Traveling in Latin America

Brazil is 47 percent in South America, was in fifth place in terms of area and population (198 million), it shares borders with all countries of the continent except Chile and Ecuador, Brazil name derives from the Portuguese brasa, ie heat, hot coals. The same words of Portuguese colonial officials called red sandalwood tree, which once was the main item of Brazilian exports, but today is rare. Brazil, a country with a very diverse nature in the world. There are about 5000 species of trees, approximately Z000 species of terrestrial vertebrates (including 95 species of monkeys). Read the rest of this entry »