Core member
Brazil
A founding BRIC state and the grouping’s only full member in the Americas.
| Official name | Federative Republic of Brazil |
|---|---|
| Capital | Brasília |
| UN membership | 1945 (founding UN member) |
| Languages | Portuguese |
| BRICS cohort | Core member |
| Accession note | Founding BRIC participant; first BRIC summit, Yekaterinburg, June 2009 |
| Region | Latin America |
Brazil sat in the first BRIC foreign-ministers meeting in 2006 and hosted later summits as the grouping hardened from an investment label into a leaders’ format. Its membership is not in dispute.
This page records Brazil’s place in the roster and its regional setting. It does not publish GDP, force-structure, or other quantitative rankings. For bloc definition see What is BRICS; for institutional instruments see BRICS Policy.
Situation note
Brazil’s foreign-policy posture toward the grouping is a diplomacy question, not a force-structure question. Read U.S. policy coverage on US Foreign Policy and treaty-level reporting on Foreign Diplomacy.
Related reading
Other members in Latin America
- No other BRICS member is filed in this region.