Mercurial

Matt Haughey's post about Brazil got me thinking about the trend I have been - we all have been seeing in social networks, blogs and the like. The Brazilians are coming.
In Orkut you can see, in the demographics, that our friends with the gorgeous dances and the open attitude are already a majority, surpassing the USA by a 31%. This, only ten days after the post by George, where the USA still had the first place. That is long gone.
We forget, though, that Brazil is the sixth largest country in the world; it is the third in boundaries with ten other countries (this meaning that it has to contend with other cultures); Sao Paulo is the third largest city in the world; and despite Brazil having a population of 180 million, compared to the 290 million of the USA, it has a voting population of 91 million, compared to the 105 million in the USA: Brazilians are more participative in the political affairs of their country.
We also forget about Brazil's natural resources, its rich cultural heritage, and industrial development: its aeronautics school only accepts Brazilian candidates; its planes and other military equipment are the favorite of Third World economies, where paying for a tank made in Brazil is a better financial and political option than paying to the USA for a similar product.
However, Brazil has one of the highest Gini indices, showing a high concentration of wealth and a low income per capita.
Despite this, though, its advances, as well as its privileged position in South America, shows in their online influence. That is a market growing right there, and with it, you can be certain of a competitiveness in global online presence.