The girls are hot, everyone is good at and loves football. People dance to samba, Rio carnival and Copacabana beach are great, but there's a big crime problem.

Reply 24

Jenjen24

OP

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Original post by Maharaniii

Samba
capoeira
favelas
beaches
tans
sounds great :smile:

Its amazing! Such a beautiful country :smile:

Reply 25

missfats

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Original post by Jenjen24

Well the majority have the typical brazilian body. I didn't inherit that trait unfortunately hahahaha

What's your other half between?

Them bodies :jumphug:

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Reply 26

Jenjen24

OP

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Original post by Abdul-Karim

The rapidly developing nations which include Brazil, Russia, India and China.

Ahh yeah! Hopefully soon it won't be a third world country!

Reply 27

ParasiteRex

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Favelados with little chance of developing into a non resource-based economy. Also liveleak doesn't paint a very pretty picture of Brazil.

Reply 28

Exon

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Haven't heard any stereotypes about Brazilians tbh.

Reply 29

gr8wizard10

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Original post by Exon

Not what OP was asking for.

That's how I view Brazil as a country, developing. So I think my answer directly answers this part of OPs question:

I'm wondering what people think about Brazilian people and even the country itself.

Reply 30

MichelBraga

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I'm trying to be positive, but this excitement is really exaggerated. Yes, people are lovely, the landscape is unique, samba/bossa nova are amazing, the genetic heritage is spectacular, but Brazil is a third world, violent, unequal, racist and corrupt country. This kind of thread only reinforces for the outsiders an image of a "sexy and easy-going country", hiding the daily struggle of the Brazilian people.

Reply 31

Exon

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Original post by Abdul-Karim

That's how I view Brazil as a country, developing. So I think my answer directly answers this part of OPs question:

Fair enough.

Reply 32

Arieisit

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Original post by MichelBraga

I'm trying to be positive, but this excitement is really exaggerated. Yes, people are lovely, the landscape is unique, samba/bossa nova are amazing, the genetic heritage is spectacular, but Brazil is a third world, violent, unequal, racist and corrupt country. This kind of thread only reinforces for the outsiders an image of a "sexy and easy-going country", hiding the daily struggle of the Brazilian people.

Most (all) South American countries are corrupt. What's your point?

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Reply 33

MichelBraga

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Original post by Arieisit

Most (all) South American countries are corrupt. What's your point?

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Nope, that's incorrect. Uruguay, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, for instance, manage to maintain a good level of governance. And with all do respect to other South American countries, none of them comes close to Brazil in terms of corruption.

Brazil is richer than the UK, and almost 35% of that income is stolen from the public funds.

My point is, Brazil and the mainstream media are really competent in transmiting an image of a happy and fantastic country with minor problems, which is a lie. Brazil's corruption is a problem that affects others countries as well. So it is important to break this stereotype sometimes... people always think of Brazil as football-beaches-women-sex. Brazil is not a sex-tourism-tropical-football land, and their people don't want to be seen as such.