Brazil's communications infrastructure is being modernised to position the country as a future economic superpower. FOR WE Argentineans, the words "O mais grande do mundo " ("the world's largest") have come to symbolise the apparent obsession of Brazil, our largest neighbour, with claiming to be the best at this or to have the biggest of that. To be fair, many of these claims are true. Brazil is the world's largest exporter of iron ore, coffee, soya, chicken, beef, sugar and orange juice. It has the world's most advanced fuel ethanol industry, and is home to 60 per cent of the Amazon rainforest (the world's largest), and the world's most powerful river (the Amazon, which carries more water than the next ten largest rivers combined). The country has the world's largest Catholic population, and the largest number of un-contacted peoples in the world (with over 65 indigenous tribes). Argentineans prefer not to talk about Brazil's five football World Cup victories.
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