The Embassy of Brazil in

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is the

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of the

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to the

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. The Chancery (offices) of the Embassy is located at 3006

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N.W.,

, in the famous

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neighborhood. In 1824, the

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was the second country to recognize Brazil's independence from

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, after Argentina recognized Brazil's independence in the previous year. The

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between the United States and the

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was established on May 26, 1824, when the Brazilian

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José Silvestre Rebello presented his

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at the newly restored

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to fifth

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(1758-1831, served 1817-1825). Brazil's first

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was thus established in

, a quarter-century after the founding of the American capital city on the

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. The Brazilian legation was replaced by an

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in 1905. This campaign for liberation led with similar independence for

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with its crown prince and heir to the Portuguese throne who had resided for some time in South America, declaring independence from the mother country of the former unified trans-oceanic

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in 1822. The heir became Emperor Dom Pedro I of the new

, which lasted until 1889, then becoming a federation republic. In 1905, the U.S. legation in the then Brazilian coastal capital city of

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representing the

and its

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under 26th President

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was raised to a full embassy as was the trend with other international

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. The embassy had several homes in the federal

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until, in 1934, it purchased McCormick House, a large manor on Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. just down the street from the new

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. The Brazilians were the second nation to have an embassy on what is today called the

neighborhood. The manor today remains the

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. In 1971, a new chancery in America was constructed next door to McCormick House. The

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mirrored glass wall structure was designed by famous Brazilian architect

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(1906-1984). An extensive renovation of the Chancery of the Embassy ended forty years later in 2011.

Consular services

The embassy itself ceased to have consular responsibilities since the creation, in 2008, of the Consulate-General of Brazil, also in Washington, D.C., located at 1030 15th Street, N.W. It is the tenth consulate general office in the US, with assigned geographical regions to each.

Brazilian consulates in the United States

References

Information about the Embassy building

Brazil-U.S. relations on the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

External links

Embassy of Brazil in Washington, D.C.
(in English)
Embassy of Brazil in Washington, D.C.
(in Portuguese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Embassy of Brazil, Washington, D.C.

Government buildings completed in 1971 1824 establishments in Washington, D.C. Brazil–United States relations Modernist architecture in Washington, D.C.

Consular services

Brazilian consulates in the United States

See also

References

External links