As a matter of reciprocity a visa is required for American citizens wishing to visit Brazil.

If you are not an American or Canadian citizen, check if you need a VISA to enter Brazil for tourism purposes.
Identify your consular jurisdiction, determined by your place of residence, and always check with your [...]

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BRIC or BRICs are terms used in economics to refer to the combination of Brazil, Russia, India, and China.
General thinking is that the term was first prominently used in a thesis of the Goldman Sachs investment bank. The main point of this 2003 paper was to argue that the economies of the BRICs are rapidly [...]

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Weather and Climate in Brazil
Brazil is a vast country taking up most of the continent of South America. One would assume that in a country this big, there would be considerable changes in the weather and climate throughout the country. However, this is not the case. It is only really the south of Brazil that [...]

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