is it safe to go to brazil on holiday?

Question

i really want to go there but my boyfriend has been told its dangerous

Answer 1

It's dangerous. Go and stick with friends.

Answer 2

I have been four times - for work and holidays - and have loved it.

In Sao Paulo, I did have my wallet and watch stolen, but that was entirely my fault - I asked someone back to my room, who spiked my drink and I woke up 20 hours later.

Also a couple of friends - two sisters in their late 40's had just embarked on a South America Tour when they were both attacked in Rio de Janeiro and had all their money stolen.

Having said that, Brazil and, in particular, Rio de Janeiro is just such a fantastic, exciting, sexy and life-affirming place, that it would be a real shame to miss out on the chance to go there. I think if you are careful, don't wear expensive designer labels, or wear jewellry in the streets and don't look like you are a soft target then you will be fine - but don't miss out on a great great city. If you don't like the beach life, beautiful and passionate people, stunning scenery, cheap and tasty food, then don't go - otherwise work those femine wiles on your boyfriend and persuade him to go.

Answer 3

Really dangerous! Dont go. I have a friend who told me, crime is an everyday occasion in Brazil. The people are rude and haughty, uneducated and clearly no sense of right and wrong. Its a dog-eat-dog world out there. I suggest you go some place else. I dont really like Brazilians. They just have this irritating attitude always.

Answer 4

Is it safe to go anywhere on holiday?
It all depends on how paranoid you are, where in Brazil you are thinking of going, what type of accomodation you are staying in,whether you consider the risk of air travel etc. If you are staying in an all inclusive holiday complex and never leave it during your stay then I would consider that safe but then I wouldn't like that type of holiday.

Answer 5

I'm half brazilian and i'm living in Europe since 2003.

Brazil is not dangerous like Israel, Iraq, Sudan, Nigeria.

Brazil is almost big as USA and there is many different regions. Sao Paulo (21Million), Rio de Janeiro and Belo horizonte are dangerous places but in different way. Their criminality is big and you can face problems... or not (you must now where to go and always pay attention around you. In Rio, do not use gold or silver lice rings or necklaces - or exibihit your EOS Camera. If you are pretty clean, nothing will happen)

In NorthEast, most beautiful beaches you will not have this kind of problem. I suggest to you Salvador or Fortaleza or Natal. Esay, no problem, people friendly. Pickpockets like in Rome or Barcelone but pretty cool and by far, no danger.

In south you can see beautiful beaches too, but only in Santa Catarina. Its most european part of brazil. Most of people there are Europeans look like, due the colonization from Germany, Polony, Italy, France, Ukrain, Spain and Portugal. No Danger too, specially in Curitiba. (Try to go to Cataratas do Iguaçu) Beautiful and huge waterfalls.

In North (Amazonia) or Center (Mato Grosso - pantanal), everything is cool. No problem. Since you got all necessary vacines.

Rio de Janeiro is a Big State and only the main city (and surroundings), also called Rio de Janeiro is dangerous (because you have a lot of pickpockets and thiefs). Sao Paulo same problem and there is not so much to see there. Belo Horizonte is the main city of Minas Gerais. Again, only the main city is dangerous everything else around is cool.

When you are within the airport, you must pay attention to your things. There are a lot of "smart" thiefes there. But it happens everywhere.

My friend had all her bagage roubt while she was in Spain (Barcelona) within Tourist Center. (It can happens everywhere). Only pay attention, do not put all your money and documents toghether and everything else will runs ok.

I've travelled a lot and I can say that there is no place ike Brazil. People, Food, no terrorists, beautiful landscapes. Go there. You will like it.

Most important: Brazil have strong variations and diferences from one region to another. It like different world with almost same behavior, social rules and everything else.

Brazil are quite conservative society. Its dificult to see brazilians doing Topless. It happens only within Carnaval (4 days OFF) and everybody goes crazy. By the way, do not goe to Rio to see CArnaval. All Brazilians goes to Salvador!

If you have any question, please let me know, I'll be glad to provide more information about my country.

1. Everybody that went to Brazil likes it, but always we will find bad experiences everywhere.
2. If I'll take terrorism in London, I'll nver goes there. Or If I see pictures from Bronx, I'll never go to NY. If I'll pay attention to criminallity I'll never go to Naples (IT) or Paris Surroundings.

Good research and get right indications are the best way to know the better of each ountry.
Always pay attention to cultural behaviors and you will be cool everywhere.

Answer 6

Yes parts of it are safe, stay to well populated tourist areas and read the foregin office advice for brazil. Make sure you know where the embassey is as well

Answer 7

I am from there, now living in NY. All depends to where you want to go.
Do you know how NY used to be before the mayor Giuliani?
Well, Rio or Sao Paulo, its like that. You can go and enjoy the city, but you need to be careful too by getting informed where to go, hours and etc.
Good Luck or Boa Sorte!

Answer 8

It depends where you go - listen to the local safety advice. Remember all countries and cities have dangerous areas - even the one you live in

Answer 9

Relatives Claim Dead as Calm Returns to Sao Paulo
By Alice Assuncao - Reuters (posted May 19, 2006 6:18 PM ET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060519/wl_nm/brazil_crime_attacks_dc_3
SAO PAULO, Brazil - Weeping relatives on Friday collected the corpses of suspected gangsters shot by police in a week of violence in Brazil's business capital as calls grew for an investigation into the bloodshed.
The official death toll stood at 152 on Friday. That included 107 suspected gangsters, most of them killed in police sweeps through poor districts after the brunt of gangster attacks launched a week ago across the city and state.
State military police commander Col. Elizeu Eclair assured Sao Paulo residents the situation had returned to normal as the city passed its first quiet night on Thursday.
"I say to our people, the police are still in the streets, they can go out and have fun this weekend," he said.
Brazil's most powerful criminal gang, the First Command of the Capital, killed about 30 policeman in attacks on police posts, vehicles and off-duty officers. The offensive was launched in retaliation for the transfer of jailed gang leaders and members to a remote high-security prison.
Dozens of buses were set ablaze, spreading panic and chaos through Sao Paulo, the world's third largest metropolis with a population of 20 million.
The corpses of more than 100 suspected gangsters shot by police were taken to the police forensic laboratory, where relatives waited to pick them up. By Friday afternoon, only 21 remained, 17 of them unidentified.
Chief Forensic Officer Celso Perioli said the morgue had run out of fridges. "We've never seen anything like this. If we didn't have the burials, they would have rotted," he told reporters.
INVESTIGATION URGED
Eclair and other officials denied that police carried out a executions to avenge the deaths of their colleagues, but calls grew within Brazil and from international organizations for an investigation into all the killings.
"Heinous attacks on police and civilians cannot justify summary executions by police," said Paulo Mesquita, Brazil researcher for the Washington-based Human Rights Watch.
Brazilian newspapers have described the police response as "massacres" and reported that visits to mortuaries showed many of the victims were shot in the head.
"It's still too early to say for sure if the use of force was exaggerated but given the history of our police, it would not be a surprise if innocent people were also brutally assassinated," said Carlos Cardoso, a human rights advisor in the Sao Paulo state government.
Violent crime is fact of life in Brazilian cities. But the gangster attacks in Sao Paulo, the financial and industrial powerhouse of Latin America's largest country, were the worst in its history.
They highlighted the power and organization of big criminal gangs -- which are engaged in drug trafficking, kidnapping and armed robberies -- and exposed the weakness of Brazil's judicial system and security structure.
Congress is working on a package of reforms for stricter regulations in Brazil's notorious prisons, where gang bosses often run outside operations using smuggled cell phones. Phone companies on Friday blocked signals in areas near prisons.
Sao Paulo state Gov. Claudio Lembo said the violence should serve as a warning to the wealthier classes that Brazil's deep social inequalities were tearing it apart.
But with a presidential election due in October, politicians from rival parties are busy blaming each other's failed policies for the explosion of the past week.

Answer 10

dont go its full of nuts