The right for foreigners to drive motor vehicles in Brazil is granted by the Brazilian Traffic Code (art. 142 of the CTB) and by Resolution 789/2020 of the National Traffic Council (Contran).

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In the case of a qualified foreign citizen, the right is supported by the Convention on Road Traffic, signed in Vienna, Austria, on November 8, 1968, and approved by Legislative Decree number 33, of May 13, 1980, according to the principle of bilateral reciprocity and other treaties.

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VIENNA CONVENTION – The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (CVDT) is an international agreement that establishes common rules for the signing of treaties between nations. Created in 1969 by the Commission on International Law (CDI), an institution of the United Nations, it was implemented in 1980.

Members are South Africa; Albania; Germany; Saudi Arabia; Armenia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Bahamas; Bahrain; Belgium; Belarus; Bosnia Herzegovina; Brazil; Bulgaria; Qatar; Kazakhstan; Cape Green; Croatia; Cuba; Chile; Costa Rica; Costa do Marfim; Denmark; United Arab Emirates; Slovakia; Slovenia; Estonia; Ecuador; Ethiopia; State of Palestine; Spain; Russian Federation; Philippines; Finland; France; Ghana; Georgia; Greece; Guyana; Netherlands; Honduras; Hungary; Indonesia; Will; Iraq; Israel; Italy; Kuwait; Latvia; Liberia; Lithuania; Lichtenstein; Luxembourg; North Macedonia; Mexico; Morocco; Myanmar; Monaco; Mongolia; Montenegro; Niger; Nigeria; Norway; Oman; Pakistan; Peru; Poland; Portugal; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Central African Republic; Democratic Republic of Congo; Republic of Korea (South Korea); Czech republic; Republic of Moldova; Romania; United Kingdom Great Britain and Northern Ireland; San Marino; Santa Fe; Senegal; Serbia; Seychelles, Sweden; Switzerland; Thailand; Tajikistan; Tunisia; Turkmenistan; Turkey; Ukraine; Uruguay; Uzbekistan; Venezuela; Vietnam and Zimbabwe.

PRINCIPLE OF BILATERAL RECIPROCITY – The Principle of Reciprocity recognized by Public International Law provides that the treatment given by a State to a given situation, fact, or issue, may receive equal treatment by another State that considers itself affected by the decision.

Angola members are; Algeria; Australia; Bermuda; Canada; Singapore; Colombia; El Salvador; U.S; Ecuador; Scotland; Gabon; Guatemala; Guinea Bissau; Haiti; Libya; Namibia; Nicaragua; New Zealand, Panama; Wales; Dominican Republic; and Sao Tome and Principe.