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[Xpartan]

Does anyone know how to minimize the side effects of Viagra or Cialis?

Last time I tried Cialis I had a headache, heartburn, and a little bit of a red face. What are your tricks to better these things, and are the things you use to counter these side effects available in Brazil?

Cialis increases my heart rate and keeps it that way for hours. It used to be my go-to ED pill because to me it also worked like an aphrodisiac, but my Dr. Told me to stop. I have no idea if you even can to counter side effects, but you shouldn't ignore what your body is trying to tell you.

Viagra simply does its job. Sometimes I might have a little headache afterwards, but nothing serious.

Different people will have different side effects or none at all.

[Aristhotle]

Does anyone know how to minimize the side effects of Viagra or Cialis?

Last time I tried Cialis I had a headache, heartburn, and a little bit of a red face. What are your tricks to better these things, and are the things you use to counter these side effects available in Brazil?

[HiddenEye]

Hi, important information about population in Brasil has come out this week.

Brasil population over passed the 203 Million, and it's the lowest growth yearly rate of only 0,52%.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2r0lqrzzZA

There must be equivalent video in English.

[Vagabundo1]

RIO DE JANEIRO / Washington, May 5 (Reuters) - The USA Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director last year told senior Brazilian officials that President Jair Bolsonaro should stop casting doubt on his country's voting system ahead of the October election, sources told Reuters.

The previously unreported comments by CIA Director William Burns came in an intimate, closed-door meeting in July, according to two people familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Burns was, and remains, the most senior USA Official to meet in Brasilia with Bolsonaro's right-wing government since the election of USA President Joe Biden.

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A third person in Washington familiar with the matter confirmed that a delegation led by Burns had told top Bolsonaro aides the president should stop undermining confidence in Brazil's voting system. That source was not certain whether the CIA director himself had voiced the message.

The CIA declined to comment. Brazil's Institutional Security Cabinet (GSI), which is part of the president's office and led by National Security Adviser Augusto Heleno, said in a statement that the Burns meeting had been publicly announced.

"The matters dealt with in intelligence meetings are confidential," it said. "The GSI does not receive messages from any country in the world, nor does it transmit them. ".

Later, in a weekly social media address, Bolsonaro and Heleno denied such a message had been delivered.

"That conversation about elections never happened," Heleno said.

Burns arrived in Brasilia six months after the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol following former USA President Donald Trump's election loss.

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Bolsonaro, a far-right nationalist who idolizes Trump, has echoed the former USA Leader's baseless allegations of fraud in the 2020 USA Election. He has also cast similar doubts about Brazil's electronic voting system, calling it liable to fraud, without providing evidence. Read more.

That has raised fears among his opponents that Bolsonaro, who is trailing leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula the Silva in opinion polls, is sowing doubts so he can follow Trump's example, rejecting any loss in the Oct. 2 vote.

On multiple occasions, Bolsonaro has floated the idea of not accepting the results, and has repeatedly attacked the country's federal electoral court. Last week, in his latest broadside, Bolsonaro, a former army captain, suggested the military should conduct its own parallel ballot count alongside the court.

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Two of the sources warned of a potential institutional crisis if Bolsonaro were to lose by a narrow margin, with scrutiny focused on the role of Brazil's armed forces, which ruled the country during a 1964-85 military government that Bolsonaro celebrates.

During his unannounced trip, Burns, a career diplomat nominated by Biden last year, met at the presidential palace with Bolsonaro and two senior intelligence aides. Heleno and Alexandre Ramagem, then-head of Brazilian intelligence agency Abin. Both were Bolsonaro appointees.

Burns also dined at the USA Ambassador's residence with Heleno and Bolsonaro's then-Chief of Staff Luiz Eduardo Ramos, both former generals. Brazil's military has historically enjoyed close ties with the CIA and other USA Intelligence services.

At the dinner, according to one of the sources, Heleno and Ramos sought to dismiss the significance of Bolsonaro's repeated allegations of voter fraud. In response, the source said, Burns told them that the democratic process was sacred, and that Bolsonaro should not be talking in that way.

"Burns was making it clear that elections were not an issue that they should mess with," said the source, who was not authorized to speak publicly. "It wasn't a lecture, it was a conversation. ".

In a letter dated Sept. 2, sent by Heleno to Brazilian lawmaker Luciano Bivar, the national security adviser said he was present at the dinner hosted by the USA Ambassador. In the letter, posted on the website of the lower house of Congress, Heleno said it was a "courtesy event and, naturally, took place with informal conversations on topics of mutual interest between Brazil and the United States of America. ".

BIDEN ENVOY.

It is unusual for CIA directors to deliver political messages, the sources said. But Biden has empowered Burns, one of the most experienced USA Diplomats, to be a low-profile mouthpiece for the White House.

Last month, for example, Burns said in a public address that in November, four months after visiting Brasilia, Biden dispatched him to Moscow "to convey directly to (Russian President Vladimir) Putin and several of his closest advisers the depths of our concern about his planning for war, and the consequences for Russia" if they proceeded. Read more.

The tenor of his comments in Brasilia was reinforced the month after his trip, when USA National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan visited Bolsonaro and raised similar concerns about undermining trust in elections. However, the Burns delegation's message was stronger than Sullivan's, the Washington-based source said, without elaborating. Read more.

"It is important that Brazilians have confidence in their electoral systems," a USA State Department official said in a statement when asked for comment, adding that the United States is confident of Brazil's institutions, including free, fair and transparent elections.

On Saturday, however, in a fresh sign of disquiet among some of Washington's foreign policy establishment, the most recent USA Consul in Rio wrote in a Brazilian newspaper that the United States should make it clear to Bolsonaro that any effort to undermine elections would trigger multilateral sanctions. Read more.

Biden and Bolsonaro have yet to speak.

During the 2020 USA Presidential campaign, the two clashed over Bolsonaro's environmental record, and he was one of the last world leaders to recognize Biden's victory over Trump.

Officials in Washington have sought to improve ties with Brasilia in recent weeks, and the presidents of the two largest nations in the Western Hemisphere may soon meet in person if Bolsonaro attends June's Summit of the Americas in LOS Angeles.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americ...eG-BW9__lpCfzI

https://youtu.be/ehnzlvEpjT4

https://www.ft.com/content/07533564-...8-2c7ae330efc5

[Nordico]

Starting next January the only flights from / to SDU will be Ponte Aereo flights from Congonhas and Brasilia. The rest of the domestic flights will move to GIG.

[Aristhotle]

You'll see them and hear them. It ain't Thailand.

That is good to know then. Thank you. So I'll go with the thinking that if I have any suspicions, I shouldn't pursue.

[Xpartan]

As someone who in August will visit Perola Negra in search of beautiful negras or mulatas, I find multiple mentions of this quite disturbing.

Are the transformers obvious? Will the regular girls tell you who they are so we can avoid them? Tips on how to identify them to avoid them?

You'll see them and hear them. It ain't Thailand.

[Aristhotle]

It was pretty packed with about 15-20 girls. They are not aggressive here from my observation but per usual a nice variety of flavors. It seems like more of a locals place because every girl I talked to got scooped by her regular, which is understandable. I did notice 2 transformers so other reports I've read here seem to be spot on.

As someone who in August will visit Perola Negra in search of beautiful negras or mulatas, I find multiple mentions of this quite disturbing.

Are the transformers obvious? Will the regular girls tell you who they are so we can avoid them? Tips on how to identify them to avoid them?

[The Cane]

Astrud Gilberto: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/06/06/e...ath/index.html.

When I think longingly of Brazil, I think of Astrud and her song:

https://youtu.be/_1uEy-n4IsU

[BigButtDetecto]

You might want to consider giving it a longer try for your own sake, LOL.

I agree; I did not stay long enough.

Privees are very scattered and many shut down.

I forgot to mention that Brazilian girls seem to have less attitudes than other latinas.

[Xpartan]

Also, we'd love to hear your report on Sao Luiz and I know that I personally would love to know your take on Lencois Maranhenses which I'm considering visiting on my next trip. DM me on that if you can, or post here.

Lencois Maranhenses is a bona fide wonder of the world and I highly recommend visiting it for everyone. The problem is that the rain patterns are unpredictable every year. While the lagoons usually get filled mid-summer, guest houses get filled much earlier so you need to do the booking well ahead. Mid-August is normally safe, though.

The travel infrastructure around Lencois is still very underdeveloped, but that's a great thing. Enjoying the park without the crowds is priceless. You can only enter with a Jeep tour, but the tours were extremely cheap in 2019.

There are three points of entry from what I remember, but I strongly recommend staying at Santo Amaro. It's the village right next to the park, about 10 minute ride.

Getting there from Sao Luiz is a hassle -- 4+ hours by 4 x4, but it's totally worth it. PM if you want the contact of a tour guide who does the tours there if he's still in business, of course.

After reading all the positive posts on the ISG, I wanted to check by myself about mongering in Brazil.

4 days in SP and 4 days in Rio is not much but enough to have a glimpse.

The daytime action is not great as lets say in Medellin.

The prives are cheap but are exhausting to find.

I went to 4 x4 in Rio and liked it; Same as HKG in Tijuana, but less expensive.

Downside is the distance to US and mediocre daytime action.

Conclusion; will I return? Probably not unless I have something else to do there. I'd rather go to Peru instead that have cheap "chongos".

Unfortunately, the glimpse is all you've got. I'd told you 4 days was not enough for Rio, especially for the first visit.

The daytime action in Rio is fantastic if you're willing to walk the walk. I don't get it why you couldn't find Rio prives; there are dozens of reviews with addresses here and hundreds on Gparena. If prives are not to your liking, there are termas, incalls and outcalls too -- all available in daytime.

4 x4 is 1000 times better than HK in Tijuana. Seriously, it's an affront to Brazil punters to even try to compare that thieving, hardcore, tip-extracting joint with 4 x4 -- the temple of hard-work hooking, LOL.

Lima (as much as I loved the food there) is vastly inferior to Rio in almost all regards, but if you enjoy a Trocadero scene, then yes, Rio doesn't have a brothel of that scale. Then again, walking between multiple prives in Centro buildings is not totally unlike strolling through Trocadero in a search of a proverbial gem.

You might want to consider giving it a longer try for your own sake, LOL.

[FlappyGilmore0]

Arrived at 1 am, 50 R to enter and a very good band was playing. The place is quite small with a pole in the middle and seating around the edges. Very smokey inside.

It was pretty packed with about 15-20 girls. They are not aggressive here from my observation but per usual a nice variety of flavors. It seems like more of a locals place because every girl I talked to got scooped by her regular, which is understandable. I did notice 2 transformers so other reports I've read here seem to be spot on.

As a first time visit to Barra, it was enjoyable so will definitely return since its a quick ride from Leblon.

[Vagabundo1]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/BaETQZQS8rRjV9ZA6

Who has been here?

A local says the women are much more educated there for LTR / STR.

[Nrlmus]

After reading all the positive posts on the ISG, I wanted to check by myself about mongering in Brazil.

4 days in SP and 4 days in Rio is not much but enough to have a glimpse.

I am fluent in spanish but not in portuguese so I had to use google translate all the time in spite of some knowledge of portuguese.

The daytime action is not great as lets say in Medellin.

And I could not find any decent street girls.

The clinicas are a good option but they are not that cheap and the girls I seen did not turn me on.

The prives are cheap but are exhausting to find.

I went to 4 x4 in Rio and liked it; Same as HKG in Tijuana, but less expensive..

Dude, you know your way about Colombia and Tijuana but not Brazil. You speak Spanish but not Portuguese. Unless you have someone to show you around of course you're going to like your familiar stomping grounds better than somewhere where you only spend only 4 days. Come on now.

[Mr Enternational]

Just returned from Brazil. I speak ok Porto and on my trip was surprised to discover that upon hearing me speak many Brazilians, including girls tried to switch to Spanish apparently mistaking me for the Spanish speaker.

People are fucking crazy. If I am somewhere and start speaking to someone in one of the other languages I speak, they don't even listen, but instead reply I don't speak English. I guess they take one look at me and figure he is American, there is no remote way he could be speaking to me in my language. I say does it sound like I am speaking English?