🇧🇷 Brazil — Embassies & Consulates
Brazil's foreign affairs are conducted by the Ministério das Relações Exteriores (MRE), universally known as Itamaraty after its landmark headquarters — the Palácio Itamaraty in Brasília, a modernist masterpiece designed by Oscar Niemeyer and inaugurated in 1970. Diplomats are trained exclusively at the Rio Branco Institute (IRBr), founded in 1945 and one of the oldest diplomatic academies in the world, whose graduates are the sole pathway into the Brazilian foreign service. Brazil maintains one of the largest diplomatic networks in the Global South, with approximately 228 overseas missions spanning 136 embassies, 57 consulates-general, and supporting offices across more than 190 countries. An estimated 4.9 million Brazilians live abroad (MRE 2023), with the largest communities in the United States (~2.1 million), Portugal (~513,000), Paraguay, the United Kingdom, and Japan. The MRE provides full consular protection and services to citizens overseas, including passport issuance, civil registration, and notarial acts. Brazilian citizens residing abroad may vote in presidential elections at designated consular posts, with electoral registration managed through the Superior Electoral Court's Voters Abroad network. Brazil has significantly expanded its presence in Africa — particularly lusophone Africa — and across Latin America, driven by South-South cooperation under successive Lula administrations. The Science Without Borders programme (Ciência sem Fronteiras, 2011–2016) funded nearly 100,000 STEM scholarships for Brazilians to study overseas, cementing education diplomacy as a pillar of Brazil's global engagement.
Notable embassies abroad
Washington DC
3006 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008, USA
+1 (202) 238-2700
washington.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/Established 1824 — one of Brazil's oldest diplomatic missions. The modernist chancery was designed by architect Olavo Redig de Campos and completed in 1971. A separate Consulate General at 1030 15th Street NW handles all consular services for the US-based diaspora, estimated at over 2.1 million — the largest Brazilian community in the world.
London
14/16 Cockspur Street, London SW1Y 5BL, United Kingdom
+44 20 7747 4500
www.brazil.org.uk/Located near Trafalgar Square in a Grade II listed building dating from 1906. Consular services are handled separately at 3–4 Vere Street, Marylebone, W1G 0AT. The UK hosts approximately 230,000 Brazilians, making London one of the busiest consular posts in Europe.
Lisbon
Estrada das Laranjeiras 144, 1649-021 Lisbon, Portugal
+351 21 724 8510
www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/embaixada-lisboaPortugal hosts approximately 513,000 Brazilians — the second-largest diaspora community globally — making Lisbon one of the highest-volume consular posts worldwide. Consular services (passports, civil registration, notarial acts) are handled by the Consulate-General at Rua António Maria Cardoso 39, Chiado. The shared language and historical ties make this a strategically vital bilateral mission.
Buenos Aires
Calle Cerrito 1350, C1010AAF Buenos Aires, Argentina
+54 11 4515-2400
www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/embaixada-buenos-airesArgentina and Brazil are MERCOSUR founding partners and share the continent's longest bilateral border. The Consulate General is at Carlos Pellegrini 1363, 5th floor. High bilateral trade volumes and a large frontier Brazilian community sustain intensive consular activity across the southern cone.
Tokyo
2-11-12 Kita-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8633, Japan
+81 3-3404-5211
www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/embaixada-toquioJapan hosts approximately 210,000 Brazilians — the fifth-largest diaspora country — almost all nikkeijin (ethnic Japanese Brazilians and descendants) who arrived under a 1990 bilateral labour agreement. Brazil–Japan diplomatic relations date to 1895. The post manages one of the highest consular caseloads in Asia.
Luanda
Rua Houari Boumedienne 132, Miramar, Luanda, Angola
+244 222 441-307
www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/consulado-geral-luandaAngola is Brazil's most significant bilateral partner in lusophone Africa. Ties are reinforced by shared Portuguese language, historical migration links, and energy and infrastructure cooperation. The Luanda post is a key hub for Brazil's South-South engagement, with the MRE maintaining approximately 35 embassies across Africa — many opened or reactivated under Lula-era diplomacy.
Berlin
Wallstrasse 57, 10179 Berlin, Germany
+49 30 726 280
www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/embaixada-berlimGermany is one of Brazil's largest European trading partners and home to major German multinationals with extensive Brazil operations. The Berlin embassy is supported by consulates in Frankfurt, Munich, and Hamburg serving the broader Brazilian community in Germany.
Paris
34 Cours Albert 1er, 75008 Paris, France
+33 1 45 61 63 00
www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/embaixada-parisLocated on the prestigious Cours Albert Ier in the 8th arrondissement, near the Seine. A separate Consulate General operates at 65 Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt, 75008. Brazil and France share a land border via French Guiana, making this a uniquely strategic bilateral relationship that extends well beyond standard diplomacy.
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