Comments for Steel: A Reason Many Are Bullish on Brazil at http://www.brazzil.com , comment 1 to 24 out of 20 comments http://www.brazzil.com Sat, 14 Sep 2013 23:26:17 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.brazzil.com/home-mainmenu-1/123-april-2005/8995.html#comment-7779 I am close to getting engaged to a wonderful woman from Brazil. Simple question: IS BRAZIL a good place to go to invest in property development? I have worked hard to create some spare cash. ALL the information I have suggests it is (subject to obvious concerns over local markets/petty coruption etc.). I believe Brazil to be one of the major countries of the future and suspect it to be FAR easier to make money there than in say USA or UK where significantly greater amounts of cash would be required to enter similar level of building development. UNbiased views sought. - Guest Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:27:14 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/home-mainmenu-1/123-april-2005/8995.html#comment-7633 Greetings from Connecticut. - Guest Fri, 23 Sep 2005 03:25:10 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/home-mainmenu-1/123-april-2005/8995.html#comment-3098 I\'m buying up the top performing Brazilian stocks like PBR, RIO and CPL as long-term investments. I believe, like many, that Brazil is getting it\'s house in order and the best is yet to come. All the financial shows I watch from the U.S. also seem to be pretty positive on Brazilian market. The best Brazilian acquisition I made was marrying my Brazilian wife. She is my xucu fucinha and with her in my life I don\'t care if all my stocks go belly up. - Guest Sat, 30 Apr 2005 18:00:48 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/home-mainmenu-1/123-april-2005/8995.html#comment-2821 I\'m an American married to Brazilian, who has been to Brazil exactly once and enjoyed it very much. I would even consider moving to Brazil to live, but my wife (from SP), is adamantly opposed. She says she\'d rather be poor in the US than rich in Brazil, go figure. So, how can I convince her to give her old country another shot? I\'m encouraged that some in this thread are positive on Brazil\'s future. I\'ve heard that Curitiba is a \"model\" city for Brazil. I\'m not necessarily looking for a model city, but a \"livable\" one, laid back people just living life, not killing each other literally or figuratively. Any place come to mind? - Guest Wed, 20 Apr 2005 15:16:12 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/home-mainmenu-1/123-april-2005/8995.html#comment-2797 I also have a partner who lives in Brasil and visit as often as possible. I love it and have been fortunate to visit a lot of the country as far north as Forteleza and Porto Allegre in the south. I would like to spend more time there but..... With regard to\"some good some bad\" Firstly, i would not be too concerned about Pirated goods and reputations. Pirated goods are available in every country in the 1st world and takes on different forms. I have no worries about copying CD\'s, software or whatever and i live in England and earn a good income! As a business minded person the challenge is to sell value for money items that people want. The challenge to business is to find ways of controlling access and prevent copying. This will be done by technology. The \"Market\" will sort this out...in other words the responsibility is really on business to design against piracy with honest minded citizens honouring the creativity and hard work of those producing, this second part is harder to achieve. Secondly, Americans have a habit of being Loud and a reputation of being ignorant of the world. This is not really their fault and you should feel sorry for them. American media is very introspective and market focused. They represent 285million odd people of 6 billion so collectively their view is no worth much. Yes they have a lot of financial strength, create some good stuff, travel into space alot but, if you sit down and have a conversation with one of them, and unless your lucky, they will talk about 90 % rubbish and 10 % how well they do financially. ,dont listen to them too much...there position in the world will be overtaken by a very pragmatic China....(who by the way will not let them destroy their economy)...enjoy your own country and have a nice day Cheers! - Guest Tue, 19 Apr 2005 13:36:30 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/home-mainmenu-1/123-april-2005/8995.html#comment-2780 So there are intelligent, sensible people who read these articles…Don\'t go away. - Guest Tue, 19 Apr 2005 00:42:29 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/home-mainmenu-1/123-april-2005/8995.html#comment-2775 Nice comments, chap.　Brazil is far from being a perfect country, but neither she is the nightmare that some describe here. Also, America is an amazing country, but far from being a paradise on earth. We have a long way to go in Brazil, but I strongly believe that things are improving. People are more conscious of their rights and do not accept corruption as easily as in the past. We have a healthy democratic system (even tough we do not have strong right-wing parties, but that is a matter of time in my opinion) and people do not expect anylonger that the key for our development is a miraculous economical plan created by the government, but rather are steadily realizing that hard work and education will build up our way to development. I have been living away from Brazil for several years and each time I return I get the feeling that things are, slowly, getting better and better. - Guest Mon, 18 Apr 2005 20:12:42 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/home-mainmenu-1/123-april-2005/8995.html#comment-2765 I am married to a brasilian so I visit many times. I find some of the comments both pro American or pro brasilian is senseless most of the time. Yes, there is many pirated music/software/movies both in Brasil and on the streets in New York. If you buy it in the streets or download it I don’t think it really matters they are both illegal. In fact I believe it is just as bad or worse in Asia or Eastern Europe. Brazil is a beautiful country with beautiful people. It really irritates me to see so many Americans who make senseless comments about brasil especially since they never visited brasil. Yes, brasil is not perfect. What really irritates me about brasil is the very inefficient public sector. The exuberant pension for government workers and off course the local corruption, but other than that I think brasil is filled with very beautiful people, music and food. I wish most American would take some time and visit this great country. Many people fail to realize what America looks like outside the east and west coast. Go to the middle of the county and see how many people are struggling financially. How many are working poor? Poor diets (Obesity). I wish more Americans would travel and see the world is really much different than the misinformation they receive from our so call media. - Guest Mon, 18 Apr 2005 13:53:04 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/home-mainmenu-1/123-april-2005/8995.html#comment-2763 Good grief, more smug Yankees with their braggadocio (i.e., “Yea but after that 30 years I will have $500K in equity”) and general disrespect for people less fortunate (i.e., “Doubled your money from 300 real...to 600 real...wow” and “Ya, but you\'re still a banana picking fucking monkey.”). Folks in the US, born on third base and strut around like you hit a triple! You really are tiresome. Show a little humility for Christ’s sake. - Guest Mon, 18 Apr 2005 12:36:03 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/home-mainmenu-1/123-april-2005/8995.html#comment-2754 Better then be a wellfare Trailer trash Plus you probable will see the title of your house in 30 years. Make sure you do not get sick because if you do you will no qualifiy for medicare.You must sell your house first and pay the medical bills. how said is that red neck?? LOLLL LOLLLL - Guest Sun, 17 Apr 2005 23:10:52 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/home-mainmenu-1/123-april-2005/8995.html#comment-2751 \"I\'m not rich but i own my house in Brazil (not the Bank) and i Own my beach house( My father worked hard for 35 year and left for us) and i own my small ranch House that my granmother ,worked the land for 40 years and left for my family\" Ya, but you\'re still a banana picking fucking monkey. - Guest Sun, 17 Apr 2005 22:17:40 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/home-mainmenu-1/123-april-2005/8995.html#comment-2733 Bootleg Harry Potter videos on sale in New York Bootleg videos of the first Harry Potter film are on sale for £3.50 in New York. The poor quality videos are being sold by street vendors in the Rockefeller Centre. The centre is just yards from the headquarters of the film\'s makers, Warner Brothers. The movie officially opens in US and UK cinemas tomorrow. Warner Brothers spent more than £85 million producing the big screen adaptation of JK Rowling\'s best-seller. Two bootlegs purchased by reporters from The New York Post contained the entire 152 minute film. One video had timer markings throughout, indicating it was shot with a camcorder, and the images were said to be \"very muddy.\" The second copy had a steadier picture and slightly better colour. Sound quality on both was \"okay, but not great,\" the Post said. One vendor said hundreds of copies of Harry Potter And The Sorcerer\'s Stone - the film\'s title in North America - are stockpiled at a warehouse in New Jersey. - Guest Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:58:47 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/home-mainmenu-1/123-april-2005/8995.html#comment-2731 In America people say they buy their houses but the bank is the owner go figure Lala land. I\'m not rich but i own my house in Brazil (not the Bank) and i Own my beach house( My father worked hard for 35 year and left for us) and i own my small ranch House that my granmother ,worked the land for 40 years and left for my family You people are a bunch of lasy Neo Socialist - Guest Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:56:58 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/home-mainmenu-1/123-april-2005/8995.html#comment-2729 In Ny you call Buy Bootleg copies LOLLLL Mann your sure life inside Disneyland - Guest Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:53:55 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/home-mainmenu-1/123-april-2005/8995.html#comment-2727 Only the rich own house in brasil?? Where did you live ?? Amazon?? All kinds of people own house in Brazil Are you American my friend??? Why someone is going to buy from the street if they can get the pirate information from their high speed connection?? The Bs is the same only that in America is High Tech - Guest Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:53:06 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/home-mainmenu-1/123-april-2005/8995.html#comment-2719 Yea but after that 30 years I will have $500K in equity...how many people in Brazil own there homes? Can you go to the bank and get a home loan for 5% interest...Only very rich own the property...when is the great leftist Lula going to change that? I have never seen a pirate CD on the street here, the market is in Brazil. We all have are own computers so we can steal our music and movies on the web. - Guest Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:28:36 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/home-mainmenu-1/123-april-2005/8995.html#comment-2716 your american friends from Kazaa and Liwire America is the number one pirate people for cd music and movies in the world What bunch of Hypocriity - Guest Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:21:16 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/home-mainmenu-1/123-april-2005/8995.html#comment-2715 and not even 10k is more but for sure is much better then the 500k that you will pay to bank to own your american house in 30 years LOLLLLLLLLLLL - Guest Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:19:50 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/home-mainmenu-1/123-april-2005/8995.html#comment-2713 Doubled your money from 300 real...to 600 real...wow ROFL - how are the pirate CD sales going? - Guest Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:15:13 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/home-mainmenu-1/123-april-2005/8995.html#comment-2709 Doubled your money from 300 real...to 600 real...wow, lets by the BMW! Let\'s see, who closed down this year in Rio...Merck, Wella Balsam, Procter & Gamble, Unilever, and British American Tobacco, they all cited crime and corruption. Sorry, no ones buying the bullshit, China, India, Mexico, and chile are leaving you in the dust because your all so screwed up. - Guest Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:06:38 +0100