jwesneski
American looking for information about Brazil
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American
Lives in boston
Registration: 28 April 2009
Moving to Brazil 2015! But I have some questions.... by firlus
I thought I'd just introduce myself! Although I don't feel completely fresh to this forum ( I've read a number of posts). I'm quite excited to be going to Brazil next year. I've been planning to go for about 5 years. I'm ...
More along the same lines....definitely look into teaching English via Skype online, I've done it for a few years, you'll make enough to keep yourself fed and have some bar money. Definitely worth a look-see. Read More
Time for our traditional annual bank stike!!! by James
[img align=l]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRDzJ_qTZdve0n4cswhnlfa2eevSZFhyvqbm3T1PsswhNpLZJl_pA[/img]Well it's that time of year again folks! Banks will be going on strike as of next Tuesday in the Distrito Federal and 19 ...
If Brazilians were smart, they'd do like the French do and shut down the entire country until they get a decent living wage. Way, way too much abuse of workers in this country. Read More
For the IT people! by m3gatl20n
I am in the process of moving to Brazil to Marry my Fiancee we have a nice apartment lined up. My Portuguese is getting very close to fluent. I am looking to bring enough money with me to get by for just about a 8 months to a year while looking ...
What programming languages do you do? Perhaps I can be of some assistance, you never know. Also, what languages do you speak? You can also work as a translator online, as I do as well. Read More
For the IT people! by m3gatl20n
I am in the process of moving to Brazil to Marry my Fiancee we have a nice apartment lined up. My Portuguese is getting very close to fluent. I am looking to bring enough money with me to get by for just about a 8 months to a year while looking ...
I'd suggest working for a US company remotely from Brazil, as I have done. Advantage is that Brazilian IT jobs pay about 20% of what you'd expect in the US, and at times even less, so you'll earn much, much more. Plus, you don't need ... Read More
ITR bills arriving even 15 years after my wife sold the farm by Knut34
We are receiving Imposto Sobre a Propriedade Territorial Rural bills and fines for not paying them, even 15 years after we sold the farm. I have 3 very simple question about this: 1. Who is responsible at the time of the sale to update this kind ...
Hmmm, sounds like this family is a microcosm of Brazil as a whole - just one big undocumented mess that somehow creaks along, with the attendant ineptitude, incompetence and inefficiency. Brazil coulda been a contender - it never will be, ... Read More
2014 FIFA WORLD CUP FIASCO UPON US by James
[img align=c]http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u531/wjwoodward/COPA_zpsa81ba13d.jpg[/img] FIFA has announced publicly that the stadiums in S茫o Paulo and Curitiba will not be ready until the last minute. Personally from my years of experience here ...
Just another feather in Brazil's cap, huh? Don't dare say anything against anyone. What a sad excuse for a society. And yes, I am moving away voluntarily, after putting up with this nonsense for several years. What a waste of time it's been. Won't ... Read More
2014 FIFA WORLD CUP FIASCO UPON US by James
[img align=c]http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u531/wjwoodward/COPA_zpsa81ba13d.jpg[/img] FIFA has announced publicly that the stadiums in S茫o Paulo and Curitiba will not be ready until the last minute. Personally from my years of experience here ...
Economics is not rocket science, Want to see manufacturing, sales, wages and employment massively rise? Just cut taxes to a minimum. Why do you think people buy duty free, and flock to Paraguay to buy things there that are exhorbitantly overpriced ... Read More
2014 FIFA WORLD CUP FIASCO UPON US by James
[img align=c]http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u531/wjwoodward/COPA_zpsa81ba13d.jpg[/img] FIFA has announced publicly that the stadiums in S茫o Paulo and Curitiba will not be ready until the last minute. Personally from my years of experience here ...
I'll never forget what a good Brazilian friend of mine in the US told me - "Brasil me revolta!" (Brazil is a revolting place). This country - you meet really wonderful people, and wonder how the heck it's so screwed up. That's what happens when a ... Read More
2014 FIFA WORLD CUP FIASCO UPON US by James
[img align=c]http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u531/wjwoodward/COPA_zpsa81ba13d.jpg[/img] FIFA has announced publicly that the stadiums in S茫o Paulo and Curitiba will not be ready until the last minute. Personally from my years of experience here ...
And now the minister of communication, I think, has announced that 6 of the 12 stadiums will have no/poor access to the internet. A problem that a North American/European private company/country would solve in 3 days by setting up the needed ... Read More
2014 FIFA WORLD CUP FIASCO UPON US by James
[img align=c]http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u531/wjwoodward/COPA_zpsa81ba13d.jpg[/img] FIFA has announced publicly that the stadiums in S茫o Paulo and Curitiba will not be ready until the last minute. Personally from my years of experience here ...
Don`t know what preparations he`s talking about....there haven`t been any. Read More
2014 FIFA WORLD CUP FIASCO UPON US by James
[img align=c]http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u531/wjwoodward/COPA_zpsa81ba13d.jpg[/img] FIFA has announced publicly that the stadiums in S茫o Paulo and Curitiba will not be ready until the last minute. Personally from my years of experience here ...
Glad to see some people see Brazil for what it is - a country with some marvellous people, but a horrible failure in terms of government, infrastructure, education, security, taxes, sanitation, and a host of other critical items. Most Brazilians I ... Read More
Dangerous turning point for Brazil by James
[img align=c]http://negrobelchior.cartacapital.com.br/wp-content/uploads/negrobelchior/sites/2/2014/02/Negro-amarrado-a-poste.jpg[/img] Brazil has reached a very dangerous turning point. Fed up with at least a decade of hollow promises of legal ...
Well, seems everyone out here's been robbed, mugged, broken into, etc. in Brazil. The US, Canada, and a host of other countries are far, far safer. Let's not quibble about the obvious - Brazil, and all of Mexico, Central and South America, are ... Read More
Dangerous turning point for Brazil by James
[img align=c]http://negrobelchior.cartacapital.com.br/wp-content/uploads/negrobelchior/sites/2/2014/02/Negro-amarrado-a-poste.jpg[/img] Brazil has reached a very dangerous turning point. Fed up with at least a decade of hollow promises of legal ...
Canadians have this weird attitude that Americans are all crazy gun-toting maniacs. A very, very few of them are, to include in Canda, and in Brazil a few years ago (13 killed in a school). The POINT of this thread is that Brazil is horribly ... Read More
Dangerous turning point for Brazil by James
[img align=c]http://negrobelchior.cartacapital.com.br/wp-content/uploads/negrobelchior/sites/2/2014/02/Negro-amarrado-a-poste.jpg[/img] Brazil has reached a very dangerous turning point. Fed up with at least a decade of hollow promises of legal ...
John, BTW, a big hello from KA3HEE. Read More
Dangerous turning point for Brazil by James
[img align=c]http://negrobelchior.cartacapital.com.br/wp-content/uploads/negrobelchior/sites/2/2014/02/Negro-amarrado-a-poste.jpg[/img] Brazil has reached a very dangerous turning point. Fed up with at least a decade of hollow promises of legal ...
Yep, the refrain of "this could happen anywhere" entirely misses the point. The problem is that this horrible lack of security and violence is the NORM in Brazil and is all-pervasive. This is definitely not the case in many, many desirable countries. Read More
Dangerous turning point for Brazil by James
[img align=c]http://negrobelchior.cartacapital.com.br/wp-content/uploads/negrobelchior/sites/2/2014/02/Negro-amarrado-a-poste.jpg[/img] Brazil has reached a very dangerous turning point. Fed up with at least a decade of hollow promises of legal ...
Yes, I think I previously stated that I am scouting out another country to move to, one in which decent people can breathe easy. You can put on all the rose-colored glasses you wish, yet your own writings are all about personal safety. The old ... Read More
Dangerous turning point for Brazil by James
[img align=c]http://negrobelchior.cartacapital.com.br/wp-content/uploads/negrobelchior/sites/2/2014/02/Negro-amarrado-a-poste.jpg[/img] Brazil has reached a very dangerous turning point. Fed up with at least a decade of hollow promises of legal ...
Well, i wrote to you in Portuguese just to demonstrate that I have given Brazil plenty of chances over 7 years and you said you thought I was an ex-pat that hadn't manage to assimilate. Lol, nothing could be further from the truth. I learned the ... Read More
A Gringo's Survival Guide to Brazil by James
[img align=L]http://9imb150dy03dci7w3gxvi91b.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/survival-guide.jpg[/img]A Gringo鈥檚 Survival Guide to Brazil (or everything you ever wanted to know about life in Brazil and couldn鈥檛 find ...
Oi amigo, ja faz quase sete anos to morando aqui no Brasil, falo Portugues mais ou menos fluentemente, sou tradutor em 5 linguas, sou casado com uma brasileira, tenho um monte de parentes brasileiros e sigo a vida normal no pais e mexo com todo ... Read More
Dangerous turning point for Brazil by James
[img align=c]http://negrobelchior.cartacapital.com.br/wp-content/uploads/negrobelchior/sites/2/2014/02/Negro-amarrado-a-poste.jpg[/img] Brazil has reached a very dangerous turning point. Fed up with at least a decade of hollow promises of legal ...
The populace is fed up. The entire country is ruled by criminals and you have not one second of security. People here know what has to be done, it can't be said publicly but everyone agrees in private. You can imagine what I mean. Ban me from the ... Read More
Dangerous turning point for Brazil by James
[img align=c]http://negrobelchior.cartacapital.com.br/wp-content/uploads/negrobelchior/sites/2/2014/02/Negro-amarrado-a-poste.jpg[/img] Brazil has reached a very dangerous turning point. Fed up with at least a decade of hollow promises of legal ...
Hi James, the problem with Bazil is there you always have to be on the lookout - this is most definitely not the case in other (advanced) countries. Here, the norm is that someone is watching, waiting, scoping out your house, your car, you can't ... Read More
Dangerous turning point for Brazil by James
[img align=c]http://negrobelchior.cartacapital.com.br/wp-content/uploads/negrobelchior/sites/2/2014/02/Negro-amarrado-a-poste.jpg[/img] Brazil has reached a very dangerous turning point. Fed up with at least a decade of hollow promises of legal ...
This makes it's sound like Brazil is very dangerous and criminals are free to do what they want! I read in other articles you say how safe it is then I read your posts now! Which is it? STAY AWAY, you have been warned. I never forget what my good ... Read More
A Gringo's Survival Guide to Brazil by James
[img align=L]http://9imb150dy03dci7w3gxvi91b.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/survival-guide.jpg[/img]A Gringo鈥檚 Survival Guide to Brazil (or everything you ever wanted to know about life in Brazil and couldn鈥檛 find ...
yep, the list of horrible Brazil goes on and on. Look, Brazil is a FAILED COUNTRY in almost all respects. Sure you meet wonderful people - all of them living behind high walls and electric fences - ALL OF THEM. And virtually EVERYONE has been ... Read More