Do you use the telephone? Internet? Do these services funciton normally and consistantly? Water? Electricity? Gasoline? Do you have a sewerage system? Can you drink your tap water without getting worms or even at times it causing death? Do you have to send your children to private school fore if you don't the conditions of the public schools and quality of education is abysmal? Can you depend upon your local police for security? Can you get a long-term loan to purchase large ticket items for under 12% per year? Can you get short-term loans and lines of credit in your bank accounts for under 10% per month?
These are realities of everyday life in Brazil that those that don't live here on a day-to-day basis, have families here, businesses, at times aren't aware of.
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