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Brazil info

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• People
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GENERAL INFORMATION

Few people realize that:

• it occupies a land mass larger than Continental United States;
• it is the most populous country in Latin America;
• it is the only country in the Western Hemisphere that speaks Portuguese;
• it is home to the largest black population of any country besides Nigeria.

In terms of natural resources Brazil also astonishes. It contains:

• the largest rainforest in the world (the Amazon);
• the largest river (the Amazon River);
• the largest wetlands preserve (Pantanal) and
• the largest waterfall (Iguass Falls).