Actually Russ, I think in Brazil the big cities are BIG BIG and
   technology is huge. Back about 10 years ago, it was becoming the
   newest up and coming hot spot for reliable coders/programmers -
   and I suspect now it's even bigger. I think Brazil and Romania
   are both hot-spots to outsource inexpensive programmers.
   Brazilian fashion is hot stuff among women for a long time - and
   all the trends for plastic surgery come from there and
   Portuguese is spoken and Creu is a sexy dance. But that's all I
   know about Brazil. Oh and they have jungles. "