Brazzil

What a rubbish and boring note.
By the way stop comparing things with USA, as just because you may be from USA rest of all the gringoes in Brasil are not from USA. And USA is by all standard has lost its respect, and position so that it can be compared as a bench mark, for any thing.

Just being compared to USA is insulting.

Poor chaps, they dont even realise that the whole world is laughing on them.
Coming back to the note above, again comparison wont help to describe, if you are going to compare just 2.

Its apparent, you are targeting your USA origin clients through this note. You should title your note as "Advt"

If anything we need to FURTHER compare how things in Brazil DON´T work to why things DO work in other countries. Maybe, just MAYBE, if we pound this home enough it will eventually sink in to the masses.

The fact that this author would highlight the piss poor and reckless driving as an “example” of “learning to adapt” after a long weekend where the accident and death toll increased 40% from the last feridão should send up a red flag that this spammer condones irresponsibility. Irresponsibility leads to death, ROBERT. There is no “their” way and “our” way in regard to driving – there is only the RIGHT way and WRONG way. Brazilians continue to jeopardize lives daily because the refuse to drive correctly and obediently, or more simply put; the wrong way. The stats prove this.

Maybe the author cherishes every near mishap on the roads and considers them all part of his great adventure in Brazil, but I think he would be hard pressed to sell that fantasy to the families of the thousands of road victims this country produces each and every year because it cannot teach and enforce even the most basic of laws like STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN.

“Next time we'll introduce you to someone who can help you coordinate and facilitate all the various tasks you'll need to complete to get your business up and running, from obtaining permits and import and export licenses, to simply helping you maneuver through the various levels of governmental bureaucracy in Brazil.”

If you truly believe that newcomers should adapt to “HOW IT WORKS IN BRAZIL” why not cut the crap, and post two or three phone numbers of well positioned “despachantes” who’ll cut through all the legal red tape crap and bribe the correct paper pushers? Easy Peasy.

My own advice would be that if you want to start up a business, DON”T. Brazil is horribly bureaucratic and you’ll begin to be taxed months before you are allowed to legally make your first dime. And that is just the TIP of the iceberg in terms of running a business in Brazil. For foreigners; you’ll also need to consider the “imposto de gringo”.

Well ... I thought the article above was quit fair and a closer reflexion of the bureaucracy involved in openning a business in Brazil. Not sure if the guy who wrote the comment above understood any of it, tipical brazilian on defensive mode.

Now u know how to do business in Brasil. so go f ur a
I am sure you never knew how to do business in your own country. Probably you are roaming around the world trying to do some bit for yourself, but without success, with loads of negative attitude. Talking about being defensive.
Go search for some prestige and respect in Iraq, Iran, N. Korea, or for that matter brasil, and most of the countries in the world. Shame Shame Shame.

17 steps to open a business. 17 steps more to do one thing right!
Once the business is operational then the real bureaucracy for the
consumer begins! Have yet to find any in this country yet, who
can go thru a 2 step process in less than 6. Gravity and competence
remain consistent, so to bureaucracy and incompetence.

Try to compare doing business as a Nevada corporation (you can do business anywhere)! However, comparing Brazil to Disney is interesting. Would you want to spend more than three weeks in Disney??!! Also, if you lose a video game, you lose some pocket change. If you lose at driving in Brazil, it will cost you your life.

The question is not necessarily comparing to the USA !
Simply stated as the writer of the article wrote correctly, just look at your ranking at www.doingbusiness.org. :
121 out of 182 countries !

Once more you excel.....at the bottom !

When the USA was in the cold war with Russia, we were taught to hate the Russians. When the cold war was over, we were amazed that we could ever hate those people. I felt like I had been deceived my entire life. The USA only has a few enemies now. Iran amd North Korea are the main focus. Chavez hates us, but we could care less about him. He is only using his hatred for the USA to hise his countries many problems. We do not hate the people in NK or Iran. These are good people, that have evil governments. We do not hate the people of Iraq.

Stop the hatred for the USA. We do not want to invade your country. We are not evil people. We are just as good or evil as any other country in the world. We have much in common. We can all get along.

Born in Brazil and a Naturalized US citizian after 20 year of study and wait about a naturalizing decision, I have come to the personal conclusion that Bazil is not the perfect Country but US is far from being perfect as well. Burocracy is here and burocracy is there, and corruption is evrywhere... Drugs here & there bla bla bla...
The real issue ? ... There is none.
Both Nations are alike and need more of the same thing " God" / Moral values, better leaders, less human use and abuse."
Brazil will be wealthier and stronger when the Country and it's people decide to STOP giving it all away for free. When Brasil starts following the exemple US on Food for Oil, arms and other trades, and when the people finally learn to stop selling themsleves short servicing as mades, nannies or working for pure simpathy of foreigners. things will get better there.
Baziians are learning to follow the Leader (: & that is still the USA. Eventually it will be " As Monkeys see monkeys do"
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After living in both countries, it seems to me that it all depends on class (NOT INCOME, CLASS) There are low life Americans and Brazilians as well as great Americans and Brazilians. The people who try to compare the two countries usually have not live in eather place, except maybe as a tourist.

I met a European tourist in Rio who said that all Brazilian woman were "p**as". I asked him why he thought that. He said that every one he met was a hooker. When I asked him where he has been in Brazil, he said, "Oh, only here in Copacabana".

This reminds me of some of the people who write about the USA or Brazil.

Rubbish indeed. I have the experience of living in my country of origin after living in the USA for 30 years. I find that cooruprion, no regard for the other, lawlessness, etc give the country a really bad taste plus anarchy. Shall I be content with anarchy. No way and never.

Well, Disneyland, at least the time I was there, has cleverly dealt with this problem by posting signs along the way telling you how much longer you will need to wait from that point on, thereby managing your expectations.

After doing in business in brazil for close to a decade I guess they need to put up road signs saying, "CAUTION, people absolutely do not respect any driving laws, nor are they enforced, the main objective is to get where you're going as fast as you can, endangering others is fair game!"

They need to put up signs at the police checkpoints saying, "If all of your documents are not in the proper order, don't worry, as long as you're prepared to bribe, uh-hum, buy a cerveja, for the policemen, all's good."

When doing business with the local or state gov't. agencies in brazil, and need their approvals for anything, they need to put signs out in front of their buildings saying, "If you've received a telephone call saying, "We have a probleminha, but it can be resolved", please bring cash, more cerveja is needed."

When needing to acquire documents for anything from local, state, or fed. gov't. agencies and you wait in line and finally make it to the front after hours, they need to have a sign stating, "We're more than likely going to send you to a different locale as you're not in the right place, and they're going to do the same, and so on, and so on, as we have no f**king clue as to what we're doing."

When receiving a bill from whatever utility company that is incorrect, they need to have a warning on the front of the bill, "If you're going to dispute this bill, it's going to take at least 3-4 months to resolve, and at the end of the day, it's going to cost you more to resolve in time and telephone calls that it would if you just paid it, SO PAY UP SUCKER!"

In the northeast of Brazil, the nordestinos need to be made to wear shirts saying, "I have no awareness of neither where I am, distance, nor space, if I bump into you, don't expect an excuse me, sorry, or kiss my ass!"

When entering the banks in brazil they need to have a sign that says, "If you don't want us to take your blood, your first born, and leave you homeless and naked in the streets, don't even think about borrowing money or using credit here!!!"

When encountering a local, state, or federal politician in brazil, their bodyguards(lol), need to carry signs saying, "He is God, treat him as such!!!"

I could go on all day, but you get the drift.

I'd give the article a C-. It was informative, but there wasn't much depth.
I'd rather see a more complete article that discribed the entire business setup in Brazil rather than just a piece of the pie.
Doing business in any country is difficult.
Let's not narrow it to just the US or Brazil.
Overall, good stab at the topic, but not enough information to really start up a business in Brazil.
Comments that take pot shots at either country appear to be uneducated opinions.

After ten visits to Brazil and driving on several of those trips I would say the best first good step would be make drivers there stop at stop signs.