everyone needs to leave them alone and allow Brazilians to do what they do best. At their own pace ! Yes, politics, cronyism, and under the table deals will happen. It happens everywhere. Yes, there is crime. What big city or country doesn’t have crime? Brazil needs to take a deep breath, tell everyone “FALA SERIO”, and get down to the business of putting on a great show for the world. Just yesterday, President Rouseff signed a bill to add millions of dollars to infrastructure for the Metro, Rails, transportation, roads, etc…Sure, the apartment buildings that were built in 2007 for the Pan American games had some issues that are going to be corrected. Yes, the budgeted costs will
be overrun, just like any big events. But it still does not mean Brazil needs to “sell out” for these events.
Brazil will always be Brazil. They obviously know what they are doing there or they would not be the 5th largest economy and growing. They have more trade agreements in the last couple of years than ever. They don’t meddle in world affairs and worry about what other countries are doing. At the end of the day, they worry about Brazil. The United States could take a lesson from that fact. The days are gone when people think of Brazil as just being Samba music and g-strings. Beaches and mountains. Now that the spotlight is on, Brazilians have the chance to show the world exactly what they are all about. Hopefully, they stick to their roots and don’t try to portray something they are not. Be Brazil. Show the world what being Brazilian means. Don’t try to be a superpower in someone else’s eyes but act like the superpower you are now. Of course, if someone says that you are not a superpower or not a serious country…tell them how it is… “FALA SERIO !!!!!”
GOOD BYE LONDON ! HELLO BRAZIL
These are experiences that you will never have in the United States. Not the same anyway. Meetings in Brazil consist of 45 minutes of dialogue about family, movies, and novelas and the other f ifteen is business. It’s a relationship based country and always will be. The point is, many people today in Brazilian government want countries outside of South America to take them serious. They want to be known as a “Serious Country.” Anxiety is beginning to set in as people are worrying about the upcoming events and if Brazil will “pass the test.” Personally, I think