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[QUOTE=Lorenzo]This is absolutely not true. They tax the $2000 a month because it is considered income in Brazil, and they couldn't care less that you have already paid taxes on it in your own country.[/QUOTE]
OK.. I will find out for sure soon. You are not required to stay here full time with a retirment visa, you can be away for up to 2 years.
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My Definition...
If you can't drink the water, you're in a Third World country.
-Helpmann :)
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About Third World
[QUOTE=Perkele]Funny how you brought these issues up when talking about third world countries.
Since I´m european who has lived in several countries and continents, including USA, I find both Brasil and USA 3rd world countries.
Compared to ANY european country there is no freedom what so ever in USA and no safety what so ever in Brasil. Said that I prefer to live in Brasil, mostly because of the freedom you have here.[/QUOTE]If you look at history. We help your country or say (Europe) gain status and economic power after WW2. If it wasn't for us Europe would not be what it is today. Europe was shattered after the war.
And about third world look it up.
Wikepedia definition:
Third World is a term used along with First World and (to a much lesser extent) Second World to divide the nations of Earth into three broad socio-political and economic categories.
The term was coined in 1952 by French demographer Alfred Sauvy to refer to what are now called developing or underdeveloped countries, especially in Latin America, Africa, Oceania, and Asia, which were not aligned with either the Soviet nor American blocs during the Cold War.[1] Today, however, the term is synonymous with all countries in the developing world, independent of their political status.
Third World countries are also known as the Global South, developing countries, and underdeveloped countries in academic circles. Development workers also call them the "two-thirds world" and "The South."
MY COMMENT: Yes Rome went down and the United States may go down too some day, but for now we are a super power. We are actually putting Nukes in Russia's backyard on Europe's soil. No one put missiles or Nukes in the United States, so far we have been unchallenge.
United States has been number 1 for a while and a lot of people on here dislike like the facts about it.
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At least the United States has made it to the number 1 country unchallenge. Not many countries discuss on here can say that there country is #1 in the world unchallenge or has made it to #1.
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Who Cares?
Third World, not Third World who cares we are on this site for mongering. Just my two cent from a First World Country and my 10 cent from a Third World.
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Water
If you can't drink the water, you're in a Third World country.
-Helpmann
You can't drink the water in Kentucky (lol)
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How to get to VM
How would a monger get to VM by bus from Ipanema? I usually take a taxi but do not feel like footing the bill since I will be solo.
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[QUOTE=Quedog]How would a monger get to VM by bus from Ipanema? I usually take a taxi but do not feel like footing the bill since I will be solo.[/QUOTE]
When I go to VM by bus from Copa I always take "455 Meier". Unfortunately 455 don't go to Ipanema. Of course you could go to VM by changing bus in Copa or Centro (Praca XV, Central etc).
I recommend you take the Metro bus from Ipanema. This bus takes you from Ipanema to the subway station in Copa. Continue with the metro to the station São Cristovão (changing trains at Estácio).
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[QUOTE=Quedog]How would a monger get to VM by bus from Ipanema? I usually take a taxi but do not feel like footing the bill since I will be solo.[/QUOTE]
Sperto gave a good answer via the Metro. But if you really want to take a bus, take one that goes towards "Maracana". (Christopherd taught me this bit of useful info, and I made use of it.)
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[QUOTE=Madd Love]United States has been number 1 for a while and a lot of people on here dislike like the facts about it.[/QUOTE]
It's not about disliking, it's just about not caring.
"The purpose of this Forum is to provide for the exchange of information between men on the subject of finding women for sex." This section is about brazilian bundas and not a political forum discussing wether USA being number 1.
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[QUOTE=Euro100]Sperto gave a good answer via the Metro. But if you really want to take a bus, take one that goes towards "Maracana". (Christopherd taught me this bit of useful info, and I made use of it.)[/QUOTE]
Right, 464 Leblon-Maracana. Make sure you get of at Praça da Bandeira.
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Thanks for the bus info
You guys are becoming for the lack of a better word gods like Bubba.
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[QUOTE=Madd Love]At least the United States has made it to the number 1 country unchallenge. Not many countries discuss on here can say that there country is #1 in the world unchallenge or has made it to #1.[/QUOTE]Shouldn't it be "unchallenged". Guess we can't say much about the education system in the usa. Just spreading the love on ISG? You should be logged into the "Young Republican" website not ISG. I think this where the term "ugly american" came from.
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[QUOTE=Perkele]Compared to ANY european country there is no freedom what so ever in USA.......... [/QUOTE]
Perkele,
You are an ungrateful whelp. The USA saved Europe's ass twice, first in WWII and then in the Cold War. If it weren't for the USA you would have seen Soviet tanks rolling down the Champs Elysee. So the next time you see an American, thank him for the fact that you are free today.
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[QUOTE=Lorenzo]In the past few decades the original meaning of the term has fallen by the wayside, and "third world" has come to mean "underdeveloped." So by this definition, is Brazil a "third world" country? Most people would say no, although much of rural Brazil, especially the northeast, the sertao, etc., exhibit levels of poverty as dire as any "third world" country. I'm curious as to what other forum members think.
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Whatever the case, all of the Brazilians that I know from the poorest to the richest consider themselves to be living in a "third world country." Albeit, I have never asked any of them their definition of the term.