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09/20/23    Yes I am thinking of moving to Latin America Brazil
   

    -@11tactback

Welcome!  Anywhere in Brazil in particular?

@11tactback Awesome! Brazil is a seriously cool place, and the people are just so friendly. You're going to love the food and the music, trust me, it's a complete vibe. Just make sure you scope out the important stuff like cost, language, visa, and culture before you go. Enjoy!

    Yes I am thinking of moving to Latin America Brazil
   

    -@11tactback

Until you spend at least one year in Brazil, and that should not be enough, all you have are first impressions.

Expect

1.Lower wages or pay rate for rendered services

2.On the flip side, do not expect excellence on services you contract. You will eventually be disappointed.

3.Friendliness is in the eyes of the beholder.  From the lower rung of the strata, yes working salt of the earth types can be genuinely friendly..  From the middle and up, you are being hustled.

4..Brazil is a country unified by language, a strong and bureaucratic central government. Take this into account in understanding how things work around here.

5.The positive you can take, and this being a claim few other countries can be made about, is the fact Brazil is not a war torn country, broken by strife. This comes after a strong Central Government that keeps dissent in check, and by easy going nature of its people.

6.Unlike China, where religious freedom and minorities are supressed, Brazil Brazil is a country where diversity is tolerated, if not seen with curiosity from locals lenses.  Any religion, even if borderline cult, is professed without any interference by groups or government authority.

7.Trust no one from the middle class.  Take their civic pride with a grain of salt.

8.There are opportunities in Brazil, and some limited upper class mobility, but you will end up working a lot harder to attain your place under the sun.

9.Civility and Public Common Welfare and a collective sense of being are non existent here. You often hear people complaining about Government, Public Common Good, other's peoples lives . Pay no heed, Brazilians are people of words and no action.  They may talk the talk, but they won't walk the walk. 

10.Not all regions are the same, nor its people. Regionalism and social behavior, customs,, mores, are a thing arounhd these stops. The settlement choices you make as for where, impact your life severely here.

Hi @sprealestatebroker

Hope all is well with and family.

Your assessment of Brazil is very good, I don’t know if I would do it so politically correct.

@11tactback

Howdy! Please read sprealestatebroker's answer and heed the warnings, he is absolutely 100 percent right!!!

I might add that the "court systems" are unreliable, completely ineffective and only a source of revenue for the lawyers. Try not to burn your bridges in the States, there may come a time when you may want to go back.

My advice would be it is absolutely imperative that you be able to read,  write, and speak Portuguese at a reasonably proficient level. You can get by as a tourist without this, but living there is a different matter entirely 

    @11tactback
Howdy! Please read sprealestatebroker's answer and heed the warnings, he is absolutely 100 percent right!!!
I might add that the "court systems" are unreliable, completely ineffective and only a source of revenue for the lawyers. Try not to burn your bridges in the States, there may come a time when you may want to go back.
   

    -@ClaudiaMonica

Court systems in Brazil ...

Most of those Brazilian Attorneys avoid litigation or lenghtly processes. They collect their dues through filling in courts. They tend to cling to the least amount of effort ever possible. 

Here is a clue....

Try to find an "ambulance chaser in Brazil, for a contingency paid medical malpractice in Brazil. Few, if any, will show up to bid in your behalf.   

In America, this is a cottage industyry. No Jimmy Sokoloves around here.

Also, the Braziilian Regional Bar Associations, OABs, have an ironclad rule against attorneys advertising in media, such as TV, Billboards,, etc., cliaming this goes against their code of ethics ( big horse manure if you ask me )  Which means, no one can actually profiteer from the  riches on contingency cases. 

In the case of James Sokolove, here is someone who probably started on slip and fall cases, and now command Class Action Law Suits against Pharmaceutical Companies.   

In Boston, by 100 Federal Street, there was a Legal firm that employed 100 associates, and they specialized on Medical Malpractices.  It gets better..... They did not sue Hospitals, they went up againt practicioners, as all of them carried medical insurance. 

And yes, there is insurance for Medical Malpractice. But , once again, follks here do not go to the distance, specially when these cases demand expertise and an  adversarial legal system.

@sprealestatebroker

I meant to say

They carry medical Malpractice Coverage ( Insurance ).