Search results
News about Brazil, floods, government
News about Brazil, central bank, inflation
Also in the news
2 days ago · Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and in Latin America. Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo.
1 day ago · Brazil, country of South America that occupies half the continent’s landmass. It is the fifth largest and fifth most-populous country in the world. Brazil contains most of the Amazon River basin, which has the world’s largest river system and the world’s most-extensive virgin rainforest.
4 days ago · A map of Brazil. Rio Grande do Sul, a state home to almost 11 million people, has witnessed the most extensive climate catastrophe in its history and one of the greatest in Brazil’s recent ...
- 49 sec
- Jorge C Carrasco in Porto Alegre, Brazil
May 7, 2024 · Brazil has traditionally been a net recipient of immigrants, with its southeast being the prime destination. After the importation of African slaves was outlawed in the mid-19th century, Brazil sought Europeans (Italians, Portuguese, Spaniards, and Germans) and later Asians (Japanese) to work in agriculture, especially coffee cultivation.
4 days ago · 6 May 2024. Brazil floods: Lula flies over Rio Grande do Sul as army races to rescue stranded families – video. 1:28. 5:34 AM. Weather tracker: torrential rainstorms cause death and destruction...
2 days ago · Updated 10:25 AM PDT, May 9, 2024. Southern Brazil is still reeling from massive flooding as it faces risk from new storms. Updated 9:07 PM PDT, May 8, 2024. Merchants in Brazil’s flood-hit south try to save stock as forecast to worsen. Makeshift shelter saves hundreds of dogs amid floods in southern Brazil.
1 day ago · Culture of Brazil. The culture of Brazil has been shaped by the amalgamation of diverse indigenous cultures, and the cultural fusion that took place among Indigenous communities, Portuguese colonizers, and Africans, primarily during the Brazilian colonial period.
