The Preferred Residences of Brazil's Wealthy

 Railways: Commuter lines to Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Brasília and bulk ore trucks are the only railways that really matter in Brazil's transportation system. Brazil is building a lot of new highways, but since World War II, when German submarines attacked coastal ships and train lines ran from Rio de Janeiro to Salvador, not many new railways of any importance have been built in the country. A branch line from Minas Gerais to Brasília, an ore-carrying line (opened in 1985) between the Carajás mining project and Pôrto do Itaqui (near São Luí), and the Ferronorte line, which moves bulk agricultural products from Alto Taquari to the Alto Paraná River in Central-West have all been built since then. The Brasília metropolitan rail system links the city to its suburbs. It started running in 1994 and has grown a lot since then. In 1997, the federal government gave up most of its control over railroads. However, many states and towns still run their own local lines. How to Ship in Brazil. Brazil's coastal shipping was in the same state as its train system for a long time. But when the federal government started building ships in the 1960s, cargo tonnage went up by a huge amount, and as service frequency and reliability got better, ships started carrying more high-value things. Three-quarters of Brazil's ships are used for trade along the coast, and most of the boats that go out to sea are owned by Petrobrás.

The specialized bulk ports in Brazil have been updated.

These include the ones on Sepetiba Bay, west of Rio de Janeiro; the Itaqui ore terminal, south of São Luís; the Tubarão iron ore terminal, near Vitória; and the São Sebastião oil terminal, on the coast of São Paulo. Over half of São Paulo state's export value goes through São Sebastião. The other half goes through Santos, the country's largest port. Rio de Janeiro, Paranaguá, Salvador, and Recife are some of the other big ports in Brazil. In the past, Brazil's main ports were known for being expensive and inefficient. However, things got a lot better in the late 1990s, mostly because they were privatized.River Madeira. In Brazil's Rondônia Territory, the Madeira River is in Pôrto Velho. The long network of rivers in Brazil can be navigated for about 31,000 miles (50,000 kilometers). In the North, the main way to get around is by water. The main ports are Belém, which is at the mouth of the Pará River (which flows into the Tocantins River) and Manaus, which is on the Amazon River, about 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) upstream. In the west, smaller boats can go as far as Pôrto Velho, which is on the Madeira River in Rondônia state, and as far east as Iquitos, which is a port in Peru. While the Paraguay-Paraná-Plata river system isn't great for long-distance travel, some parts of it were used for local travel in the early days of settlement. As the number of barges increases, the system now lets shallow-draft ships get to the Atlantic through the Río de la Plata waterway. The government began to make it easier to navigate on the Tocantins, Araguaia, and Tietê rivers in the late 1990s. Two parts of the São Francisco River can be sailed: the north part goes 1,000 miles (1,600 km) to the electrical dam at Petrolina and Juàzeiro, and the east part goes about 170 miles (270 km) from the Paulo Afonso Falls to the sea. The Paranaíba in the far north and the Jacuí in Rio Grande do Sul are the only rivers that can be navigated. There is a lot of ship and boat trade on these rivers.The space 

Brazilians were among the first people to fly an airplane, and they have long said that Alberto Santos-Dumont, a fellow Brazilian, flew the first successful plane, not the Wright brothers.

Brazil's airlines have been merged into three big companies that fight across the whole country: VARIG, which has been mostly owned by its employees since the late 1920s; São Paulo State Airline (VASP), which is privately owned and mostly runs domestic flights; and Transbrasil. There is an airport in every capital and major city in Brazil, and there are also airstrips in about 1,500 smaller towns and cities. The cities of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, and Brasília are all connected by air shuttles. However, flights are less regular and terminals are smaller than in Western Europe and North America. This is because plane tickets are pretty expensive and there are cheaper regional bus services that compete with them. Most foreign flights go through Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, which each have two international airports. Only French Guiana has a bigger market for space discovery in Latin America than Brazil. In the 1960s, it began testing rockets, and in the early 1990s, it made the first satellite that was completely made in Brazil. A base near Alcântara, on the coast of Maranhão, just south of the Equator, is used to launch satellites. Launching rockets from places near the equator uses less fuel than launches from higher latitudes. The Brazilian space business used to be run by the military, but in 1994, it was turned over to civilian administrators. A group of Brazilian companies work together to plan and build launch vehicles and satellites. Management and living conditions for people. Constitutional framework for government

Oscar Niemeyer designed the National Congress Buildings.

Oscar Niemeyer created the buildings that make up the National Congress in Brasília, Brazil.The country of Brazil is made up of 26 states and the Federal District, which is home to Brasília, the main city. Everyone in the country has been able to vote since 1934. In 1988, Brazil released its ninth constitution since it became independent in 1822. It got rid of many of the effects of the military regime that ran from 1964 to 1985, made civil rights official, and spelled out the roles of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. It limited the president's power to make laws, banned government censorship of the arts, spoke out against torture, stopped extradition for political crimes, raised the voting age to 16, and let the central government get involved in state and local issues. Since it was first made public, the constitution has been changed several times. Some of these changes were only temporary and had set end dates. The Brazil's government. The National Congress (Congresso Nacional), which is made up of the Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, is in charge of making laws. Each year, Congress meets twice for two terms of four and a half months each. The constitution gives Congress the power to make decisions about issues that affect the federal government, such as how to handle unions and the budget. Congress also approves foreign agreements made by the executive branch, lets the president declare war, and decides if the federal government can get involved in state issues. If the president vetoes a bill or part of it, Congress has 30 days to pass a law with a clear majority vote that overrides the veto.