PLEASE NOTE: This book is in the Irish language only; it contains no English language text. All eyes are on Brazil: 2014 – the World Cup in Brazil, 2016 – the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Economically and politically Brazil is now more important than ever before on the international stage as the powerhouse of South America.

Here’s your invitation to get to know Brazil – to really get to know it, to avoid the clichés. In this book Alex Hijmans, a foreign correspondent in the country since 2007, shows you insights into Brazil that aren’t found on the postcards... Tá aird an tsaoil mhóir ar an mBrasaíl: 2014 – Corn an Domhain sa Sacar i dtír na Brasaíle, 2016 – Na Cluichí Oilimpeacha i gcathair Rio de Janeiro. Go heacnamaíoch agus go polaitiúil, tá ról níos tábhachtaí ná riamh ag fathach Mheiriceá Theas ar an stáitse idirnáisiúnta. Seo cuireadh duit aithne a chur ar an mBrasaíl – aithne cheart, aithne a sheachnaíonn an cliché. Sa leabhar seo, tugann Alex Hijmans, atá ina chomhfhreagraí idirnáisiúnta sa tír ó 2007, léaspairtí ar an mBrasaíl nach bhfeictear sna cártaí poist. Go deimhin, léirítear mórchuid na gcúiseanna atá leis an achrann sóisialta a thosaigh sa tír sin le déanaí sa saothar seo.