| Area Total | 8,515,770 sq km |
| Climate | mostly tropical, but temperate in south |
| Natural Resources | bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, rare earth elements, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber |
| Imports | $153.2 billion (2017 est.) partners: China 18.1%, US 16.7%, Argentina 6.3%, Germany 6.1% (2017) |
| Exports | $217.2 billion (2017 est.) partners: China 21.8%, US 12.5%, Argentina 8.1%, Netherlands 4.3% (2017) |
| Government | federal presidential republic |
| Capital | Brasilia |
| Population | 208.8 million (July 2018 est.) |
| Ethnicity | white 47.7%, mulatto (mixed white and black) 43.1%, black 7.6%, Asian 1.1%, indigenous 0.4% (2010 est.) |
| Language | Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language); note: less common languages include Spanish (border areas and schools), German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large number of minor Amerindian languages |
News about Brazil
- Argentina's Embassy in Caracas to be placed under Italian protection
on January 12, 2026Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pulled his country's diplomats from the building that was once Argentina's Embassy in Caracas, but which had been placed under Brasilia's care when Javier Milei severed all ties with the Nicolás Maduro totalitarian regime.
- EU-Mercosur deal to be signed in Asunción on Jan. 17
on January 9, 2026The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and the European Union (EU) will be signed in Paraguay on Saturday, Jan. 17, Argentine Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno confirmed on Friday, following the decisive round of voting in Brussels, where France and its allies failed to reach the minimum number to topple the initiative.
- Lula discusses Venezuela with Carney and Scheinbaum
on January 9, 2026Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva held separate telephone conferences on Thursday to discuss the ongoing events in Venezuela with his Mexican colleague Claudia Scheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
- Lula vetoes entire leniency bill for Jan. 8 rioters
on January 8, 2026On the third anniversary of the Jan. 8 attempted coup d'état, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula de Silva vetoed the entire Bill 2,162 approved by both Houses of Congress, providing for the reduction of sentences of the over 800 people convicted for their involvement in the anti-democratic plot.
- Bolsonaro back in hospital after all
on January 8, 2026Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized on Wednesday following a head injury sustained in his jail cell. The incident has triggered a fierce legal battle after Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes denied the retired Army captain proper assistance, citing technicalities.
- Three years after the fact, the Jan. 8 uprising still has Lula's future in the balance
on January 8, 2026Brazil is commemorating Thursday the third anniversary of the Jan. 8, 2023, attempted coup d'état, for which most notably former President Jair Bolsonaro and some of his closest aides have been convicted, in addition to some 810 other defendants.
- Bolsonaro denied hospital trip after fall
on January 7, 2026Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes denied on Tuesday a request from former President Jair Bolsonaro's legal team to have their client transferred to a medical facility after suffering what his relatives claim was a fall while locked up at the Federal Police's headquarters in Brasilia to serve his 27-year prison sentence for […]
- Brazil's oil and gas production has its ups and downs in late 2025
on January 6, 2026Brazil's oil and natural gas production totaled 4.921 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) in November 2025, with 3.773 million barrels per day (bbl/d) of oil extracted, which represented a 6.4% decrease from the previous month and a 13.9% increase compared to the same month in 2024.
- Maduro's fall becomes campaign asset for Flávio Bolsonaro
on January 6, 2026Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's sons Eduardo and Flávio foresee the latter's victory in this year's elections after the ties between deposed Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are exposed in the trial underway in New York.
- Leftwing governments object to Washington's abduction of Maduro
on January 5, 2026The governments of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, and Spain issued a joint statement on Sunday, expressing “deep concern and rejection” of the US military operation that resulted in the capture of Nicolás Maduro.
