Brazil officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers (3.2 million square miles) and with over 211 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the sixth most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states, the Federal District, and the 5,570 municipalities. It is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas; it is also one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world.
on this link here.Footage from the scene showed the vehicle lying on its side in a clearing among thick vegetation as the first rescuers arrived.Police chief Jhony Corrales, speaking late yesterday/on Tuesday, said 21 bodies had been recovered but searches were still taking place to see if more people were under the coach.Mr Tumiri told Fox Sports Argentina after surviving the Chapecoense plane crash: “I put the bags in between my legs to form the foetal position that is recommended in accidents.”The Chapecoense football squad, then in Brazil’s top-flight Serie A league, were heading to Medellin to play the first leg of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana finals.Only three Chapecoense players survived the crash.
