U.S. and Brazilian Holidays for 2012: click here

US Government information on Brazil:

US Embassy in Brasilia:
http://brazil.usembassy.gov/

CIA World Factbook:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook.

Additional sources of information on Brazil:

Brazilian Embassy in Washington:
http://www.brasilemb.org/

US Business Council
http://www.brazilcouncil.org

The Economist magazine's Brazil Country Briefing:
http://www.economist.com/countries/Brazil/index.cfm

World Bank's country data:
http://www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/countrydata.html

You will also find information about Brazil on our CCG (Country Commercial Guide) document. (see chapters and full document download in the menu, on the right)