First arrived in Dec. 1964. Served three years in the Peace Corps in Mato Grosso and Espírito Santo. After Peace Corps was working for Johnson’s Wax in Rio when I got drafted. Served two years in the US Army in Panama; Canal Zone. Upon leaving the Army, served two years in Vietnam with United States Agency for International Development. Returned to the States and taught English for five years before going to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for five years. In 1986, returned to Brazil.
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Hi Anders,
Brazilians are very open and outgoing and much less “mi pais es el melhor del mundo.” Some Brazilians call the Argies the French of South America. The Argies would probably like that comparison.
A few years back BA was expensive while Rio was cheap.
Expats need two or three countries ….. move to the least expensive depending on the exchange rate. Right now the Philippines is looking good!!.
ExpatBrazil
Don’t know if you’ve been following this, but the Brazilian “justice” system makes the Argy one look rather clean – at least in this case. Reminds me of the mid-air with the GOL 737 over the Amazon basin. This kind of nonsense pretty much kills it for me. How do you deal with this level corruption?
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/07/30/sports/AP-BOX-Gatti-Death.html?ref=global-home
Hi Anders,
I don’t “deal” with this corruption. You can’t! It comes with living in Brazil (and other 3rd world countries). You either lash out at all the injustices you see or pull back and fight the battles you can win. If you are going to live in a 3rd world country, you need lots of money or important connections. 1st World Countries have this problem as well but to a much lesser degree.
You ain’t going to change it. It is disgusting and one wonders how in a country like BR there is still a Redneck approach to Justice…..but that is the way it is. If you don’t accept it, gather your tribe and begin the war of justice.
ExpatBrazil
PS: It is the locals who suffer from injustice. You and I can get on a plane tomorrow and say “Adios”. They can’t.
PS: I play little attention to how MJ or Gatti died. My World is much smaller than this.
Point very well taken. Same deal as Argentina, not to mention a good part of eastern Europe. And yes, sadly its the locals who really get screwed by the gangsters (families) that run these countries. Perhaps this is somewhat perverse, but my gringo neighbor in BA put it well when he said that “if these places weren’t completely fu*ked up….then they would be overrun with gringos and thus, we wouldn’t be living here”. Another expat friend here pretty much sums up your comment when he says that “when/if all hell breaks loose here…I’ll just pack up my roller bag and head to Ezieza airport”. Good site, I enjoy and appreciate your thoughts born of many years down here!
Follow up on corruption:
A judge in Brasilia has ordered the newspaper, Estado de São Paulo, not publish any articles about the son of the President of the Senate, Jose Sarney, who is involved in a corruption scandal. The Son is also under investigation. The judge is close the Sarney family.
And so it goes.
ExpatBrazil
The latest in BA has the government grossly under reporting the deaths from the swine flu virus – experts have the actual number closer to 700, which would make Argentina the number one country for deaths from the virus. The same as the under reporting of the inflation rate, which many see as more than double the official rate.
And so it goes here as well. Just another example of the K’s politics.
The Queen….. pathetic. I feel your pain…well, actually I don’t. I feel my pain here.
Same clowns, same circus, same show just a different language.
I am close to giving up on the human race. Long-term they will self-destruct. I think it is time to move to the beach and what the show…like a Drive-In Theater.
At least it is warm here.
ExpatBrazil
No problem. Most I just pulled off Brazilian news sites so not sure what copyright problems you might have if you are doing a commercial site.