I'm a native Brazilian I'm beyond ashamed of how violent all of Brazil really is. No protection from the Police they're just as bad with a license to murder.
Ricardo Mode on Jul 24, : Be careful with comments here based on opinions and not facts. Brazil is a third world country so guess what: there are several problems everywhere. It is gorgeous with fantastic resorts. The homicide rate is surreal, people kill each other for trivial reasons and there's no "adequate punishment". Not to mention that there's an underworld of criminal factions.
Naturally, if you want to immigrate to Brazil, I suggest researching another city. But keep in mind, this country has big problems like: lack of security, poor education, corruption, drug trafficking, criminal factions, etc. Now, if you are from a developed country and think about coming here, it'll certainly be your biggest regret. Brazilians are the ones that make this country hopelessly poor, violent and uneducated. You can never have as much access to plenty of goods as in more developed countries because prices are staggering high but wages are lamentably low so you will suffer the indignities of poverty unless you are a member of a very restricted elite.
It is one of the most crime-ridden places on Earth. Homicide, burglary, drug trade, corruption at every setting, you name it. It is very easy to get mugged and even killed for the most trivial reasons. For some reason the population is very prone to being selfish, murderous and below any form of honest work. They are uneducated and thus never forced to use what little brainpower they have. So they are but slightly above unthinking beasts.
Whether it is by driving drunk, neighbors making noise for 8 hours straight on a day, or not being able to carry the simplest dialogues, Brazilians will drive you insane.
They are very jealous, envious, insensitive, malicious, arrogant, undisciplined, love idleness, shameless. It doesn't take much to despair of life if you are forced to live among people so abject and degraded in every sense. I am sure half of why I feel like dying everyday is the fact that I was thrown into existence in a place like this.
I pray nonstop for a cancer or a stroke that will put an end to my misery. The land is a huge expanse and rich in resources but it is inhabited by a type of human called Brazilians and they are the ones who will make you wish you could disintegrate into inexistence.
There ARE good ones. But they are few. Very few. A certain city was destroyed because there were less than 10 righteous people in it. If you have read this far, can I make a request? Pray that I will die soon. Or cheer for me. Whatever it is. I just want to die. Anonymous on Mar 18, : Comments on anonymous post Mar 16 A mild flu as you call it has killed , so far in Brazil and the numbers get higher each day. The U S population dwarfs Brazil obviously besides so many immigrants want to move to the U S replacing the dead would be a matter of one month or less.
Call it a scamdemic if you like your opinion. The comment about not bowing is your opinion too. But I don't think Brazilians can bow much lower especially since minimum monthly wage is 1, brl and average monthly wage is 1, brl.
Live your lives in fear or any other way you choose your choice. Brazil has a fairly large population. What surprises me is the lack of motivation to move ahead financially and not allowing Vietnam to surpass Brazil as they've done already with monthly wages.
Anonymous on Mar 16, : Brazil is not going to bow to the globalist scamdemic nonsense. Far few deaths than the U. It's a mild flu that affects senior citizens and the obese more severely. We are sorry we refuse to live in fear. Anonymous on Mar 05, : Hopefully Brazil will continue with its bad economy and high death rates from covid Long before the virus showed up infighting was always an issue between neighbors businesses and government throughout Brazil.
Brazilians are self-destructive egotistical arrogant infidels. Actually Brazil cannot get along with any neighboring countries and they don't want to either. Nobody needs to visit from any countries to spread covid19 any worse than it already is,Brazil has done that on their own minus any help from any countries. Massive amounts of Brazilians are dieing daily so hopefully within the next year or two there'll be no Brazilians left.
Paraiso Tropical on Feb 19, : - The unemployment rate reaches In other words, Brazilians are the people of Latin America who pay the most taxes.
The sad thing is that other South American countries are following this trend they are not calling it visa but tax to enter the country. I think you have to pay dollars to enter Chile. Argentina is now charging to enter the country but this is valid for the life of your passport. This is making traveling to those countries more expensive.
That pizza looks delicious! I hope the visa thing is true! I live in Argentina and have not seen Brazil because I cannot afford it, especially if I have to pay bucks to get in! Hopefully, this will take place soon. Apparently, a lot of agreements were discussed when Obama visited earlier this year. Well, I am know remebering that I read an article stating that Australian cities are getting more expensive every year.
Ayngelina, Not necessarily. In the post, I mentioned that a typical lunch of rice, beans and meat will cost you between 8 to 10 dollars depending on what type of meat you order. That is not including the drink. In the United States, lunch will cost you that and typically the drink is included. Plus, there are always places offering specials. In other Central and South American, the typical dish costs less sometimes way less.
Sandwiches and salads can be found for a little bit than 8 dollars. Now, other Brazilian food, in my opinion, is more expensive. Now, you can eat at a buffet for less than that like in the States.
A meal at a churrasqueria will cost you between 40 to 45 dollars. Outside Rio de Janeiro, I found the food is also expensive the food prices does not go down like accommodations and sightseeing prices.
A good person to talk to about the costs of Brazil would be Thismyhappiness. Jenna is married to a Brazilian and makes trips back there just about every year. She would be a good resource and person to ask about costs. However, you have to love any of the free things to do any time you travel!
Jeremy, Thanks for the contact info. Like you said it would be great to talk to a person that knows about the place. I am sure she an provide good money saving tips. It IS crazy expensive. The big cities, especially Sao Paulo and Rio, are much worse. About skipping Brazil, I think that is a shame because Brazil is unique among the countries of South America. I totally agree with you.
I was in Rio for Reveillon New Years a couple years back, so everything was even more expensive than usual too. For what, I saw I think other cities are also expensive. At least, big cities. You offered some great insight into ways to save money. It sounds really pricey in Brazil. The day sail sounds like fun and I love the fresh fruit smoothies.
Thanks, Lisa. Just wanted to shed some light since I was really surprised when I saw the prices and did the math. There are a lot of great things in Brazil. The sail was great. The smoothies were even better.
There are more than 40 flavors to choose from. You are correct alright. Brazil has very high levels of taxation and the Real has appreciated very significantly against other currencies and many feel it is over-valued.
Add to that a property boom or bubble depending on your opinion and you have all the ingredients of an expensive destination. My fondness for Brazil has greatly diminished from my first visit and I now know that there are other places that offer much of what Brazil has but at a lower cost, with reduced but not absent levels of crime and with friendlier people.
As someone who speaks converational Portugese, I have been barked at in shops for not understanding everything first time and treated in an offhand manner in restaurants. I am, like you, a worl traveller; I have been to Brazil 5 times. You are very correct about the recent price hike. In years to Brazil was extremely cheap. But South America in general took a price hike, not always to their inherent econonomical boost.
And for your recommendations…ehhh… I can counter most of them; Let me just mention for the sake of any reader , that it is NOT recommended to move around with large chuncks of Reis; it is after all a high crime place in some places ; As for your sending readers to eat beirute Middle Eastern specialty , ehh, I do not think there is a need to support the Arabs; they are getting by just fine; especially in Brazil.
They think only in themselves. Brazil is the country of the future, but corruption and local CEOs are the reason this place is so expensive. They really invest almost nothing on public health and education, and the lower classes, although in better situation than 10 years ago, still have a very poor quality of life. Im Portuguese, my company sells a lot to brazil… I visit brazil since … good times are over if you are looking for a cheap tourist destination.
Today brazil its a country without value…. Are you kidding me? We started in , when the reis was 4 to the dollar. Now my husband and I go a beach town in the NE. I love Brazil but if you see the infrastructure it scares you. I am 25 and wanna backpack through parts of brazil. I have a much better idea on prices after reading these blogs so i thank u.
I am currently living in Brazil. I speak fluent Brazilian Portuguese and know the country very well. Rio de Janeiro is expensive because there are too many tourists.
If you go to unvisited places, such as the many beachs in the south and northeast, the prices will be lower. This differentiates Latin America from regions such as Africa, where although the cost of living is low, the difficulty of the markets to provide goods in an accessible manner means that the foreign currency does not retain its value and usefulness. For this reason, African cities such as Luanda, in Angola, and Ndjamena in Chad are very high in the ranking, occupying positions 6 and 8 respectively.
Meanwhile, Windhoek, capital of Namibia, neighbor of Angola, occupies the position in the ranking, which highlights the importance of local markets over the average cost of living in a region. Among the four cheapest cities for foreigners in Latin America are two of the Central American capitals, Tegucigalpa, the cheapest one, ranking out of evaluated cities, and Managua, which is ranked These two are followed by the city of Monterrey, which occupies the position , and is positioned as the most economic destination in Mexico, among the cities evaluated, surpassing Mexico City, which occupies the th place.
Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, was not included in the study, because its position would vary greatly depending on the exchange rate used and the economic condition at the precise moment in which the data was collected. Latin American Post Pedro Bernal.
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