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AS IS HEARD IN THE VIDEO, SOME BRAZILIANS ARE CONCERNED THAT THE BOLSONARO GOVERNMENT WILL ENCOURAGE ASSAULTING WOMEN, BLACKS AND GAYS - LISTENING TO BOLSONARO LEAVES NO DOUBT THAT HE IS A WHITE SUPREMACIST, IF HE MEANS THE WORDS HE REPEATED FOR MANY YEARS. HE ADMITS HE FAVORS A DICTATORSHIP. THE BRAZILIANS INTERVIEWED SAID THEY VOTED FOR BOLSONARO BECAUSE THE ARE TIRED OF THE ROBBERIES AND CRIME IN BRAZIL. WATCHING THE SHORT VIDEO IS EDUCATIONAL ABOUT BRAZIL, FOR THOSE WHO VISIT BRAZIL OFTEN OR EVEN OCCASIONALLY.

Listen to Jair Bolsonaro (the president elect of Brazil) laugh toward the end of the interview - he laughs about having a "straight pride parade" and would not invite gays - Then he goes into a bizarre laugh - He freely admits he does not like gays - How will this change Brazil, if at all. He has three sons. He said if he had a gay son, he would hope the son would be killed in an accident! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3ZBeX9uC8s

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Although his acceptance speech is in Portuguese, it is possible to get an idea of the demeanor of the new president of Brazil by watching him and listening to the tone of his voice. Bolsonaro says that he will be the president to all Brazilians and will make Brazil and its people prosperous. One thing I found odd was that he read his speech rather than speak extemporaneously. Reading makes what he says less meaningful, in my opinion. He comes across almost like a dictator rather than someone new who wants to heal Brazil and its economy and make the streets safe. Anyway, back to Brazil this month for me despite the change in regime.

Hi, did you see the caution warning about Santa Teresa three posts above? I know you are a seasoned traveler. Having so many favelas within walking distance of where you will sleep and reside for your time in Brazil seems a bit dangerous. Just a thought.

I would rather remove my own spleen with an ice pick than have sex with a twink - Ouch!

Hi, please color me dumb, as I do not know who this person is, Matt Cooke, who is "back" - All I can determine from reading the link you provided is that an apparently good looking guy (based on his photo) has some very strict rules for contacting him. He includes a threat to block people who do not follow his rules. He lives in the U.K and apparently sells photos or videos of himself. There are so many free photos of good looking guys on the internet I wonder why I would want to pay for more. Am I missing something? Thanks in advance for an answer.

"If I wanted to bring a guy back from grindr (and abide by all the safety tips I've seen here) are there particular hotels anyone knows of that have great/not too stringent or judgmental guest policies? " Oh, uh! One of us is not reading the safety tips correctly as shown in this forum. You would NEVER bring a guy back you meet on grindr to your apartment or hotel unless you knew him previously. That is why most of us recommend meeting guys in the saunas where you will not run the risk of being mugged or worse. Check out this recent thread concerning one of the posters here who met a guy on grindr - Considering your upcoming trip will be your first time traveling alone, perhaps you will want to stick to the saunas for meeting garotos. If you find someone at the sauna and are compatible, you can take him to your apartment or to an hourly hotel after knowing the garoto for a while. Have a grand time.

I realize there are States in the U.S. that allow citizens to walk around carrying a loaded gun. However, in the U.S. there are not more than 60,000 murders reported each year as there is in Brazil. With the new Brazilian government taking charge in January, there will be many changes for its residents. Hopefully, the new regime will get Brazil back on its economic feet again and get the crime rate in check. I doubt that allowing ordinary citizens to freely carry guns in public places will add to the economy or to less homicides.

I recall your post. I also recall that you continued to visit Brazil many times after your mugging on Avenida Atlantica. I commend you for not letting that incident ruin your subsequent trips to Brazil. Fortunately, nothing else happened to you after that event. The response of the "yawn" was clearly inappropriate. The "yawn" ranks as one of the most insensitive posts to this forum in connection with reporting violence. I agree, that terrible event of the former Curitiba football player/garoto that was murdered and sexually mutilated would not likely "happen anywhere".

Does anyone recall the incident last May when an off-duty Brazilian female cop shot and killed a robber on the street in Sao Paulo? The incident was filmed by someone on a cell phone. The video went viral and was seen on countless Brazilian broadcast television stations. Anyway, the female cop is now elevated to a high political position within the Brazilian Congress she just won. If you read her interview in the below linked article, what she has to say is quite disturbing. She wants ordinary citizens to be able to carry guns. The new president of Brazil, Bolsonaro, also wants ordinary citizens to be allowed to carry guns. Brazil will be like the days of the American cowboys when everyone carried a gun. That cannot be a good thing because it will mean that more guns are in the population and with more guns, there will be more violence in Brazil. Tourism could be negatively affected. Can anyone imagine how it would feel to realize that you are in a restaurant or walking on the street or even in a sauna and there are "ordinary" citizens who carry guns to those places? Yikes! For those who visit Brazil and particularly Sao Paulo, the below linked article might be of interest. The article also might make you rethink visiting Brazil if she and Bolsonaro have their way and ordinary citizens are allowed to carry guns. Here is the article: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/3-gunshots-on-robber-a-viral-video-turn-brazilian-cop-katia-sastre-into-politician-1937460?ndtv_related Maybe it is time to explore other cities in Brazil where guns will not be on the menu for anyone with a desire to carry one.

I just got this link from a Brazilian friend who lives in Curitiba. Curitiba is not far from Sao Paulo. It is a clean and fairly modern city that looks much like a city in Orange County, California. The guy discussed in the below link was found near the outskirts of the State Capitol of Curitiba. He used to visit Sauna 520 in Curitiba as a garoto. Gads, what could have cause this awful event? What kind of person could do this? My friend says that probably no one will be charged and the event will just be one more unsolved casualty of Brazil. The police have no time to launch investigations over this type crime. Brazil has more than sixty thousand murders each year. Murders that involve gay activity are virtually ignored by the police. Based on the story, it seems like it was a sex crime - If so, it was a gastly one. https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/brazilian-footballer-daniel-correa-found-almost-decapitated-with-genitals-cut-off-1939618

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/413671-poll-trump-approval-drops-four-points-in-a-week and https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/413558-jewish-leaders-say-trumps-not-welcome-in-pittsburgh-until-he and https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/10/29/sarah-sanders-jim-acosta-trump-fake-news-sot-nr-vpx.cnn and - many more

Great, you don't have to pay the $10 + tax daily roaming fee nor put up with Verizon's system conflicting with the wireless systems in Brazil. Those Brazilian SIMs, as you no doubt know, are inexpensive and usually work well. I found that TIM (phone company) is the most problematic of the Brazilian telephone carriers. In my case, I visit Brazil so often I have kept the same SIM and telephone numbers for years. I have two numbers; one with TIM and one with VIVO (phone company). When I said I keep the same SIM, that is somewhat misleading. As newer phones came on the market, newer phones were designed for a smaller SIM card. Over the years, I kept the same phone numbers (and subscriber information) but had to exchange larger SIM cards for a micro then a nano, which is currently the smallest and newest SIM available.

No, Bucky, he is not president now. He will be president come January next year. He has another surgery scheduled to repair damage that was done to his chest by the lunatic that stabbed him during his campaign. This is his third surgery for that tragic event. Maybe that tragic event will guide him so that he does not divide Brazil as Trump has horrifically divided America. Hopefully, Bolsonaro will, unlike Trump has done, remember that he is the president for all of the citizens of his country, even though he won only 55% of the vote. That means that 45% of the nation voted against him. I don't think Bolsonaro will be like Trump and break the spirit of the Brazilian people by pitting one political party against the other (like Trump did and does) nor will he repeatedly complain to the public that the news media is the "enemy of the people" like Trump did and does. With luck, the Brazilian people will have a real leader come this January instead of something like we Americans have in our Whitehouse.

Bucky, in Brazil, he is jokingly called the Trump of the Tropics. Unlike Trump, he is not known for being a chronic and habitual liar. He is similar to Trump in being anti abortion and anti gay and anti minorities. Other than the above, he is a "no nonsense" man with some seemingly radical ideas. Something had to give in Brazil. Brazil's economy is in the pits and crime is out of control. This former military tough guy came along and said he would make a lot of changes to help Brazil's economy and combat rampant crime in Brazil. Not one person I know from Brazil (and I spend a lot of time in Brazil and know a lot of Brazilians) has said they like the Workers' Party anymore. That was the party of Lula and was horribly corrupt. You may know that Lula (the former two-term president) is currently in prison for corruption. As a side note, wouldn't that be nice if Trump met a similar fate? We shall see, come January, how Bolsonaro behaves. Hopefully, he will keep his word and choose competent people for his cabinet. As you know, it was an in-and- out circus with Trump and the people he chose to serve on his cabinet. We shall see.

Now you can clap with both hands! Isn't that nice?

Thank you for pointing out that Verizon now has a removable SIM. I knew this. I had hoped to avoid making the explanation too complicated. Initially, only ATT and T-mobile had removable SIMs. Verizon currently has a SIM but those who use it in Brazil often (not always) find Verizon's new and different system unreliable and/or not compatible. But, yes, Verizon does have a removable SIM. Although Verizon will work fine in the U.S. and many other countries, in Brazil Verizon's newer SIM system can have issues with Brazil's older systems. As you can see from my referral of Amazon for a cheap phone, I assumed the person asking the question about a phone rental in Rio is looking to save money while visiting Brazil. As you wrote, you use an international plan with your phone and you are charged ten dollars each day (plus taxes). If one is willing to pay an extra ten dollars EACH DAY (plus tax) for international roaming and if a person visits Brazil for ten days, for example, the ten dollars will equal one hundred dollars plus tax or near the equivalent of R$400 (reais) for telephone use while in Brazil. Paying that kind of money to use a phone in Brazil is not necessary. Depending on the telephone/communication desires of the person visiting Brazil, if that person plans to communicate with garotos, a garoto is not going to call a U.S. telephone (too expensive). There is a work around for those who use the international plan you mentioned. The Verizon user (or persons with phone service from most other providers) can download "whatsapp" which allows calls to and from others who also have "whatsapp" installed on their phone. It does not matter is the phone that has the "whatsapp" has a SIM or conventional calling configuration. The "whatsapp" avoids long distance charges regardless of where the phone or its number are located. Keep it simple and economical!

I doubt that you will find a cell phone rental in Rio or anywhere in Brazil. The theft of cell phones in Rio is quite common. That is why I believe it is unlikely any company will rent an item that is so easily stolen. For example, I visit Brazil often and I know many Brazilians (clients and garotos). Every Brazilian I know has had his phone stolen at least once in the past couple of years. If you have a cell phone where you live and if that cell phone has a SIM card, you can obtain a Brazilian SIM card when you enter Brazil anywhere from free to ten reais (a few dollars). I don't know if you are in the the U.S. If you are, and if your cell phone provider is either T-mobile or AT&T, your phone is equipped to handle a Brazilian SIM card. If you have Verizon or others, their phones are not designed for SIM cards and you will not be able to use your American phone in Brazil except when you switch to roaming, which can be quite expensive (unless you have an international plan). Considering that you are not going to Rio until December, you might consider buying a cheap phone that uses a SIM card. You can find a phone on Amazon for around fifty dollars. The phone is not the top of the line phone but it will accept a Brazilian SIM card and the phone will work fine in Brazil. Considering that the phone is so cheap, if it gets stolen or you lose it, you are not out much. Here is one example of a phone from Amazon that is less than fifty dollars: https://www.amazon.com/BLU-Advance-Unlocked-Smartphone-Black/dp/B072N6BD9V/ref=sr_1_5?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1540744163&sr=1-5&keywords=smart+phone If you buy the above phone or have one similar, when you arrive in Rio, it is simple to buy a SIM card. Some people think you need a CPF number to buy a SIM but that is not true. Your identification is fine. The best place to buy a SIM is at one of the several phone companies in Brazil - TIM, OI, VIVO and Claro are the most popular.

I think you hit the nail on the head with your guess. Many garotos I know all support Bolsonaro.

PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL - SEPTEMBER 29, 2018: Woman holding a Hitler sign against Bolsonaro during brazilian elections - Clever drawing resembling the former nazi leader - For history buffs, since we are looking at photos that inspired Trump, here is a photo of a former German leader who was NOT a Nazi but was still a commander in the war against the U.S. - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel - Field Marshall Erwin Rommel, German commander in France and North Africa during World War 2. Rommel had been part of Hitler's circle in 1938-39, but was never a member of the Nazi Party. Ca. 1940-44.

Do you mean THIS Mussolini? And, how do you like Trump's new hat? PHOTO OF HITLER SCREAMING - "WHERE IS MY MOMMY" No, Dear Bucky, your Trump buddy takes his cues from the monsters pictured above. If Trump had his way, there would be no transgendered in society - they would, instead, be sent to camps (or worse) away from him and his chosen group of intolerant bigots.