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** About Us **
Brazil is Florida’s number one trading partner and the two regions have many factors that tie them together as natural partners including size, proximity, climate and cultural diversity. Both regions are seeking to develop high-tech industries, aviation and ecotourism. I n light of these facts, it is more important than ever to promote education about each area and improve understanding between the regions.

The **Florida/Brazil Business Link** site aims to expand public/private dialogue on collaborative research and training activities, increase cultural understanding and exchange, improve language training skills, and to foster business and education partnerships to give citizens tools to compete in a global economy. This project was funded in 2002 by the State of Florida Department of Cultural Affairs.

The original site was created in 2002 before the quality of videotaping was as good as at present. The original website was lost, but this wiki is an attempt to save and disseminate the resources since we do feel the content of the interviews and the site are of value to educators and business people interested in Brazil.

We hope to record new interviews soon (Brazil-Florida Ten Years Later) to show the the growth of Brazil in general and its relations with Florida since the first interviews, almost ten years ago. Brazil is booming at home, Brazilian firms are expanding, and new ones are entering Florida. ( New Embraer plant in Melbourne, Votorantim in N. Central Florida, Gerdau/Ameristeele mergers in Tampa, etc.)

Please join the wiki if you want to add resources and/or start a discussion.

__Retailing in Brazil__ A Gator in Rio Business in Brazil 2010
 * Other Wikis on Business in Brazil**

Cultural Interviews with Brazilian Executives Falando de negócios Brazilians Working with Americans //Collection of ten brief cases studies that include video clips// Panorama Brasil: Ensino do Português do Mundo dos Negócios Working Portuguese for Beginners Portuguese Resources: part of the Latin American Studies series, the goal of this wiki is to to share resources and build knowledge of Portuguese. Conversa Brasileira A compilation of brief video clips of people having everyday conversations using unscripted and natural speech.
 * Resources for Learning** **Portuguese/About Brazil**

__ Understanding Afro-Latin America __ __ Discovering the Caribbean Diversity __ __[|Intro to Latin America]__ __Latin American Ecosystems__
 * Other Wikis on Latin America**

Mary Risner mrisner@latam.ufl.edu [|www.globalelearning.org]
 * Creator**

Rachel Mourao rmourao@ufl.edu
 * Design/Editor**

Cayo Costa (logos and visual identity) cayo.costa@gmail.com
 * Collaborators**