For those who have arrived in Cuiabá from the Amazon, the city acts as a gateway to the rest of Brazil. From the earliest times, São Paulo was the main source of settlers arriving in Mato Grosso, though until the twentieth century the route followed the river systems. These days, the BR-364 runs all […]
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By far the largest country in South America, Brazil covers nearly half the continent and is only slightly smaller than the US, with an area of just over 8.5 million km2. It shares common boundaries with every South American country except Chile and Ecuador.
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