At a Glance
Brazil:
Population: 187.4 million
Size: 8.5 million square km
Language: Brazilian Portuguese, German, Italian, indigenous Amerindian languages
People: White, Pardo, Black, Asian, Amerindian
Religion: Roman Catholic (73.9%), Protestant (15.4%), Kardecist spiritism (1.3%)
Time:
Three hours behind Greenwich Mean Time. If it’s noon in New York, it’s 1:00 pm in Rio de Janeiro. Currency: Currency is the Brazilian real. Credit cards are
widely accepted.
Electricity: 110 volts.
Argentina:
Population: 40.5 million
Size: 2.7 million square km
Language: Spanish, Italian, English, German, French
People: Spanish, Italian, German, French, Mestizo, Amerindian
Religion: Roman Catholic (92%), Protestant (2%), Jewish (2%)
Time:
Three hours behind Greenwich Mean Time. If it’s noon in New York, it’s 1:00 pm in Buenos Aires. Currency: Currency is the Argentinian peso. Credit cards are
widely accepted.
Electricity: 220 volts, 60
cycles AC with two-prong outlets that accept both flat and round
prongs.
