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Have you ever been in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil?

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Levels of violence that would be considered a public emergency in most countries are fatalistically accepted in Brazil – an average of seventeen murders per day in the city of Rio de Janeiro, for example. These difficulties, however, don't overshadow everyday life in Brazil, and violence rarely affects tourists. read more

Yes, I lived there in 1975–1976 when it was livable (and have been for short trips a few times). Can you believe it, the city was so safe that I would to to Maracanã AT NIGHT to see a football match - and I was only 17 at the time. read more

Rio de Janeiro is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's third-most populous state. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named"Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", by UNESCO on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape. read more

Rio de Janeiro was a strategic city because its port. With the capital there was agile and easy to supervise the mining region. In this port were shipped the gold extracted from in Minas Gerais, Goias and Mato Grosso, transported through the Royal Road to the port, which later would arrive in Portugal. read more

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