Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.
Brazil is the only country in South America that speaks Portuguese (not Spanish or Brazilian). Brazil contains almost 60 percent of the Amazon rain forest.
At 8.5 million square kilometers and with over 211 million people, Brazil is the world’s fifth-largest country by area and the sixth most populous.
Brazil contains almost 60 percent of the Amazon rain forest. Brazil has the most famous and celebrated carnival festival in the world. Brazil has the world’s largest beach at 24,606 feet long.
