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[Xpartan]

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:

https://youtu.be/BFSjS2w2EuA?si=I8zlok0VNLPl_hUU

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

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.

[Vagabundo1]

https://youtu.be/NeADhPP0G2Q?si=AfUSLkW__fS3QFMu

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.

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?

[Vagabundo1]

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?

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.

[The Cane]

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:

https://youtu.be/BFSjS2w2EuA?si=I8zlok0VNLPl_hUU

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

[The Cane]

6) Curitiba. The people aren't friendly as from any of the other places.

You obviously didn't meet the people I did. I noticed no difference.

[Fewdie]

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.

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.

[The Cane]

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.

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.

[Fewdie]

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.

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: https://youtu.be/3ecTAqjzFaM?si=0FFL3NVNkLWhmYAv.

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[BobNSuzy]

Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting Brazil coup
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8xrqxk9p4xo

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:

• (a) who thinks ex-Pres Bozo will "chicken-out" and run? The U.S.? Russia? Hungary?

• (b) Or stay and face the music, like Pres Lula, when he was sentenced on fake, trumped up charges?

• (c) Civil Unrest?

My money is on (a), go figure! (...kkkk!)

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.

[The Cane]

Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting Brazil coup

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8xrqxk9p4xo

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?

This American sees it as both, fortunately and unfortunately respectively.

[Spidy]

Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting Brazil coup
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8xrqxk9p4xo

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:

• (a) who thinks ex-Pres Bozo will "chicken-out" and run? The U.S.? Russia? Hungary?

• (b) Or stay and face the music, like Pres Lula, when he was sentenced on fake, trumped up charges?

• (c) Civil Unrest?

My money is on (a), go figure! (...kkkk!)

[Sperto]

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.

As said GOL website works better than Latam website as the latter isn't working at all. Still GOL website has some issues.

Some advice if somebody is in the same situation. When you login to GOL website you can use your Smiles number. For me I got stuck on updating my data as there were no way to continue. Instead I chose the desired flight, without making a login. Then in the payment process I added my name etc and Smiles number.

Another issue. When paying you'll see your country, but when to choose a state you'll only see the states in the US. You have to change your country to any country and then change it back to your own country. Then you'll see the correct states of your country.

In Brazil everything is supposed to be a bit complicated.

[Sperto]

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.

[The Cane]

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: https://youtu.be/3ecTAqjzFaM?si=0FFL3NVNkLWhmYAv.

[Vagabundo1]

That's a good video, thanks.

What do you think of this, especially in light of Venezuelan USA Navy deployments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvlVHW2K6js

I am unblocking you for long enough for our favorite honey trap to show up on the balcony of ISG member Tavares, who is due back in October so we can have a civilized lunch at Cais do Oriente.

Interesting documentary on when the sun goes down in Rio: https://youtu.be/WAAwqbb3fL0?si=iR79QX8_otqvU2ko