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[QUOTE=Spidy;3026264][B]Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting Brazil coup[/B]
[URL]https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8xrqxk9p4xo[/URL]

Look like justice and democracy has prevailed in Brazil, where the USA Failed.

But will Americans see this as a victory for justice and democracy, or just higher coffee prices?

The bigger question is:[list] (a) who thinks ex-Pres Bozo will "chicken-out" and run? The U.S.? Russia? Hungary?[/list][list] (b) Or stay and face the music, like Pres Lula, when he was sentenced on fake, trumped up charges?[/list][list] (c) Civil Unrest?[/list]
My money is on (a), go figure! [I][b](...kkkk!)[/b][/I][/QUOTE]As an American, I assume the only American news channel that gets exported around the world is CNN. The news networks in America are a joke. They are just promoting their parties. As far as the coup in America. They call that an insurrection but where were the guns? How long was the government overthrown? Those people that participated did succeed and got what they wanted which was some pictures that got them prosecuted. Sure you can spin the story different and the media definitely does. The media in America is a joke.

Curitiba? Why? I've been there twice and it is sooooo boring. Like the people from there. Of those 5 I would choose Floripa but thats just from my experience and opinion.

[QUOTE=TheCane;3025438]This video is quite informative for those of you considering visiting other cities in Brazil besides the "big two". I have been to 5 cities in Brazil (Salvador will be no. 6): Rio, Sampa, Porto, Curitiba, and Floripa. If I had to pick one from my list to live in it would be Curitiba: [URL]https://youtu.be/3ecTAqjzFaM?si=0FFL3NVNkLWhmYAv[/URL].[/QUOTE].

[QUOTE=Fewdie;3026626]Curitiba? Why? I've been there twice and it is sooooo boring. Like the people from there. Of those 5 I would choose Floripa but thats just from my experience and opinion.[/QUOTE]Maybe that's what I like about it. Nice and quiet! And then if I wanted a little excitement, I could always head off to Rio or Sampa, but I wouldn't want to live in either. The other thing I liked about Curitiba is that it's very green. The greenest city in Brazil, or at least they so claim. Florianopolis would be my next pick of the cities I have been to. Porto Alegre is the one Brazilian city I have been to that I kind of didn't like. Anticipating Salvador, and will be interesting to see where it fits on my list.

Here's my ranking of where I would live only.

1) Scandallo. The people here are so friendly and nice to me LOL.

2) Florianopolis. Nature.

3) Sao Paulo. Just familiar with the area and the people.

4) Rio.

5) Porto Alegre.

6) Curitiba. Not much to do and the people aren't friendly as from any of the other places.

7) anywhere in the Northeast and North.

[QUOTE=TheCane;3026627]Maybe that's what I like about it. Nice and quiet! And then if I wanted a little excitement, I could always head off to Rio or Sampa, but I wouldn't want to live in either. The other thing I liked about Curitiba is that it's very green. The greenest city in Brazil, or at least they so claim. Florianopolis would be my next pick of the cities I have been to. Porto Alegre is the one Brazilian city I have been to that I kind of didn't like. Anticipating Salvador, and will be interesting to see where it fits on my list.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Fewdie;3027022]6) Curitiba. The people aren't friendly as from any of the other places.[/QUOTE]You obviously didn't meet the people I did. I noticed no difference.

I don't agree with everything he says, and he doesn't do the best job of explaining what he's talking about, but I do get where he's coming from:

[URL]https://youtu.be/BFSjS2w2EuA?si=I8zlok0VNLPl_hUU[/URL]

[URL]https://youtu.be/mbdv1mE0gzs?si=SLnK-CT-adIONsZ2[/URL]

What about Belo Horizonte?

That is top of Vagabundo's list. Easy trip by bus super cheap from Rio rodoviaria, and not very far by bus.

Good discussion here, that video about ranking cities is good, senor cane. Thanks.

Home of skank. That song. What is the name of that band?

[QUOTE=Fewdie;3027022]Here's my ranking of where I would live only.

1) Scandallo. The people here are so friendly and nice to me LOL.

2) Florianopolis. Nature.

3) Sao Paulo. Just familiar with the area and the people.

4) Rio.

5) Porto Alegre.

6) Curitiba. Not much to do and the people aren't friendly as from any of the other places.

7) anywhere in the Northeast and North.[/QUOTE]

[URL]https://youtu.be/NeADhPP0G2Q?si=AfUSLkW__fS3QFMu[/URL]

Jota quest.

Love the music and the food from BH. Easier to get there than SP by hopping any RJ bus to 'rodoviaria'.

Best girls are from BH, like Penelope from 4 x4. And perola negra. Anyone have any intel on her, where in SP prives she is, I need to go hit that beautiful blond again, and I need to get up to BH / MG to the source. Best food in Brazil, best music, best women, best hoars, maybe that is the place to spend the super hot months and do the digital nomad thing. Fuk.

[QUOTE=Vagabundo1;3027862]What about Belo Horizonte?

That is top of Vagabundo's list. Easy trip by bus super cheap from Rio rodoviaria, and not very far by bus.

Good discussion here, that video about ranking cities is good, senor cane. Thanks.

Home of skank. That song. What is the name of that band?[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=TheCane;3027822]I don't agree with everything he says, and he doesn't do the best job of explaining what he's talking about, but I do get where he's coming from:

[URL]https://youtu.be/BFSjS2w2EuA?si=I8zlok0VNLPl_hUU[/URL]

[URL]https://youtu.be/mbdv1mE0gzs?si=SLnK-CT-adIONsZ2[/URL][/QUOTE]The guy is all over the place. Whining about scams, bad driving, touts, criminality (all true), then bitches that women are poor and expect you to pay for their expenses. Duh, no shit.

And whining about touts in Rio is totally off. He should visit Cartagena to ***** about touts who won't take any number of no gracias for an answer.

[QUOTE=Vagabundo1;3027896][URL]https://youtu.be/NeADhPP0G2Q?si=AfUSLkW__fS3QFMu[/URL]

Jota quest.

Love the music and the food from BH. Easier to get there than SP by hopping any RJ bus to 'rodoviaria'.

Best girls are from BH, like Penelope from 4 x4. And perola negra. Anyone have any intel on her, where in SP prives she is, I need to go hit that beautiful blond again, and I need to get up to BH / MG to the source. Best food in Brazil, best music, best women, best hoars, maybe that is the place to spend the super hot months and do the digital nomad thing. Fuk.[/QUOTE]Mineiras have a high reputation in Sao Paulo as well (hell half the girls in Scan are fresh off the bus), something about the culture there makes them very amicable by default. The food there is definitely a step up compared to typical Brasileiro comida. The "source" you seek is an area with a dozen prive hotels around the Centro bus station but I will warn you it is not a very friendly setting (especially the management) and being a foreigner you will standout. Me and my friend explored it 2 years ago and got yelled at and thrown out a couple times for not moving quickly enough or having phones out. Porn star Ariella Ferraz admitted to me she worked in there before trying the SP clinicas in between shoots (she only freelances now).

I'll be in RJ briefly mid October. Does anyone have a hotel they would recommend in Flamengo? I want to boycott my regular shithole. If it's in Copacabana I'll do it bit I don't want to break the bank, also read some posts further back saying the Ibis brand is getting unreliable about GF.

[QUOTE=ParsTiger;3028056]I'll be in RJ briefly mid October. Does anyone have a hotel they would recommend in Flamengo? I want to boycott my regular shithole. If it's in Copacabana I'll do it bit I don't want to break the bank, also read some posts further back saying the Ibis brand is getting unreliable about GF.[/QUOTE]You might want to check out the Windsor Florida Hotel where due to a sudden cancelled American Airlines flight, I and a bunch of other flyers once spent 18 hours on the Airline's dime. It is a 3. 5 star hotel; clean, quiet and pretty good, IMHO. I don't know what the current rates are, but it has to be less than what you would find in more touristy Copa. They even have a very nice rooftop pool! And I liked the neighborhood.

Sometimes Brazil can be complicated. I frequently send parcels from Brazil back home. It used to be very cheap, 58 reais /20 kg. Then it quickly went up to 1159 reais /20 kg.

Anyway I wanted to know the current prices. It used to be easy to calculate here:

[URL]https://www2.correios.com.br/sistemas/precosPrazos[/URL]

Now you need to register and the registration doesn't work. I entered in contact with the brazilian post office. To get the information about international prices you need to create on account on their site as it's part of an international survey. I explained to the customer service that the registration doesn't work. They agreed on that. So I asked if they could provide me with the price for sending a 20 kg parcel to Europe. No they couldn't do that. To get that information I need to register. I reminded the customer service that the registration doesn't work. They know that, but to get the price registration is necessary. No way they could just check the price and give it to me. So stupid.

I would say BH is below SP on my list but above rio. Yeah the food is good and the people are nicer than those other cities like RJ and north and northeast and curitiba. Porto Alegre has very good food too but not much else to do. It also really depends on the location in SP and the people I know.

[QUOTE=Vagabundo1;3027862]What about Belo Horizonte?

That is top of Vagabundo's list. Easy trip by bus super cheap from Rio rodoviaria, and not very far by bus.

Good discussion here, that video about ranking cities is good, senor cane. Thanks.

Home of skank. That song. What is the name of that band?[/QUOTE].

[QUOTE=Sperto;3029671]Sometimes Brazil can be complicated. I frequently send parcels from Brazil back home. It used to be very cheap, 58 reais /20 kg. Then it quickly went up to 1159 reais /20 kg.

Anyway I wanted to know the current prices.[/QUOTE]In the States the other day I went to the post office to send a small suitcase in for warranty repair or replacement. I put the box on the scale on the desk and the lady said $31. I said okay good. Then she said the computer told her she needs to measure the box. Ended up being $130! Yeah fuck that. I can buy a new suitcase for that much.

[QUOTE=Sperto;3025695]I'm buying some domestic tickets. Mainly looking at GOL, Latam and Azul. It's impressive that Latam survives without making their website working better. It's so worthless. Luckily GOL is working well and often have the best prices.[/QUOTE]Fantastic, Latam website is working well. I never seen that before.