As the world's new sixth-largest economy, carnivals are far from the only reason to visit Brazil.
JUST over a week ago all eyes were on Danny Boyle's magnificently exuberant and intriguingly idiosyncratic opening ceremony to the 2012 Olympiad in London. On Sunday the torch will be handed over to Brazil for the 2016 Games, another triumph for the world's fifth largest country.
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