I guess maybe the citizens of the other South American countries don't want to have to listen to their UN representative via a translator? :o) Maybe they'll start speaking Portuguese? :o)

>Hi, Tracy.
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>I'm not a paying subscriber to the NYTimes either... I think at some point I just filled up some form and that gave me access to some news... :)
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>Basically, they were saying that Brazil is a logical candidate from Latin America to get a seat at the UN.
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>I don't know about the other stats that you asked about, but I really enjoy that web-site.
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>They have this description about the economy in Brazil:
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>Possessing large and well-developed agricultural, mining, manufacturing, and service sectors, Brazil's economy outweighs that of all other South American countries and is expanding its presence in world markets.
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>It also says that South America has a total of 355.07 million, with 176,029,560 of them living in Brazil (what makes it the 5th in countries with the biggest population, only behind China, India, USA and Indonesia).
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>So, again, I still can't see the point when people emphasyze so harshly that "Brazil is the only country in the American continent that speaks Portuguese". So what? :)