Brazilian pride

After living in Brazil a couple of weeks now, I have come to the realization that Brazilians possess a great deal of something that Americans are lacking: national pride. The people in my small town of Lins are not ashamed to walk around in t-shirts advertising their homeland. Soccer jerseys with famous players are not hard to spot and the bright colors of green and yellow can be seen everywhere. Perhaps there is some good reason behind this national pride...




Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world, in terms of area as well as population. Some of you might know this, but I had no idea. (Russia, Canada, United States and China lead the list...)

Brazil is known to produce the world's best coffee. Unfortunately, I do not like coffee, so I am unable to test this out.

Brazil has more species of monkeys than any other country. My goal is to see as many as possible, but unfortunately most of them are in the north.

Brazil has won five World Cups, more than any other nation in the world. Brazil is also the birthplace of one of the best soccer players of all time, Pele.



Brazil is home to the Maracana Stadium, the largest soccer stadium in the world.

Brazil has the 2nd highest Christian population in the world, which definitely seems to be true. Around 74% of the Brazilian population is Roman Catholic and about half of the Jesus memorabilia resides in the house I live in.

Brazil has the 2nd highest number of airports in the world. Unfortunately, none of which are located near Lins.

The Amazon Rainforest, which is located in Brazil, is the world’s largest rainforest and covers an area of 2.3 million square miles.

Portuguese is the 8th most widely spoken language in the world, mainly because of Brazil’s large population. This makes me feel a little bit better about my struggle to learn it.