BLRWP is still operating today through the subsequent first ladies. A number of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) also came up to promote entrepreneurship development. Prominent amongst them was the Country Women Association of Nigeria (COWAN) which contributed immensely towards women entrepreneurship development through organization of many cooperatives and micro-credit schemes and in partnership with the United Nations.             

The Role of Women in Agriculture

A significant amount of work has been carried out in developing countries on the potential of women in boosting food production. Boserup (1970) described Black Africa as the region of female farming par excellence. FAO (1982) estimated that the rural women contribute two-third of all the time that is put into traditional agriculture in Africa. Accat (1983) also pointed out that 80% of African women are engaged in agriculture. Patel and Antonio (1973) reported that 95% of the Yoruba women of the Southwestern Nigeria are engaged in farm works, growing yams, maize, tobacco and cassava, poultry and fish farming. They also participate in bush clearing, land preparation and weeding. In addition to their role in production, they are actively engaged in harvesting, processing and marketing of farm produce. The participation of Igbo men in nonfarm activities and waged employment has resulted in an increased workload for women in food crop production as well as a breakdown of the gender division of labor in agriculture. Igbo women now undertake some of the conventional male agricultural tasks in addition to those in the female domain (Ezumah and Di Domenico, 1995). The predominance of women in the small-scale fisheries post-harvest activities: micro-fish retailing, fish processing, fish distribution and marketing, make women the major players in the socio-economic development of the West African countries.

Despite women’s extensive and varied participation in agriculture, they continue to have less access to credit and modern agriculture inputs. Consequently, their farm works is labor-intensive, yields meager economic returns (Buvinie and Mehra, 1990) and operate mostly at subsistence level. International Labour Organization (ILO 2003) quoted in Akpera and Sunday (2008) reported that Nigerian and African women entrepreneurs in general are in the micro enterprise sector and almost invisible in the small and medium enterprise categories.

The Challenges of Nigerian Women Agro-Entrepreneurs

            Some of the many obstacles that hinder women enterprise development, agribusiness growth and improved income earnings include;

1)    Finance

The greatest challenge for Nigerian women in agribusiness is lack of finance. Women in agribusiness need substantial finance both for start-up and expansion. Finance could be in form of equity or from external sources. Equity from informal sources includes personal savings, friends and relatives, traditional (esusu), professional and age-group associations as well as formal co-operative societies.

External finance is majorly from banks (specialized, development, commercial, etc), government agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), international donors, etc. Entrepreneurs are expected to provide, in some cases, 25% of fund applied for and/or produce collaterals before accessing these external finances. It has been difficult for women to raise equity for own business because most women interested or engaged in farming earn low income. Many of the commercial or development banks are reluctant to grant agricultural loans due generally to the high agricultural risk factor or because they do not have competent assessors as in the case of fish farming. The high interest rate charged as well as the demand for collateral of landed property or other assets also compound the issue.

            Currently, the Microfinance banks (MFB) are the government’s latest major organ of policy for entrepreneurship finance in Nigeria. In an ongoing research conducted recently, it was discovered that male to female application and approval by MFB are in the ratio 65% to 35%. This discrepancy was linked to women entrepreneurs approaching banks on an individual basis and lack of soundly written business plan and/or feasibility studies (Olutunla, 2008).

2)       Manpower and Education

The whole business be- it agricultural or any other, revolves around the entrepreneur (visionary) as she combines all other human, financial and material resources to create an enterprise of value. The chief executive of the business outfit must be knowledgeable to effectively mobilize resources to advantage. Agribusiness at small or medium scale is highly professional, technologically driven and require some level of education. Education not only provides basic knowledge and skills to improve health and Iivelihood, but it empowers women to take their rightful place in society and the development process (Fasokun 2000).

      Entrepreneurial education seems to be the major key policy to promote entrepreneurship development for women in Nigeria. Entrepreneurship education should be inculcated into school curriculum at all levels. Research indicates that Small and Medium Enterprise Industrial Empowerment Scheme (SMEIES) operators ranked the reasons for failure of entrepreneurs’ application for loans and came up with reasons that range from bad feasibility studies, poor management skills, lack of proper accounting, poor character checks and attitudes among others. All these are challenges that can be remedied by entrepreneurship education. Even as the 93 approved Nigerian universities have adopted entrepreneurial studies, funds and the dearth of teachers to train the students has remained an obstacle.

A number of current training centers/programs are urban-based, for example, the Industrial Development Centers established in the 1960s are urban-based. Small Medium Entrepreneurial Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) aimed at facilitating credit, technology markets, capacity building, training and technical support for SMEs and provide adequate linkage with women bodies is urban-based and starved of funds. Agribusiness is rural-based and better educated farmers are more likely to adopt new technologies and have access to credit and extension services (Adereti, 2000).

3)          Technology

Many women, due to lack of exposure and financial limitations, still make use of old technology in farming, processing and preservation thus leading to drudgery and low output.

4)    Cultural Restrictions/Weak Land Rights:

The Nigerian culture cannot be described as being gender friendly. For example, the “Kule” policy in the North where married women are forbidden from going out of the house in daylight for business is an initiative/development-killer policy that should be discouraged in this 21st Century. In Sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria, where women have prime responsibility for food production, they are generally limited to user rights to land and subject to the consent of a male relative (FAO, 1982). Culture and social practices discriminate against women to be enterprise successors/inheritors or own independent assets which could easily serve as collaterals. Such unequal land rights are reflected in the smaller land sizes of women farmers thus limiting them economically.

5)       Lack of Equipment and Appropriate Technology

Despite women’s extensive and varied participation in agriculture, they continue to have less access to modern agriculture inputs. Consequently, women agro-entrepreneurs work under very difficult and laborious conditions, using crude traditional technology. Technology is closely related to finance and education. Nigerian women entrepreneurs, especially in agriculture, work under very difficult and laborious conditions, using crude traditional technology. There is urgent need for provision of modern, cost effective and affordable technologies for the use of women.  

Moreover, some new technology has often been inappropriate to women’s needs. There is a need to define some priority actions to promote the role of women in the economy because it has been showed that women are productive and efficient when they have access to the right technologies and opportunities.

6)       Erroneous Ideas about Women and Credit

There are certain myths about women in respect to credit which have made them to remain poor and limited their entrepreneurial prospects. One of such myths is that poor women make poor credit risks. This is being proved wrong as Olutunla (2008) reported that Nigerian women have been found to be more faithful in terms of loan repayment to Banks than men.

7)                Entrepreneurial Attitude

According to Akpa (2007), an average entrepreneur is rugged and aggressive. These are common attributes of men while most women are of the gentle and kind disposition. Men tend to focus on gettingthe job done while women tend to focus on being more inclusive and relational. If a woman entrepreneur is to succeed, she must adopt some level of ruggedness and aggressiveness. Success is not gender-friendly.

8)                   Research and Extension Services

For a long time, agronomic researchers do not pay attention to the role of women in the farming system. Research into the activities of women in agriculture is gaining attention only recently. A survey in Ogun State, Nigeria (Elabor-Idemudia, 1991) and Osun State, Nigeria (Ogbimi and Williams, 1999) revealed that Extension Agents visited between 7-10% of women farmers every week compared to 70% of the male farmers who received weekly visits. An FAO (1989) study found government investment on agriculture represented less than half the sector’s contribution to national income, therefore, it is reasonable to guess that women’s access to extension services and training especially in the area of fish farming, processing, packaging, distribution and marketing are unlikely to improve when the overall funding and availability of services is declining.

9)          Misplaced Focus

Many agricultural projects and programs are not suited to the special circumstances of women or may not reach women at all, thus truncating the intended effort to increase food production.

10)      Market and Marketing

Due to lack of good roads in Nigeria, electricity, poor access to information and poor networking, many farm produce perish thus discouraging women farmers.

Strategies for Women Agro-Entrepreneurship Development

·                    The complementary policy issues in entrepreneurship education should include increasing women enrolment in schools at all levels especially in the field of agriculture to reduce gender inequality. Budgetary allocation should be made to accommodate more continuing and vocational education.

·                    More seminars/workshops should be sponsored and extended to rural areas to increase women’s capacity to start and grow their agribusiness, prepare sound business plan/feasibility studies and increase their technical and managerial capacity in agribusiness.

·        Modern processing plants/storage facilities should be installed for women groups on government/private joint partnership basis so that women can process and store their farm produce with ease.

·        The enabling environment in terms of gender-friendly policies, good roads, pipe-borne water and electricity should be provided by the various arms of government.

·        Cooperatives and women groups should be more formally instituted and encouraged among women to position them strategically to access fund and other inputs with ease.

·        The Government should mandate the commercial Banks to produce more gender-friendly loan packages (low interest rates and more relaxed duration of repayment).

·        Women should be exposed to the latest agro-technology from time to time to remove drudgery in farming, processing and preservation techniques.

·        Nigerian women should be encouraged to network more, both at the national and international levels for more exposure, to access fund and export information.

·        Agro-extension institutions should be boosted and more women extension agents be trained to reduce women to extension workers ratio and for wider coverage of women agriculturists.

Conclusion

            Nigeria’s vision of becoming one of the top twenty leading economies of the world by the year 2020, otherwise known simply as vision 20:20 appears compelling enough to energize its over 150 million people (nearly half of which are women) to make the vision a reality. To accomplish this laudable goal, there is urgent need to pay attention to the development of agro-women entrepreneurs so that they can take their place in family advancement and national economic development. The government and development/change agencies must not only be prepared to recognize the economic role of the women but must also extend to them the same recognition and facilities as the men are enjoying.

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Adereti F.O. (2000): Poverty Alleviating Strategies for Rural Women in Osun State. Unpublished Ph.D Thesis, University of Ibadan , pp.36-37.

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Buvinie, M. and Mehra, R. (1990): Women in Agriculture: What Development can do. ICRW (International Centre for Research on Women) Pp. 3-5.

Elabor-Idemudia, P. (1991): Impact of Structural Adjustment Programs on Women and their Household

in Bendel and Ogun States, Nigeria. In: Structural Adjustment and West African Women Farmers, Christina H. Gladwin (ed.), Gainesville, University of Florida, p128-150

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The Grandiose Cataracts in Brazil

Iguassu falls hold one of most beautiful picture of Brazil and also nature. The Frontier of Brazil , Argentina and Paraguay brings to you a spectacular view of waterfalls. The diversity of flora and fauna, the giant Itaipu Hydroelectric, O parque das aves (The park of birds), the Eco museum and the Zoo Bosque Guarani. Iguassu falls receive people from all over the world and it has esculent hotels for your comfort.

As well as the grandiose cataracts, one of the natural wonders of the world, with their 275 waterfalls, the visitor will also get to know the Iguaçu National Park, one of the most beautiful Ecological Reserves in the world with an area of 185 thousand hectares (over 460 thousand acres) and now registered by UNESCO as a world Natural Heritage site. The Iguassu National Park is between the border of Brazil and Argentina and is the second biggest of Brazil and the oldest. The falls are shaped like a semicircle and are 2.7 thousand meters wide and 72 meters high. The park was created in 1939 and is one of the most important Natural Reserve of South America. Recognized by UNESCO and ONU , for great importance as Symbol of Humanity. It also has a Visitor’s Center, an electric bus and the Canoas Port, an area with souvenir shops and a panoramic restaurant.

There is also an international quality golf course in Foz do Iguassu, not to mention the Ecomuseum, the Guarani Woods Zoo and the Three Borders Landmark, where Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay meet.

Another interesting tour is the visit to the Itaipu Hidroelectric Plant – the largest in the world of its category – to get to know the gigantic dimensions of this feat. There is also the Birds Park with hundreds of species from the five continents.

On the other side of the river, in the Paraguayan city of Ciudad del Leste – which borders Foz – it is possible to buy duty-free imported items up to the amount determined by the Brazilian Internal Revenue Service.

Foz do Iguaçu ( written in Portuguese) is 632Km from Curitiba ( the Capital of the States of Paraná), 1036Km from São Paulo, 1480Km from Rio de Janeiro and 1673 from Brasília, the Capital of Brazil

 

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Will Brazil win the World Cup again

Association football is one the most prominent sport in Brazil. The national team of this wonderful country has won the FIFA World Cup tournament on a record number of five times in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. It is also the only team to succeed in the qualifying rounds for every World Cup competition. Thirdly, Brazil is amongst the favorites to win the trophy every time they have made it to the competition.

Pele, one of the most recognized footballers in history, led Brazil to three World Cup wins and is the top scorer of all time in the sport. After Brazil won its third World Cup, they kept the Jules Rimet Trophy permanently within their garb. All of the contemporary talents in the national team prominent in the football world include Robinho, Ronaldinho, and Kaka, as well as Marta in the women’s game. Some of these players can be considered as super-stars, achieving a celebrity-like status on the international level. All these stars have signed whopping sports contracts with regional clubs, along with advertisement and endorsement contracts to the tune of millions of Euros.

Once the residents of Brazil return to their home town this summer, they will be welcomed by nothing less than a jovial chaos and celebrations in the streets of Rio. This is because June the 15th marks the day when soccer’s ultimate powerhouse will start its quest for a sixth World Cup title when it faces North Korea in the group stage of South Africa 2010.

Brazil is one of those parts of the world where football truly is life. People in Brazil forget everything when it comes to soccer. The rivalries are strong and the fans are fanatical, the weather, the beaches of Rio, everything in the country is perfect for football. Everyone in Brazil aspires to grow up and be a football star, sometimes these amazing young players settle for simpler lives, but once in a while a superstar does rise to acclaim international glory. Those with academic ambitions leave the country for greener pastures aboard otherwise they stay in Brazil and pursue their football dreams.

One of the most memorable achievements by a Brazilian include superstar striker Ronaldo’s dominant eight goal performance in the 2002 World Cup – helping Brazil win its record-setting fifth title in football history. He conquered everything he could possibly achieve as a player, gaining so much popularity that only Michael Jackson could imagine. He set a new world cup record with his 15 World Cup goals in 2002. The 2002 victory capped a string of three straight appearances in the final stages of the FIFA World Cup, beginning in 1994 with a championship followed by a loss to France in the 1998 final. The streak ended in the quarter-finals of the 2006 World Cup when France defeated the Brazilians in a heart-breaker for the South American nation. It was that loss that led to a restructuring of the team.

Shortly after the tournament, Dunga who was the 1994 World Cup captain for Brazil was named the head coach for the team. Since his appointment, he led Brazil to the 2007 Copa America Cup, the team’s fourth South American title in the past five tournaments and a whopping achievement of eighth championship wins. Dunga also coached Brazil to its second consecutive Confederations Cup title in 2009. For South Africa 2010, Dunga has collected some controversial choices when the former captain revealed the 23-man squad for South Africa 2010. Many household names including Ronaldinho, Adriano, and Ronaldo, were overlooked to make room for a new generation of stars led by Real Madrid midfielder Kaka along with strikers Robinho and Luis Fabiano, of Santos and Sevilla respectively. But despite the big name omissions, Brazil still has a number of savvy veterans including the Inter Milan trio of defenders Lucio and Maicon and goaltender Julio Cesar, who won the recent Champions League.

To win, the yellow-blue-and-green-clad team that gave the world Pele will firstly need to advance through to the second round of the Cup. Many football pundits have called Brazil’s group as the “Group of Death,” which includes Ivory Coast, Portugal and North Korea. Brazil always comes in with a strong group but they usually go up the ladder as the favorites to clinch the trophy. In the last World Cup, Brazil did not have a mental preparation and a winning attitude. However, this time for South Africa 2010, Brazil have a new coach whose mentality seems much stronger.

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I used to live there, in Rio…and even with knowing Portuguese, I had a very hard time meeting women. They see the approach as being something only the man does. So if you are comfortable hitting on women, much less those who don’t speak your language, best of luck to you, you’ll probably be successful.

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Any advice for a girl traveling to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil?

This will be the first time I have traveled outside of the US. Any advice of what to expect? What not to do? what places are dangerous? I will be spending some time with a friend there but also sightseeing on my own during the day, is it safe for me to be walking around alone in Rio? I read somewhere that I shouldn’t wear jewelry as I might get robbed is this true? Would wearing fashionable, but not too expensive, clothes get me some unwanted attention by thieves, creeps etc. Thanks in advancefor the help!

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On Location Aug 08 – Brazil

 

Don’t judge a book by its cover, as the saying goes, and if Brazil were a book its cover would surely feature the city of Rio de Janeiro and girls dressed in feathered carnival costumes. However Brazil is far more diverse than just the beautiful city of Rio on which its reputation is built. There is, literally, something for everyone here and often on a mighty scale. The colossal Amazon rainforest is a nature-lovers paradise and the largest tropical forest in the world, the central western savannah area is home to the Pantanal, the largest wetland area in the world and the best area for wildlife viewing while Brazil also boasts 4,300 miles of white sandy beaches fringed with palm trees. As you can gather, it excels at more than just football.

 

My recent trip was to take me to historical Salvador, a vibrant city, alive and kicking with the strong influence of its African heritage. On a Tuesday night the colonial quarter, with its cobbled streets, pulsates to a rhythmic drum beat from street bands set up to play while the locals come out to eat, drink and dance. You get the feeling this is not just for visitors, this is a party for no other reason than it’s a Tuesday. During the day things are slightly quieter and you get time to wander and admire the beautiful colonial churches and colourful buildings. Most have been lovingly restored and are now museums, shops or small boutique hotels interspersed with restaurants serving an intriguing blend of African and Brazilian cuisine, with ingredients such as coconut, ginger, hot peppers, coriander and fish.

 

I was also lucky enough to take a private flight to the Kiaroa eco-resort. This is a small property 30 minutes south of Salvador by plane on the end of the Marau peninsula. The flight itself is a scenic adventure, passing along the lush southern coast of Bahia we landed on a private strip 50 yards from the hotel reception. Although it is a 5 star resort, with all the facilities you would expect, if feels quiet and relaxed, especially after the hustle and bustle of Salvador. Of the 28 rooms, most are bungalows with their own private plunge pools, set amongst exquisite tropical gardens. The property overlooks a long sandy beach, almost private in its emptiness, and being on a peninsular, you get the benefit of both sunrise and sunset, a double treat everyday.

Back to Salvador and I then headed north on the Coconut highway. A lovely 90 minute drive along empty beaches and palm trees, I arrived at the sleepy fishing village of Praia do Forte. Instantly my pulse slowed as I slipped into the local way of life. Praia do Forte is a pretty coastal village home to the hugely successful Tamar Turtle Reserve which was started in 1980 to save Brazil’s five species of sea turtle from extinction.

My trip ended in my most favourite city in the world – Rio. Fun, lively and with a naturally amazing setting, the buildings squeeze into the space between golden beaches and bays and the tropical escarpment, dripping with vegetation.