| 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 | $217.2 billion (2017 est.) partners: China 21.8%, US 12.5%, Argentina 8.1%, Netherlands 4.3% (2017) |
| Government | federal presidential republic |
| Capital | Brasilia |
| Population | 208.8 million (July 2018 est.) |
| Ethnicity | white 47.7%, mulatto (mixed white and black) 43.1%, black 7.6%, Asian 1.1%, indigenous 0.4% (2010 est.) |
| Language | Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language); note: less common languages include Spanish (border areas and schools), German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large number of minor Amerindian languages |
News about Brazil
- Embraer announces sale of four C-390s to Swedenon April 2, 2025
Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer announced Tuesday at the LAAD Defence & Security 2025 event in Rio de Janeiro that it had clinched a US$ 710 million deal to sell four C-390 Millennium military transport units to Sweden.
- Foreign travelers increasingly pouring into Brazilon April 2, 2025
Brazil's revenues from international tourism hit a record US$ 823 million in February 2025, representing a 22.2% yoy increase, local authorities reported Tuesday.The arrival of over 1.3 million international visitors contributed a total of US$ 1.6 billion in tourism revenue for the first two months of the year, a 10.4% rise compared to 2024.
- Bolsonaro sides with convicted French far-right leader Marine LePenon April 1, 2025
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that France's far-right leader Marine LePen's conviction and five-year disenfranchisement for embezzling public funds was politically motivated after she led all surveys for the 2027 presidential elections.
- Argentina starts pumping gas to Brazil through Boliviaon April 1, 2025
Argentina began exporting natural gas to Brazil for the first time through the infrastructure of Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), it was reported Tuesday.
- Bolsonaro's Brazil spied on Paraguay on joint Itaipú planton April 1, 2025
Paraguay has launched investigations into an alleged cyberattack by Brazil targeting its government systems to obtain sensitive information about the Itaipu Binacional hydroelectric power plant, Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano confirmed. He said national intelligence and the Technologies and Information Ministry (MITIC) were probing the claims, […]
- Formal employment up in Brazil last monthon March 31, 2025
The Brazilian Government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva recorded a positive balance of 431,995 formal jobs in February 2025, marking the highest monthly figure in the Labor Ministry's New General Register of Employed and Unemployed (New Caged) series since it began in 2020.
- Lula clinches meat export deal to Vietnamon March 31, 2025
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced this weekend that he clinched a meat export deal with Vietnam during his meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chinh, thus adding a new notch to bilateral trade, which last year amounted to US$ 7.7 billion with a US$ 415 million surplus for the South American country.
- Brazil: Affirmative action reversing white predominance in positions of leadershipon March 29, 2025
Black and indigenous representation in Brazil's Executive branch has risen to 39%, a 17-point increase over 25 years, a study titled ”Black Leadership in the Brazilian State (1995-2024)” (Lideranças Negras no Estado Brasileiro (1995–2024)” released Friday showed.
- Italy tightens citizenship rules to curb 'commercialization'on March 28, 2025
Italy’s government has approved a reform to restrict automatic citizenship by descent, citing concerns over the growing number of requests—especially from Latin America—and what officials described as the “commercialization” of Italian nationality.
- Prosecution wants vax certificate case against Bolsonaro droppedon March 28, 2025
Brazil's Attorney General Paulo Gonet requested the shelving of an investigation into former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's alleged fraud in his Covid-19 vaccination records. The prosecution concluded there was insufficient evidence to prove Bolsonaro instructed his aide, Mauro Cid, to falsify vaccination data in the Health Ministry's system, despite […]
