Comments on: Brazilians Leaving the USA

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:28:18 +0000

I feel sad reading most of the comments here. I am Brazilian. I have a bachelor degree from an American University and pursuing a master degree also from an American Univerity. I have been in the US for almost 12 years. I am legal, I work and I pay taxes. The only thing I have to say here is that there are all kinds of people all over the world. There are good people and bad people everywhere and it does not matter where they come from. I have seen some Americans in Rio de Janeiro being drank and loud too, as well as English,Germans, Italians and you name it. I guess that this is one of features of human behavior just anywhere in the world when they do not have manners and it does not matter where they come from.

By: Jim A

Jim A — Sun, 02 May 2010 01:33:08 +0000

Having been a painter in an affluent suburb of Boston for many years. College educated and white. I had an OK business going. It paid the bills, a mortgage 2 kids and of course a wife. I paid my taxes insurance etc. Then all of a sudden Brazilians started showing up mostly illegal. Every one of them a painter it seemed like. Cutting prices by 50% or more, how can a customer resist this low pricing. They couldn’t. Of course the illegal competition didn’t pay taxes or insurance, they did poor quality work, payed under the table etc. It destroyed the market not only for me but for them also. I have barely survived. Now it is 2010 and a lot of Brazilians are going home. Good for me and my family and for them. They came to exploit and they did. My son served a mission to Brazil for our church for 2 years. we supported him financially and are proud of him. I have a good Brazilan friend who came here for a better life for his kids. He is working at a pizza shop 60 70 hours a week. I admire him he is here legally. I had over 12 Brazillain men living next door to me for over 2 years. The property was destroyed, drunken parties cars on the lawn they didn’t care. No women around all thier families back in Brazil they abandon thier wives and kids for money. Not good.

By: Leo Bonneville

Leo Bonneville — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:12:46 +0000

Russ:

I feel for ya, American and Brazilian diplomacy needs to be better with more cooperation between the two to ensure that all qualified people get priority when it comes to residency.

I’m Brazilian who moved to America as a kid, it doesn’t make sense to me the stance Brazil has on Americans, they should be lucky enough for an American to want permanent residence in Brazil.

Looking forward I imagine things will be different, Brazil needs all the educated people they can get, at least until they have enough decency to provide education to ALL citizens.

By: craig

craig — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:36:31 +0000

An american’s take on Brazilian pizza

http://www.worstpizza.com/2009/06/pizza-express-brazilian-pizza-deerfield-beach/

By: Russ

Russ — Sat, 16 May 2009 21:12:05 +0000

I am an American was has stayed in Brazil six months out of the year for the last two on a tourist Visa. I have applied for a permanent Visa under the apostenado rule. This states that foreigners over the age of 55 need to show “an official monthly pension” of over $2,000.

Very few Americans have pensions at all, and even fewer over this amount. Social Security typically is about $1,200 after age 65. IRAs and 401k don’t count, and neither does possessing a large stash of savings or wealth.

I have no official pension, and submitted broker’s statements showing balances of over a million dollars. Brazil was not at all impressed with this, and apparently felt I might be a burden on the state and denied my application.

Some say this is just reciprocity for American policy to which I say nonsense, it is more stupidity than anything else. There are over a million Brazilians living permanently in the US, and only 60,000 Americans in Brazil.