Brazil Case

Comprehensive Analysis

Brazil is in a regional climate and a country full of many alliances and economic integration that ranges from social, health, and cultural conditions to terrorism threats, technology status, and economic conditions with environmental and political conditions. With this information an organization, such as Liberty Safes could easily bring a product like its Revere safe model RV20 that could be used in the hotel industry or residents.

Regional alliances and economic integration

Social, health, and cultural conditions

The situation regarding social conditions in Brazil always has been complex. Issues have not aroused in the spur of a moment, rather built up over decades. Some severe problems include education, sexuality, and family relations. These, in turn, have been affected by many exterior factors, such as economic circumstances. The combination of these has led to a divided society with a high rate of poverty (Brazil).

Health care and sanitary living conditions vary widely from region to region in Brazil. Even though the need for improved health care is an important issue throughout the country and Brazil does have a public health care system, the coverage it does have is not extensive and is lacking in quality (Brazil).

Brazil cultural develops and leads academic, cultural, and travel programs in Brazil for universities and institutions abroad in conjunction with Brazilian universities, social, and educational organizations (Brazil).

Terrorism Threats

There are no known terrorist groups operating in the country, and there have been no terrorist attacks in Brazil for many years. As a result, the country continues to be considered a low risk from this type of threat (Brazil).

Technology Status

The government has put into place many laws meant to help technological innovation inside the country. An example is the (Programs for Industrial and Technological Development) PDTI. The PDTI is a tax incentive for companies wishing to start research in the technology field. The PDTI gives the following incentives: reduction of income taxes, exemption from the IPI (tax on manufactured goods) for items used for technological development, accelerated depreciation, accelerated amortization, and the deduction of royalties (National ICT Policy).

Economic conditions/Finance options available

Brazil has the eighth largest economy in the world. It is a major producer of such agricultural products as sugarcane, soybeans, oranges, coffee, cocoa, rice, wheat, and cotton. It is also a major supplier of beef with vast cattle ranches primarily in the southern and western regions of the country (Brazil).

Brazil has long had welfare and pension systems but they do little for poorer workers and largely benefit state functionaries. Brazil also has some of the most progressive social legislation of any developing country such as paid maternity leave, but as with other legislation, it is more often honored in the breach.

Environmental concerns/Physical environment and its effect on trade

Brazil's physical environment and climate vary greatly from the tropical North to the temperate South. The landscape is dominated by a central highland region known as the Planalto Central (Brazilian Highlands, or Plateau of Brazil) and by the vast Amazon Basin which occupies over one-third of the country. The central plateau juts into these in a few areas along Brazil's 4,500-mile-long, (7,240-kilometer-long) coast, but it more often runs parallel to the ocean, creating a fertile, lowland area (Brazil).

Political stability/climate

The Federal Constitution of Brazil provides for three independent governing branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. Although the Constitution has undergone several revisions in the last century, the most recent in 1988, it has always retained this division of governmental powers (Brazil).

Voting in Brazil today is universal and compulsory for literate citizens from 18 to 70 and optional for those who cannot read and write (Brazil).

Country Analysis

Brazil is full of a multicultural mix of Latin Americans, Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans. These different cultures bring an array of arts, literature, and music. The Brazilian society cannot be stereotyped as just a Latin American society. All of the racial groups that originated in Brazil married one another making it difficult to establish race. Brazil consists of four social classes: high class, formal middle class, informal middle class, and lower class. Brazilian men and women have been only equal to one another since 1988. There are still few women who hold a position of power. The most popular sport in Brazil is football or most recognize it as soccer. According to the Human Development Report, Brazil is a high developed country (Castano, 2013). The infant mortality rate has dropped to 31 since 2005. The life expectancy rate at birth is age 72. The physician rate, use of improved sanitation, and good water source is low compared to other countries.

There are no known terroristic threats to Brazil at this time; however, Brazil does not have any anti-terrorism laws. There are believed to be terrorists hiding out in the country to raise money and plan attacks. The increase in new technologies is always increasing in Brazil. When the world faced a petroleum crisis, Brazil was the only country to switch to a renewable resource for fuel. Today, more than half of the automobiles run on alcohol from sugarcane. Brazil is developed in technologies of the aerospace industry because it builds aircrafts sold in more than 37 countries (Paiva, para 5, 2013). Brazil's