October 23, 2001

• Sometimes we need to hear good things about the place we live to remember it’s a good place. Sometimes we get so hopeless due to the everyday news, and the lack of capability of paying attention to all beautiful things that surround us and we take them for granted just because we are used to them. So a friend sent me a list of good things going on in my country, which I’d like to share, even though I know most of them might not interest you, but they are for me. Allow me to be a bit nationalist. )

  
  

  Brazil is the most successful country fighting AIDS.

  
  

  We are the only country in the south hemisphere participating in the “Genoma Project.”

  
  

  My city, Curitiba, is considered to be one of the best of the world to live considering quality of live.

  
  

  Even being a developing country, Brazilians represent 40% of the internet users in all Latin America.

  
  

  97,3% of our children between 7 and 14 years old are studying.

  
  

  The cell phone market in Brazil is the second largest in the world, 650 new cell phone lines every month. And 5^th place on regular phones.

  
  

  6890 Brazilian enterprises have the ISO 9000 Quality Certificate, the highest rate among the developing countries; neighbors such as Argentina has only 256 enterprises with the same quality level.  

  
  

  Brazil is the second biggest producer of airplanes and private jets.

  
  

  70% of the population dedicates some time to volunteer work.

  
  

  We are the third biggest democracy in the world.

  
  

  We are a country that gathers people from different races, colors and religions in peace, the biggest country in South America linked by only one language, Portuguese.

  
  

  Once again, it might not interest you, but it was posted for me to feel a little bit better about the place I live.

  
  

  This was posted by GaucheAngel. I trully agree!! Don´t prop me, go see him!

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