I dont understand the thinking here in Brasil. Im living here now and nothing is made simple for the people here. The processes everyone has to go through just to get an apartment let alone a bank account is just ridiculous. It took my 4 hours to resolve my FCPF issue because nobody but the Reciet Federal knew that a gringo could obtain a CPF let alone that the card is to be sent in the mail.
And the fact they wont allow foreign ownership of anything or participation is just ridiculous. It seems to me that there are powers that want to keep their feet on the neck of the people living here and not want to create more oportunity. And I watched the campaign commercials here and they talk like Washington is the Devil. Brasil is a wonderful country and the people here are awesome. But if the gov't wants to get rid of that "3rd world country" tag from under its name..then things need to change.