According to the U.S. State Department, Brazil is the second largest economy in the western hemisphere, only after the United States itself. It's the 12th largest economy in the entire world. This ...

Brazil’s constitutional President since Janio Quadros re signed: Joao (“Jango”) Belchior Marques Goulart, 43. Born. March 1, 1918, on his fa ther’s cattle ranch near Sao Borja, Rio Grande do Sul — ...

Covering nearly half the surface of South America, and with half the continent’s 140 million population, Brazil was the world’s fourth largest nation (after Russia, China, Canada) until the U.S. added ...