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{{Infobox Diplomatic Mission | name = Embassy of Brazil in Washington, D.C.
  | image = Washington DC August 2018 13 (Embassy of Brazil).jpg
  | caption = 
  | address = 3006 [[Massachusetts Avenue (Washington, D.C.)|Massachusetts Avenue]], [[Northwest, Washington, D.C.|NW]]
  | location = [[Washington, D.C.]]
  | coordinates = {{coord|38|55|9.12|N|77|3|37.08|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
  | ambassador =
  | website  = http://washington.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/
}}

The '''Embassy of Brazil''' in [[Washington, D.C.]] is the [[diplomatic mission]] of the [[Brazil|Federative Republic of Brazil]] to the [[United States of America]].

The Chancery (offices) of the Embassy is located at 3006 [[Massachusetts Avenue (Washington, D.C.)|Massachusetts Avenue]] [[Northwest, Washington, D.C.|N.W.]], [[Washington, D.C.]], in the famous [[Embassy Row]] neighborhood.
==History==
In 1824, the [[United States]] was the second country to recognize Brazil's independence from [[Portugal]], after Argentina recognized Brazil's independence in the previous year.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wiese Randig |first=Rodrigo |date=2017 |title=Argentina, primeiro país a reconhecer a independência do Brasil |url=https://www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/media/artigo-argentina.pdf |journal=Cadernos do CHDD |volume=31 |issue=17 |pages=501–524 |via=FUNAG}}</ref> The [[Brazil-United States relations|diplomatic relations]] between the United States and the [[Empire of Brazil]] was established on May 26, 1824, when the Brazilian [[Chargé d'affaires|Chargé d'Affaires]] José Silvestre Rebello presented his [[Diplomatic accreditation|diplomatic credentials]] at the newly restored [[White House]] to fifth [[President of the United States|President]] [[James Monroe]] (1758-1831, served 1817-1825). Brazil's first [[legation]] was thus established in [[Washington, D.C.]], a quarter-century after the founding of the American capital city on the [[Potomac River]]. The Brazilian legation was replaced by an [[Diplomatic mission|embassy]] in 1905.

This campaign for liberation  led with similar independence for [[Brazil]] 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 [[United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Algarves]] in 1822. The heir became Emperor Dom [[Pedro I of Brazil|Pedro I]] of the new [[Empire of Brazil]], which lasted until 1889, then becoming a federation republic.

In 1905, the U.S. legation in the then Brazilian coastal capital city of [[Rio de Janeiro]] representing the [[United States]] and its [[United States Department of State|Department of State]] under 26th President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] was raised to a full embassy as was the trend with other international [[diplomatic missions]].

The embassy had several homes in the federal [[District of Columbia]] until, in 1934, it purchased [[McCormick House (Washington, D.C.)|McCormick House]], a large manor on Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. just down the street from the new [[Embassy of the United Kingdom in Washington, D.C.|British Embassy]]. The Brazilians were the second nation to have an embassy on what is today called the [[Embassy Row]] neighborhood. The manor today remains the [[Brazilian Ambassador to the United States|ambassadorial residence]]. In 1971, a new chancery in America was constructed next door to [[McCormick House (Washington, D.C.)|McCormick House]]. The [[Modern architecture|modernist]] mirrored glass wall structure was designed by famous Brazilian architect [[Olavo Redig de Campos]] (1906-1984).  An extensive renovation of the Chancery of the Embassy ended forty years later in 2011.

==Consular services==
[[File:Consulate General of Brazil.jpg|thumb|right|In the national capital and federal district of the United States, in Washington, D.C., the Consulate General of Brazil offices since 2008 are located at 1030 15th Street, N.W.]]
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==

[[File:Consulates-Brazil-Jurisdictions.png|thumb|Brazilian Consulates in the United States|350x350px]]

Brazil has established ten Consulate Generals in the United States. Each Consulate has its jurisdiction, which covers different areas of the country. The existing Consulates are:

*The [http://atlanta.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/ Consulate General of Brazil in Atlanta]
*The [http://boston.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/ Consulate General of Brazil in Boston]
*The [http://chicago.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/ Consulate General of Brazil in Chicago]
*The [http://hartford.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/ Consulate General of Brazil in Hartford, Connecticut]
*The [http://losangeles.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/ Consulate General of Brazil in Los Angeles]
*The [http://miami.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/ Consulate General of Brazil in Miami]
*The [http://novayork.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/ Consulate General of Brazil in New York]
*The [http://saofrancisco.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/ Consulate General of Brazil in San Francisco]
*The [http://houston.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/ Consulate General of Brazil in Houston]
*The [http://cgwashington.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/ Consulate General of Brazil in Washington, DC]

==See also==
* [[Brazilian Ambassador to the United States]]
* [[Brazilian diplomatic missions]]
* [[Brazil&nbsp;– United States relations]]

==References==
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* [http://washington.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/the_embassy.xml Information about the Embassy building]
* [http://www.itamaraty.gov.br/en/ficha-pais/6072-united-states-of-america Brazil-U.S. relations on the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]
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==External links==
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* [http://washington.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/ Embassy of Brazil in Washington, D.C.] (in English)
* [http://washington.itamaraty.gov.br/pt-br/ Embassy of Brazil in Washington, D.C.] (in Portuguese)

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{{Diplomatic missions in the United States}}
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