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    Events from the year 2008 in Brazil. President: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Vice President: José Alencar Gomes da Silva Acre: Binho Marques Alagoas: Teotônio...
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  • between 30 September and 19 October 2008 in Brazil. It was the only Futsal World Cup to feature 20 teams. Brazil won the tournament for the fourth time...
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    Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America. It is the world's fifth-largest...
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    Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Interlagos, in São Paulo, Brazil. It was the eighteenth and final race of the 2008 Formula One World Championship. Ferrari...
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    Slavery in Brazil began long before the first Portuguese settlement. Later, colonists were heavily dependent on indigenous labor during the initial phases...
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  • Miss Brazil 2008 (Portuguese: Miss Brasil 2008) was the 54th edition of the Miss Brazil pageant. It was held on 13 April 2008 at Citibank Hall in São Paulo...
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    Crime in Brazil involves an elevated incidence of violent and non-violent crimes. Brazil's homicide rate was 21.26 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2021, according...
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  • underserved markets throughout Brazil. The company was named Azul ("Blue" in Portuguese) after a naming contest in 2008, where "Samba" was the other popular...
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    predominant religion in Brazil is Christianity, with Catholicism being its largest denomination. In 1891, when the first Brazilian Republican Constitution...
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    agriculture of Brazil is historically one of the principal bases of Brazil's economy. As of 2024 the country is the second biggest grain exporter in the world...
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    transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) rights in Brazil rank among the highest in the world. Same-sex couples in Brazil have enjoyed the same rights guaranteed...
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    Brazil in men's international football and is administered by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), the governing body for football in Brazil....
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    and Africans, primarily during the Brazilian colonial period. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Brazil received a significant number of immigrants...
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    immigrants living in Brazil or Japanese people of Brazilian ancestry. The first group of Japanese immigrants arrived in Brazil in 1908. Brazil is home to the...
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  • the 2008 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 107th season of competitive football in the country. The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2008 began...
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    Irreligion in Brazil has increased in the last few decades. In the 2010 census, 8% of the population identified as "irreligious". Since 1970, the Brazilian Institute...
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    Brazil sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, in August 2008. Brazilian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic...
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  • of films produced in Brazil in 2008 (see 2008 in film): 2008 in Brazil 2008 in Brazilian television List of 2008 box office number-one films in Brazil...
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    wrestler, better known by his ring name Bobo Brazil. Credited with breaking down barriers of racial segregation in professional wrestling, Harris is considered...
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    The military dictatorship in Brazil (Portuguese: ditadura militar), occasionally referred to as the Fifth Brazilian Republic, was established on 1 April...
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  • This is a list of Brazilian television related events from 2008. 25 March - Rafinha Ribeiro wins the eighth season of Big Brother Brasil. 11 May - Actress...
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    Time in Brazil is calculated using standard time, and the country (including its offshore islands) is divided into four standard time zones: UTC−02:00...
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  • Miss Brazil World 2008 was the 19th edition of the Miss Brazil World pageant and 3rd under MMB Productions & Events, held at the Eco Resort in Angra dos...
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    The Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) is a South American tree in the family Lecythidaceae, and it is also the name of the tree's commercially harvested...
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    Brazil had an official resident population of 203 million in 2022, according to IBGE. Brazil is the seventh most populous country in the world and the...
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    Brazil produces about a third of the world's coffee, making the country by far the world's largest producer. Coffee plantations, covering some 27,000 km2...
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    Hyperinflation in Brazil occurred between the first three months of 1990. The monthly inflation rates between January and March 1990 were 71.9%, 71.7%...
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    The 2008 Brazilian federal budget was submitted to the National Congress of Brazil by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on 5 September 2007. The total...
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    Football is the most popular sport in Brazil and a prominent part of the country's national identity. The Brazil national football team has won the FIFA...
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    Prostitution in Brazil is legal, in terms of exchanging sex for money, as there are no laws forbidding adults from being professional sex workers, but...
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