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72-418: Brex was founded by Brazilian entrepreneurs Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi on January 3, 2017. They had previously founded an online payments company, Pagar.me, before selling it to Stone. Brex did not start as a fintech startup but rather as a VR startup, however the founders pivoted the company three weeks into Y Combinator's 12-week accelerator program. In February 2021, the company announced

144-412: A mixed race ancestry. Genetic studies have shown that Brazilians, whether classified as "brown", "white" or "black", usually have all three ancestries (European, African and indigenous), varying only in degree. From 2011 to 2019, 1,085,673 immigrants came to Brazil, mostly from Venezuela (142,250), Paraguay (97,316), Bolivia (57,765), Haiti (54,182) and Colombia (32,562). In 2021, Brazil

216-429: A lawyer". Roberto Campos , economist, ex-senator and Minister of Planning of Brazil in the early years of the military dictatorship noted that "The OAB has achieved the feat of being mentioned three times in what he defines as the "besteirol Constitution" of 1988. According to him, "it's perhaps the only case in the world where a club of professionals has enshrined the constitutional text." The Constitution of Brazil

288-440: A new Civil Code (2002). It was the first constitution to demand severe punishment for breaches of civil liberties and rights. Consequently, Brazil later approved a law making the propagation of prejudice against any minority or ethnic group an unbailable crime. This law provided legal remedy against those who spread hate speech or those who do not treat all citizens equally. This second aspect helped disabled people to have

360-664: A period of about five years, after which they were free to work elsewhere. Another model of immigration encouraged by the Brazilian government was aimed at agricultural colonization, mainly in the South of the country, where access to small rural properties for European immigrants was facilitated, mainly as a way of filling demographic voids and overcoming the constant threats of food shortages in Brazil. However, many of these immigrants arrived spontaneously, without any help from

432-546: A reserved percentage of jobs in public service and large companies, and Afro-Brazilians to seek reparation for racism in court. Breaking with the authoritarian logic of the previous Constitution, it made unbailable crimes those of torture and of actions directed against the democratic state and the constitutional order , thus creating constitutional devices to block coups d'état of any kind. The Constitution also established many forms of direct popular participation besides regular voting, such as plebiscite, referendum and

504-466: A result, the degree to which Brazilian citizens identify with their ancestral roots varies significantly depending on the individual, the region of the country , and the specific ethnic origins in question. Most often, however, the idea of ethnicity as it is understood in the anglophone world is not popular in the country. After the colonization of Brazil by the Portuguese , most of the 16th century,

576-564: A slow judicial system. Brazil has the 30th slowest judiciary among 133 countries, according to the World Bank . This has caused the judiciary to use provisional arrests as an advance of the sentence. In 2015 more than 40% of prisoners in Brazil were provisional. A World Bank study criticized the 1988 Federal Constitution for extending the privileges of civil servants, aggravating income inequality in Brazil. Remuneration and retirement are disproportionately high according to studies. In 2015,

648-656: A submission application with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Utah Department of Financial Institutions (UDFI) to establish an industrial bank named Brex Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brex. According to TechCrunch , the subsidiary appointed a former Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) executive as CEO. In April 2022, Brex launched Brex Empower, a financial software platform to help people comply with their employers' expense policies. In June 2022, Brex exited

720-492: A team of the Catholic University of Brasília , show that, in Brazil, physical indicators such as skin color, color of the eyes and color of the hair have little to do with the genetic ancestry of each person, which has been shown in previous studies (regardless of census classification). Ancestry informative SNPs can be useful to estimate individual and population biogeographical ancestry . Brazilian population

792-451: A triracial admixture, having European, African and Indigenous ancestry. São Paulo state has the largest absolute number of Whites, with 30 million Whites, followed by Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro and Paraná, while Santa Catarina, where 83% of the population was classified as White, reaches the highest percentage. The cities of São Paulo , Rio de Janeiro , Porto Alegre , Curitiba , Brasília and Belo Horizonte have

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864-414: Is characterized by a genetic background of three parental populations (European, African, and Brazilian Native Amerindians) with a wide degree and diverse patterns of admixture. In this work we analyzed the information content of 28 ancestry-informative SNPs into multiplexed panels using three parental population sources (African, Amerindian, and European) to infer the genetic admixture in an urban sample of

936-547: Is composed of nine titles, subsequently divided into chapters and then articles. The articles are in turn divided into short clauses called incisos (indicated by Roman numerals ) and parágrafos (indicated by numbers followed by §). The Constitution refers to the country as "the Union". The preamble to the Federal Constitution is a brief introductory statement that sets out the guiding purpose and principles of

1008-526: Is criticized by some. Some criticize an alleged excessive power granted to the Order of Attorneys of Brazil by the Constitution. Brazilian philosopher and journalist Hélio Schwartsman considers that the 1988 Constitution conferred "disproportionate powers" on lawyers such as "appointing judges, writing laws, proposing direct actions of unconstitutionality, defining who can and who cannot become

1080-524: Is the foundation and source of the legal authority underlying the existence of Brazil and the federal government of Brazil . It replaced the autocratic 1967 constitution capping 21 years of military dictatorship and establishing Brazil's 6th republic, also known as the New Republic (Nova República). Made in the light of the Brazilian transition to democracy , it resignified the role of the state in

1152-589: The Brazilian nationality after only 1 uninterrupted year living in Brazil. A foreign born person who holds Brazilian citizenship has exactly the same rights and duties of the Brazilian citizen by birth, but cannot occupy some special public positions such as the Presidency of the Republic, Vice-presidency of the Republic, Minister (Secretary) of Defense, Presidency (Speaker) of the Senate, Presidency (Speaker) of

1224-777: The Executive , the Legislative and the Judiciary , and lists the nation's main goals. One of the most important excerpts from this title is in Article 1, single paragraph, stating: All power emanates from the People, who exercise it through elected representatives or directly, under this Constitution. Title 2 states the Fundamental Safeguards. It ensures basic rights to all citizens and foreigners residing in

1296-531: The Middle East . In the Brazilian 1920 census, more than 90% of foreigners were concentrated in the states of the Southeast and South regions and more than 70% were in just two regions: São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. A large part of this immigration was encouraged by the Brazilian government and was linked to the production of coffee . At the end of the 19th century, Brazil was the largest coffee producer in

1368-422: The citizens' initiative . Examples of these democratic mechanisms were the 1993 plebiscite concerning the form of government, where the presidential system was confirmed, and the 2005 firearms and ammunition referendum . The mention of God in the preamble of the Constitution (and later on the Brazilian currency) was opposed by most leftists as incompatible with freedom of religion because it does not recognize

1440-543: The 1820s well into the 1970s, most of the settlers were Portuguese , Italians , Germans , and Spaniards , with significant minorities of Japanese , Poles , Ukrainians and Levantine Arabs . The first inhabitants of what would become Brazil were people whose ancestry can be traced back to Asian populations that crossed the Bering Strait , passing from Siberia to the Americas . There are indications of

1512-469: The 1830s further expanded the Atlantic slave trade to Brazil. When Brazil was a Portuguese colony, the number of Africans who entered Brazil was much greater than that of Europeans. According to Historians James Horn and Philip D. Morgan, between 1500 and 1820, 605,000 Portuguese emigrated to Brazil, against 3.2 million Africans brought, a number 5 times greater. However, this does not mean that over time

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1584-466: The 2010 census, 83.9% of the population in the southern state of Santa Catarina was classified as White, compared to only 20.9% in the northern state of Roraima . The table below shows the color or racial distribution in the Federative units of Brazil : Although most Brazilians identify as white, brown or black, genetic studies shows that the overwhelming majority of Brazilians have some degree of

1656-710: The Brazilian gentile to a person, usually of clear Portuguese descent, resident or whose family resided in the State of Brazil (1530–1815), belonging to the Portuguese Empire . During the lifetime of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (1815–1822), however, there was confusion about the nomenclature. According to the Constitution of Brazil , a Brazilian citizen is: According to

1728-491: The Brazilian coast. As a result of the Atlantic slave trade , from the mid-16th century until 1855, approximately 5 million African slaves were brought to Brazil. 40% of all slaves brought to the Americas landed in Brazil. The African ancestors of Brazilians were brought mainly from West-Central Africa. Of the total, 3,396,910 were brought from this area. The region used to be known as Congo Angola, roughly corresponding to

1800-430: The Brazilian government, and were attracted by the increase in urban dynamism, mainly in the Southeast region, largely linked to the surplus of wealth produced by the coffee activity, giving rise to an incipient process of industrialization and expansion of trade and the service sector . From 1500 to 1972, of all people who entered Brazil, 58% came from Europe, 40% from Africa and 2% from Asia. Most Brazilians have

1872-414: The Brazilian state, in 2017, to have stakes in more than 650 companies, involved in one-third of the national GDP. This model also created restrictions for the performance of foreign companies in several fields with harmful consequences for the country's growth. In the view of some scholars, this economic model favors patrimonialism and corruption . The Constitution is also responsible for creating

1944-477: The Constitution, all people who hold Brazilian citizenship are equal, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender or religion. A foreigner can apply for Brazilian citizenship after living for four uninterrupted years in Brazil and being able to speak Portuguese language . A native person from an official Portuguese language country ( Portugal , Angola , Mozambique , Cape Verde , São Tomé and Príncipe , Guinea Bissau , Equatorial Guinea , and East Timor ) can request

2016-486: The Country, prohibits capital punishment , defines citizenship requirements , political rights , among other regulations. Title 3 regulates the state organization. It establishes Brasília as the nation's capital, describes the rights and duties of the states, the municipalities, as well rules for the public staff. Title 4 is about the branches of government. It describes the attributes for every government branch, and

2088-543: The DNA of Brazilians, obtained with samples from the five regions of the country, has indicated that, on average, European ancestors are responsible for nearly 80% of the genetic heritage of the population. The variation between the regions is small, with the possible exception of the South, where the European contribution reaches nearly 90%. The results, published by the scientific magazine American Journal of Human Biology by

2160-477: The European ancestry was predominant, with proportions ranging from 60.6% in the Northeast to 77.7% in the South". The 2011 autosomal study samples came from blood donors (the lowest classes constitute the great majority of blood donors in Brazil ), and also public health institutions personnel and health students. According to an autosomal DNA study from 2010, a new portrayal of each ethnicity contribution to

2232-640: The House of Representatives, Officer of the Armed Forces and Diplomat. In 2021, the population in Brazil is 214 million people. The number is updated live by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE - Census). Brazilians are mostly descendants of Portuguese settlers , post-colonial immigrant groups, enslaved Africans and Brazil's indigenous peoples . The main historic waves of immigration to Brazil have occurred from

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2304-499: The Privileged Forum expired. Also criticized is the requirement of unappealable transit for the execution of the sentence. For Judge Sergio Moro , waiting for the final judgment will contribute to impunity. According to Minister Teori Zavascki after confirming a second sentence, one could no longer speak of the principle of non-culpability, since "the exceptional remedies, for the superimposition courts, do not boast

2376-456: The ability to review facts and evidence". In the electoral aspect, the Constitution adopted the mandatory vote. Among the 15 largest economies in the world, Brazil is the only country in which voting is mandatory. A 2014 survey showed that the mandatory vote is rejected by 61% of Brazilians. Some question whether it is democratic to compel people to vote. The Constitution adopted the social democratic model of State organization, as defined by

2448-587: The arrival of the Portuguese in present-day Brazil, in 1500, a significant part of the indigenous population perished, mainly due to contamination by Eurasian diseases to which the Indians had no biological immunity , such as smallpox , measles , yellow fever or flu . In most cases, these contaminations were involuntary; however, there are also reports of intentional infection. Despite this, millions of Brazilians have indigenous ancestry. In Brazilian history,

2520-466: The census manual, the Yellow category is "For the person of oriental origin: Japanese, Chinese, Korean, etc" . Considering that the Brazilian census is based on the racial self-declaration of the interviewees, the data may present inconsistencies. For example, in the 2010 census, especially in the state of Piauí , many people who had no Oriental origin for some reason classified themselves as "Yellow" in

2592-552: The census. As a consequence, Piauí and other states appeared ahead of the state of São Paulo when it comes to their Yellow proportion, even though it is historically known that most Asian immigrants, mostly Japanese, settled in São Paulo. Racial classifications in Brazil are fluid. Many Brazilians "change" their race throughout their lives. According to a study, in the analyzed period of nine months, between 2002 and 2014, 22.9% of Brazilians "changed" their race. For example, 19.6% of

2664-416: The citizens of Brazil . A Brazilian can also be a person born abroad to a Brazilian parent or legal guardian as well as a person who acquired Brazilian citizenship . Brazil is a multiethnic society , which means that it is home to people of many ethnic origins, and there is no correlation between one's stock and their Brazilian identity. Being Brazilian is a civic phenomenon, rather than an ethnic one. As

2736-429: The citizens' lives, providing a vast system of human and individual rights protection, social welfare, and democratic tools. The 1988 Brazilian Constitution is the seventh enacted since the country's independence in 1822, and the sixth since the proclamation of the republic in 1889. It was promulgated on 5 October 1988, after a two-year process in which it was written from scratch. The current Constitution of Brazil

2808-624: The columnist for the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo Luiz Sérgio Henriques . For professor and lawyer Marco Aurélio Marrafon , president of the Brazilian Academy of Constitutional Law, the 1988 Brazilian Magna Carta organized the State according to the Welfare State model, in which it is intended to reconcile "the liberal component of preservation of individual rights and limitation of state power, with direct economic intervention and

2880-566: The document. The text reads: We, the representatives of the Brazilian People, assembled in the National Constituent Assembly to institute a Democratic State for the purpose of ensuring the exercise of social and individual rights, liberty, security, well being, development, equality and justice as supreme values of a fraternal, pluralist and unprejudiced society, based on social harmony and committed, in

2952-548: The entire 18th century, that between 300,000 and 500,000 Portuguese arrived in Brazil. Maria Luiza Marcilio pointed to an intermediate number: 400,000. Considering that Portugal only had 2 million inhabitants in 1700, it was a mass emigration. The reason for this mass emigration lies in the discovery of gold in Minas Gerais , which led to a period of economic prosperity not only in the Minas Gerais region, but also on

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3024-502: The federal government's deficit associated with the retirement of the approximately 1 million government employees was greater than the total registered with 33 million private pensioners. For the World Bank, civil servants are among the richest fifth of the Brazilian population. For Roberto Brant , the Federal Constitution was captured by groups of civil servants in 1988. Philosopher Fernando Schüler maintains that Brazil went against

3096-516: The fifth largest ethnic group of Brazil, with around 800,000 individuals. This is the only category of the Brazilian "racial" classification that is not based on a skin color, but rather on cultural and ethnic belonging. Genetic studies have shown the Brazilian population as a whole to have European , African and Native Americans components. A 2015 autosomal genetic study, which also analyzed data of 25 studies of 38 different Brazilian populations concluded that: European ancestry accounts for 62% of

3168-484: The five Brazilian geopolitical regions. The SNPs assigned apart the parental populations from each other and thus can be applied for ancestry estimation in a three hybrid admixed population. Constitution of Brazil Recent elections The Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil ( Portuguese : Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil ) is the supreme law of Brazil . It

3240-414: The grain in the 1980s: "While the world tried to adjust the State to globalization and modernize public management, Brazil bet on a super bureaucratic state in the 1988 Constitution. We offer rigid stability in the employment for civil servants, we mix careers of State with common careers of the public service, we create the law of biddings, we cast the budgets and we eliminate any space for the meritocracy in

3312-865: The heritage of the population, followed by the African (21%) and the Native American (17%). The European contribution is highest in Southern Brazil (77%), the African highest in Northeast Brazil (27%) and the Native American is the highest in Northern Brazil (32%). An autosomal study from 2013, with nearly 1,300 samples from all of the Brazilian regions , found a pred. degree of European ancestry combined with African and Native American contributions, in varying degrees. Following an increasing North to South gradient, European ancestry

3384-547: The internal and international spheres, to the peaceful solution of disputes, promulgate, under the protection of God, this Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil. Title 1 is devoted to the fundamental principles of the Union. It describes the States , the municipalities and the Federal District as the indissoluble constituents of the Union. It also establishes three independent, harmonic government branches:

3456-550: The largest populations of Ashkenazi Jews . Most East Asians, especially Japanese Brazilians , the largest group, live in São Paulo and Paraná. Northern Brazil , largely covered by the Amazon Rainforest , is mostly brown, due to a stronger Amerindian influence. The two remaining South Eastern states and Central-Western Brazil have a more balanced ratio among racial groups (around 50% White, 43% Pardo, 5% Black, 1% Yellow (East Asian)/Amerindian). Brazil has

3528-508: The people who said they were Brown in a first interview reclassified themselves as White and 8% reclassified themselves as Black in the second interview (only 72% remained Brown). These data come from the Brazilian government. In the 2010 census, 47.51% of Brazilians classified themselves as White, 43.42% as Brown, 7.52% as Black, 1.10% as Yellow, 0.43% as Indigenous and 0.02% did not answer. The color or racial composition of Brazilians varies significantly from region to region. For example, in

3600-404: The population of African origin remained greater than that of Portuguese origin in the same proportion, given the differences in birth rate . In Brazil, the mortality rate was much higher among slaves than among the free; the infant mortality of the children of slaves was very high, due to malnutrition and unhealthy conditions. During most of Brazil's history, the rate of natural increase of

3672-436: The practice of "cunhadismo" was very common; it was an ancient indigenous practice of incorporating strangers into their community, through the delivery of indigenous girls as wives. In this context, many Portuguese settlers had relationships with indigenous women, whose descendants make up a large part of the current Brazilian population. The European ancestry of Brazilians is mainly Portuguese. Between 1500 and 1822, Brazil

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3744-572: The presence of indigenous peoples in the current Brazilian territory dating from 16,000 BC in Lagoa Santa , from 14,200 BC in Rio Claro and from 12,770 BC in Ibicuí ( Rio Grande do Sul ). Estimates of the number of Native Americans that were living in present-day Brazil in 1500 vary between 1 and 5 million. They were divided into two major language families : Macro-Jê and Macro-Tupi . With

3816-423: The promotion of public policies, in order to redistribute resources and reduce social inequalities." In order to finance the Welfare State, it was necessary to raise the tax burden, which went from 23.4% of GDP in 1988, to 33.6% of GDP in 2005, and to link budget revenues. Thus, the Union reached 93% of mandatory spending in 2017, decreasing the room for maneuver by the government and affecting investments. This option

3888-560: The public area." For jurist Modesto Carvalhosa , only a new "principiological" constitution would end the privileges of the 1988 Constitution. The Federal Constitution of 1988 is also criticized for having adopted one of the broadest Special Forums in the world, which jurists argue encourage corruption. A quarter of the actions with a Privileged Forum take more than ten years to be judged. The Supreme Federal Court takes 1,300 days to judge criminal actions by persons with privileged jurisdiction. Between 2001 and 2017, 200 actions involving

3960-400: The rights of polytheists such as some indigenous peoples or of atheists . The Supreme Federal Court has ruled that this commission of the protection of God was not unconstitutional since the preamble of the constitution is simply an indication of principles that serves as an introduction to the constitutional text and reflects the ideological conceptions of the legislator, falling within

4032-406: The rules for amendments to the Constitution as well. Title 5 regulates the defense of the State and its democratic institutions. It rules the deployment of the armed forces , the national security baselines, and declaration of state of emergency . Title 6 comprises taxation and the nation's budget. It disposes on budget distribution among the Union's components and their competencies, and

4104-519: The scope of political ideology and not of the Law. The Federal Constitution of 1988 is criticized in the doctrine for being very extensive, long-winded, and analytical. This characteristic forced the Constitution to be amended several times, in politically costly processes, to adapt to changes in society Another criticism is that the 1988 Federal Constitution reproduces a model of state capitalism , expanding state monopolies and regulations, which allowed

4176-520: The second largest White population in the Americas, after only the United States , with around 91,051,646 people, and White Brazilians make up the third largest White population in the world, after only the United States and Russia , also counting in total numbers. Mixed-race Brazilians constitute the second largest group of Brazil, with around 84.7 million people. Blacks constitute

4248-567: The slave population was negative, that is, there were more deaths than births . Many Brazilians are also descendants of immigrants who arrived in the last two centuries. Brazil received more than 5 million immigrants after its independence from Portugal in 1822, most of whom arrived between 1880 and 1920. Latin Europeans accounted for 80% of arrivals (1.8 million Portuguese , 1.5 million Italians and 700,000 Spaniards ). The other 20% came mainly from Germany , Eastern Europe , Japan and

4320-450: The small and midsize businesses (SMB) market, shifting the company's focus to serving enterprise customers. In August 2022, Brex named Doug Adamic as the company's new chief revenue officer . According to CNBC , Brex received billions of dollars in deposits from SVB customers on March 9, 2023—a day prior to SVB's collapse . The following year, CNBC ranked Brex fourth on its 2024 Disruptor 50 list . In January 2024, Brex announced that it

4392-455: The territories of present-day Angola , Republic of Congo , Democratic Republic of Congo and Gabon . The second most important region was the Bight of Benin , from which 877,033 Africans came. This region corresponds to present-day southeastern Ghana , Togo , Benin , and southwestern Nigeria . Slave labor was the driving force behind the growth of the sugar economy in Brazil, and sugar

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4464-545: The third largest ethnic group of Brazil with around 14.5 million citizens or 7.6% of the population. In Brazil, the term amarela (yellow) refers to East Asians. The largest group of East Asian ancestry in the country is the Japanese community. The number of Japanese Brazilians stands around 2 million descendants and the Japanese community also comprises around 50,000 Japanese nationals. Indigenous people constitute

4536-463: The variation in ancestry proportions was observed between individuals within each population rather than among population. An autosomal DNA study (2011), with nearly 1000 samples from every major race group ("whites", "pardos" and "blacks", according to their respective proportions) all over the country found out a major European contribution, followed by a high African contribution and an important Native American component. "In all regions studied,

4608-576: The word "Brazilian" was given to the Portuguese merchants of the Brazilwood tree, designating exclusively the name of such profession, since the inhabitants of the land were, in most of them, indigenous , or Portuguese born in Portugal or in the territory now called Brazil. However, long before the independence of Brazil , in 1822, both in Brazil and in Portugal , it was already common to assign

4680-547: The world (specifically the northeastern captaincies of Pernambuco and Bahia ), and this economic growth attracted many Portuguese immigrants. However, it was in the 18th century that the greatest number of Portuguese arrived in colonial Brazil. According to the IBGE, 600,000 Portuguese emigrated to Brazil, between 1701 and 1760. James Horn and Philip D. Morgan pointed to smaller numbers: 250,000 between 1700 and 1760 and 105,000 between 1760 and 1820. Celso Furtado estimated, for

4752-407: The world and a significant part of the financial health of the Brazilian government depended on coffee exports. After the abolition of slavery in the 1880s and fearing a shortage of workers in coffee cultivation, the state of São Paulo began to subsidize immigration for European workers. The Brazilian government paid for ship's passage for entire immigrant families to work on coffee plantations during

4824-406: Was a Portuguese colony and the number of Portuguese who emigrated to Brazil, during this period, is estimated at between 500,000 and 700,000. According to the IBGE, 100,000 Portuguese emigrated to Brazil in the first two centuries of colonization. Historians James Horn and Philip D. Morgan estimate this number to be much higher at 250,000. At that time, Brazil was the largest producer of sugar in

4896-435: Was drafted as a reaction to the period of military dictatorship , and sought to guarantee individual rights and restrict the state's ability to limit freedom, to punish offences and to regulate individual life. Among the new constitutional guarantees are the errand of injunction and the habeas data . It also anticipated the existence of a Consumers' Defence Code (enacted in 1990), of a Children's and Youth Code (1990) and of

4968-667: Was home to 1.3 million foreign-born people. Refugees In 2021, there were 60,011 people recognized as refugees in Brazil. Between 2011 and 2020, recognitions of refugee status in Brazil by the National Committee for Refugees (Conare) were mostly to Venezuelans (46,412 recognitions), Syrians (3,594) and Congolese (1,050). In the Brazilian census, respondents must choose their color or race from 5 categories: Branca, Preta, Amarela, Parda or Indígena , which can be translated to White, Black, Yellow, Brown or Indigenous. The answers are based on self-declaration. According to

5040-501: Was laying off 300 of its employees, or roughly 20% of its workforce. The company cited slowing growth as a reason for the decision. Brex Inc. is backed by Peter Thiel , Ribbit Capital , Y Combinator , DST Global , Kleiner Perkins , Lone Pine Capital , and Greenoaks . This United States corporation or company article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Brazilians Brazilians ( Portuguese : Brasileiros , IPA: [bɾaziˈlejɾus] ) are

5112-474: Was the colony's main export product, from 1600 to 1650. Gold and diamond deposits were discovered in Brazil from 1690 onwards, which generated an increase in the importation of slaves, to supply labor in mining. The demand for slaves did not suffer from the decline of the mining industry in the second half of the 18th century. Livestock and food production proliferated along with population growth, both heavily dependent on slave labor. The rise of coffee economy after

5184-477: Was the most prevalent in all urban populations (with values up to 74%). The populations in the North consisted of a significant proportion of Native American ancestry that was about two times higher than the African contribution. Conversely, in the Northeast, Center-West and Southeast, African ancestry was the second most prevalent. At an intrapopulation level, all urban populations were highly admixed, and most of

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