Has anyone ever told you that numbers don't lie? Well, maybe they don't lie, but in Brazil you better speak Portuguese or you won't even understand what they're saying in the first place.

When we say PLEASE and THANK YOU wonderful things happen. So watch this lesson and learn how a few basic expressions – and delivering them with the right dose of politeness – can make wonderful things happen in Brazil.

When we say PLEASE and THANK YOU wonderful things happen. So watch this lesson and learn how a few basic expressions – and delivering them with the right dose of politeness – can make wonderful things happen in Brazil.

2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil has a slogan: "All in One Rhytm".

“Today was a historic day at the Home of FIFA in Zurich", FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter said.

The move caused outrage among landowners but it's aimed at saving millions of acres of the Brazilian rain-forest.

Disputes - international:        

Uncontested boundary dispute between Brazil and Uruguay over Braziliera/Brasiliera Island in the Quarai/Cuareim River leaves the tripoint with Argentina in question; Brazilian authorities continue working towards ending smuggling of firearms and narcotics along the Uruguay-Brazil border while the Brazilian army has set up systems to prevent Colombian-organized illegal narcotics and paramilitary activities from penetrating Brazil's border region with Venezuela       

Illicit drugs:    

Although a pioneer in many drug rehabilitation programs, Brazil is among the largest consumer of cocaine in the world, a big producer of cannabis and has trace amounts of coca cultivation in the Amazon region used for domestic consumption. The government has a large-scale eradication program to control cannabis. Because of its geographical location, Brazil has become an 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. The process of pacifying the Rio de Janeiro favelas has curbed the power of drug lords and helped reduce drug-related crimes.

Military branches:     
Brazilian Army (Exercito Brasileiro, EB), Brazilian Navy (Marinha do Brasil (MB), includes Naval Air and Marine Corps (Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais)), Brazilian Air Force (Forca Aerea Brasileira, FAB) (2011)    

Military service age and obligation:   
21-45 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 9 to 12 months; 17-45 years of age for voluntary service; an increasing percentage of the ranks are "long-service" volunteer professionals; women were allowed to serve in the armed forces beginning in early 1980s when the Brazilian Army became the first army in South America to accept women into career ranks; women serve in Navy and Air Force only in Women's Reserve Corps (2001) 

Manpower available for military service:      
males age 16-49: 53,350,703
females age 16-49: 53,433,918 (2010 est.)    

Manpower fit for military service:    
males age 16-49: 38,993,989
females age 16-49: 44,841,661 (2010 est.)    

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:        
male: 1,733,168
female: 1,672,477 (2010 est.)

Military expenditures:           
1.7% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 88

Airports:        
4,072 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 2  

Airports - with paved runways:        
total: 726
over 3,047 m: 7
2,438 to 3,047 m: 28
1,524 to 2,437 m: 176
914 to 1,523 m: 460
under 914 m: 55 (2010)         

Airports - with unpaved runways:    
total: 3,346
1,524 to 2,437 m: 87
914 to 1,523 m: 1,617
under 914 m: 1,642 (2010)    

Heliports:       
13 (2010)       

Pipelines:       
condensate/gas 62 km; gas 13,514 km; liquid petroleum gas 352 km; oil 3,729 km; refined products 4,684 km (2010)      

Railways:       
total: 28,538 km
country comparison to the world: 10
broad gauge: 5,627 km 1.600-m gauge (467 km electrified)
standard gauge: 194 km 1.440-m gauge
narrow gauge: 22,717 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)       

Roadways:     
total: 1,751,868 km
country comparison to the world: 4
paved: 96,353 km
unpaved: 1,655,515 km (2004)          

Waterways:    
50,000 km (most in areas remote from industry and population) (2010)
country comparison to the world: 3  

Merchant marine:       
total: 126
country comparison to the world: 45
by type: bulk carrier 19, cargo 18, chemical tanker 6, container 12, liquefied gas 12, passenger/cargo 10, petroleum tanker 42, roll on/roll off 7
foreign-owned: 26 (Chile 1, Denmark 3, Germany 6, Greece 1, Norway 3, Spain 12)
registered in other countries: 27 (Argentina 1, Bahamas 1, Ghana 1, Liberia 20, Marshall Islands 1, Panama 3) (2010)     

Ports and terminals:   
cargo ports (tonnage): Ilha Grande (Gebig), Paranagua, Rio Grande, Santos, Sao Sebastiao, Tubarao
container ports (TEUs): Santos (2,677,839), Itajai (693,580)
oil terminals: DTSE/Gegua oil terminal, Guaiba Island terminal, Guamare oil terminal        

Transportation - note:           
the International Maritime Bureau reports that the territorial and offshore waters in the Atlantic Ocean remain a significant risk for piracy and armed robbery against ships; 2010 saw an 80% increase in attacks over 2009; numerous commercial vessels were attacked and hijacked both at anchor and while underway; crews were robbed and stores or cargoes stolen  

Telephones - main lines in use:          
42.141 million (2010)
country comparison to the world: 5  

Telephones - mobile cellular: 
202.944 million (2010)
country comparison to the world: 6  

Telephone system:    
general assessment: good working system including an extensive microwave radio relay system and a domestic satellite system with 64 earth stations; mobile-cellular usage has more than tripled in the past 5 years

domestic: fixed-line connections have remained relatively stable in recent years and stand at about 20 per 100 persons; less expensive mobile-cellular technology has been a major driver in expanding telephone service to the lower-income segments of the population with mobile-cellular teledensity reaching 100 per 100 persons in 2010

international: country code - 55; landing point for a number of submarine cables, including Americas-1, Americas-2, Atlantis-2, GlobeNet, South Amrica-1, South American Crossing/Latin American Nautilius, and UNISUR that provide direct connectivity to South and Central America, the Caribbean, the US, Africa, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region east), connected by microwave relay system to Mercosur Brazilsat B3 satellite earth station (2010)

Broadcast media:        
state-run Radiobras operates a radio and a television network; more than 1,000 radio stations and more than 100 TV channels operating - mostly privately owned; private media ownership highly concentrated (2007)           

Internet country code:           
.br       

Internet hosts:
23.79 million (2011)
country comparison to the world: 4  

Internet users:
75.982 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 4