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Brazil v Germany (2014 FIFA World Cup)
Brazil v Germany (2014): the World Cup semi-final on July 8, 2014 at the Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, where Germany beat hosts Brazil 7-1, the Mineirazo, leading 5-0 in 29 minutes.
Brazil women's national football team
Brazil women's national football team (Seleção Brasileira Feminina), CBF/CONMEBOL side; eight Copa América Femenina titles plus 2025 unbeaten win under Arthur Elias; 2007 World Cup runners-up, Olympic silver 2004, 2008, 2024; hosts 2027 World Cup.
Brazil women's national volleyball team
Brazil women's national volleyball team (seleção brasileira feminina de vôlei), CBV-administered indoor team; Olympic golds 2008 and 2012, Tokyo 2020 silver, 24 South American titles, 2026 CSV crown and LA28 qualification.
Brazil: Rich and Famous
Cultura e Opulência do Brasil (Brasil rico e famoso) is a 1711 book by the Jesuit André João Antonil describing the economy of colonial Brazil.
Brazilian Air Force
Força Aérea Brasileira (FAB), Brazilian Air Force, air branch of Brazil's armed forces created 20 January 1941; flies 558 aircraft including F-39E Gripen and KC-390, ranked first in Latin America by Global Firepower 2026.
Brazilian Armed Forces
The Brazilian Armed Forces (Forças Armadas) comprise the Navy, Army, and Air Force under the Ministry of Defense, created in 1999, with the President as supreme commander; known for the 1964–1985 dictatorship and declining defense spending.
Brazilian Army
The Brazilian Army (Exército Brasileiro) is the land branch of Brazil's Armed Forces, Latin America's largest military, built on 12-month conscription, shaped by French and German missions, and marked by the 1964 coup and Haiti peacekeeping leadership.
Brazilian banking crisis (1990–1998)
The Brazilian banking crisis of 1990–1998 was a wave of bank failures after the 1994 Real Plan ended hyperinflation, costing the public sector several points of GDP.
Brazilian Carnival
Brazilian Carnival (Carnaval brasileiro), held 47 days before Easter each February–March, combines samba school parades in Rio and São Paulo with Salvador's trio elétrico street carnival and Pernambuco's frevo and maracatu traditions.
Brazilian Census
The Brazilian Census (Censo Demográfico) is a decennial population and housing count of Brazil conducted by IBGE, most recently in 2022, counting 203 million people.
Brazilian Communist Party
The Brazilian Communist Party (Partido Comunista Brasileiro, PCB) is a Brazilian political party founded in Niterói in 1922, the country's oldest party organization, which operated underground until it regained legal registration in 1985.
Brazilian Communist uprising of 1935
The Brazilian Communist uprising of 1935, known in Brazil as the Intentona Comunista, was a failed military revolt led by Luís Carlos Prestes in Natal, Recife, and Rio de Janeiro.
Brazilian Constitution of 1824
The Brazilian Constitution of 1824 (Constituição de 1824) was Brazil's first constitution, granted by Emperor Pedro I on 25 March 1824, establishing a constitutional monarchy.
Brazilian cruzado
The Brazilian cruzado (Cz$) was the currency of Brazil from 1986 to 1989, created under President Sarney's Plano Cruzado and replaced at 1,000 to 1 by the cruzado novo.
Brazilian cruzado novo
The Brazilian cruzado novo (NCz$) was Brazil's currency from 16 January 1989 to 16 March 1990, created by renaming the cruzado at 1,000 to 1 under the Summer Plan.
Brazilian cruzeiro
The Brazilian cruzeiro was the name of three distinct Brazilian currencies between 1942 and 1993, ending with the cruzeiro real, which the real replaced in 1994.
Brazilian cruzeiro real
The Brazilian cruzeiro real (CR$) was Brazil's currency from August 1993 to June 1994, created under President Itamar Franco by renaming the cruzeiro at 1,000 to 1.
Brazilian cuisine
Brazilian cuisine: the cooking traditions of Brazil, formed from indigenous, African and Portuguese foodways. Not one cuisine but regional kitchens: feijoada in Rio, acarajé and dendê-oil moqueca in Bahia, churrasco and picanha in the South.
Brazilian Democratic Movement
Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB, formerly PMDB): Brazil's oldest political party, founded 24 March 1966 as the legal opposition under military rule; centrist, coalition-pragmatic, 42 deputies and 8 senators elected in 2022.
Brazilian economic miracle
The Brazilian economic miracle (milagre econômico) was a 1968 to 1973 period when Brazil's GDP grew about 11% a year while inflation fell, ending with the 1973 oil shock.
Brazilian Expeditionary Force
The Brazilian Expeditionary Force (Força Expedicionária Brasileira, FEB, the Smoking Cobras) was Brazil's roughly 25,000-man division-plus force under General Mascarenhas de Moraes that fought with the US Fifth Army in Italy, 1944-1945, the only Latin American ground force in the European theater.
Brazilian Federal Railway
The Brazilian Federal Railway, known as RFFSA, was a Brazilian state-owned railway company created in 1957 to run the federal rail network, dissolved in 1999, and extinguished in 2007.
Brazilian Football Confederation
Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF, Confederação Brasileira de Futebol), Brazil's football governing body, founded 1914 as FBS, renamed CBD 1916, CBF 1979; organizes national competitions and the Seleção, five-time World Cup winner.
Brazilian Grand Prix
Brazilian Grand Prix (Grande Prêmio do Brasil, now São Paulo Grand Prix): Formula One race first held as a championship round in 1973 at Interlagos, alternating with Rio's Jacarepaguá 1978-1989, back at Interlagos since 1990, contracted until 2030.
Brazilian hair straightening
Brazilian hair straightening, also called Brazilian keratin treatment (BKT) or Brazilian blowout, is a salon treatment sealing a smoothing solution with heat; many products release formaldehyde gas when heated, prompting FDA warning letters and OSHA limits.
Brazilian hemorrhagic fever
Brazilian hemorrhagic fever (febre hemorrágica brasileira) is a rare, often fatal hemorrhagic disease caused by Sabiá virus, a rodent-borne New World arenavirus of São Paulo state, Brazil; six confirmed infections, no vaccine or specific treatment.
Brazilian Highlands (dataran tinggi tengah)
Brazilian Highlands (Planalto Brasileiro, brasilianisches Bergland): Brazil's vast Precambrian upland system covering over 4 million km² across central, eastern, southeastern, and southern Brazil, including the Iron Quadrangle, Cerrado plateaus, and Paraná Basin plateaus.
Brazilian hyperinflation
Brazilian hyperinflation was an extreme inflationary episode peaking at 2,491% in 1993, driven by deficits and indexation and ended by the Plano Real currency reform in 1994.
Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IBGE) is Brazil's federal agency for official statistics, including the decennial census.
Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ), a grappling martial art developed in Brazil by the Gracie family from Mitsuyo Maeda's judo, emphasizes ground fighting and submissions; scored by points or submission under IBJJF and ADCC rulesets.