ISSUES

Transnational Issues

Disputes - international: unruly region at convergence of Argentina-Brazil-Paraguay borders is locus of money laundering, smuggling, arms and illegal narcotics trafficking, and fundraising for extremist organizations; uncontested boundary dispute with Uruguay over Isla Brasilera at the confluence of the Quarai/Cuareim and Invernada rivers, that form a tripoint with Argentina; the Itaipú Dam reservoir covers over a once contested section of Brazil-Paraguay boundary west of Guaira Falls on the Rio Parana; an accord placed the long-disputed Isla Suárez/Ilha de Guajará-Mirim, a fluvial island on the Río Mamoré, under Bolivian administration in 1958, but sovereignty remains in dispute

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 earned in Brazil are often laundered through the financial system; significant illicit financial activity in the Tri-Border Area

BRAZILIAN

PEOPLE Population: 196,342,592 note: Brazil conducted a census in August 2000, which reported a population of 169,799,170; that figure was about 3.3% lower than projections by the US Census Bureau, and is close to the implied under enumeration of 4.6% for the 1991 census; estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2008 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 27% (male 26,986,909/female 25,961,947) 15-64 years: 66.8% (male 64,939,225/female 66,157,812) 65 years and over: 6.3% (male 5,182,987/female 7,113,707) (2008 est.) Median age: total: 28.3 years male: 27.5 years female: 29 years (2008 est.) Population growth rate: 1.228% (2008 est.) Birth rate: 18.72 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) Death rate: 6.35 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) Net migration rate: -0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.73 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2008 est.) Infant mortality rate: total: 23.33 deaths/1,000 live births male: 26.95 deaths/1,000 live births female: 19.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 71.71 years male: 68.15 years female: 75.45 years (2008 est.) Total fertility rate: 2.22 children born/woman (2008 est.) HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.7% (2003 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 660,000 (2003 est.) HIV/AIDS - deaths: 15,000 (2003 est.) Nationality: noun: Brazilian(s) adjective: Brazilian Ethnic groups: white 53.7%, mulatto (brown) 38.5%, black 6.2%, other 0.9%, unspecified 0.7% 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 Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 88.6% male: 88.4% female: 88.8% (2004 est.) School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2005) Education expenditures: 4% of GDP (2004)

IS GROUP

Introduction My name is Rali, I'm 14 and at the 9th grade at the moment and i love online game! I'm playing World Of Warcraft at the moment because i played Warcraft III Regine of Chaos and Frozen Throne since I'm at 4th grade! and I've been playing a lot of online games but i wont say it all because i don't have much time here :( well lets just say i tried all the online games that Indonesia have :D well i think I don't have much to say. My skill is IT,Biology :) well i LOOK a bit of a nerdy kid but i love gym! so don't call me a nerd, K? .\/. --> o yea, I'm this site owner, and I arrange it ;) Secondly is me, Lomi. My name is Lomi but I have TONS of nickname but just call me Lomi. I am 13 and now I'm in 8th grade. I am skillful at general knowledge for example geography, history etc. I like to watch my TV all day long and my fav channel is MTV and AXN. I am not nerdy and no way like Rali. Third, I'm Selena Imania. You can call me Selena, I'm 13 now and I'm a crazy 8th grader. I'm the leader of this group. In this group - I don't know who chose a crazy girl as a crazy group leader - I have to arrange and coordinate 5 crazy and lazy students. It's making me having hard time for the IS (that's the subject) project that my group doing for Term II. I also help Rali to coordinate this site! So it's also count as my hard work too! Oh my God, there's tons of things I have to do, and no body i working here, helping me out! Would you like to help me? Please! Please! PLEASE ;( ---> if you're helping us, Selena will give you free lollipops ;) I'm Shakina Andari. But you can call me Shakina I'm 14 years old I'm 9th grader I'm a member of Selena's IS Group because Selena is the leader of my group. I always want to play and I don't like studying because study makes my life hard. I like to watch TV everyday except if I have any assessment on the next day. I work in this group, helping all my friend on this IS topic. Please support us, so we'll be success! Hello my name is Vania Azalia Boediman, I'm 13 years.I love to help my friends if they need a help, i love to help somebody.In my school, i have a group in this project, the project name is IS, we have to make a campaign about brazil healthy. I always support my group and i will do my best with my group. I want my group be the best in my class. I love you all. :))))))) Hey my name is Rizky I'm 14 years old and I'm 8th graders I like to eat and i like to hang out with my friends and i have an IS group in my school we have to make a campaign about the disease in Brazil, and i always support my group I will work hard with my group to finished it and i will do my best in making the is project! That's all.