What an excellent paper. Unfortunately this young lady (I will refrain to mention her name) forgot the most important rule when travelling. Inform yourself. You don’t go anywhere just by buying a plane, pick up your cell and make a call like the nice US TV series show them. Visa to certain countries is necessary and since our american friends make such “circus” for a Brazilian to get one well the old principle of reciprocity applies. Some countries that are open for visitors, Belgian, France, Germany and such have that no-visa policy respected as well by Brazil. This poor thing, with a half brain cell working, decided to expose her frustrations and stupidity and now deserves all the fuzz she’s getting. Quick Story to show the all mighty americans mentality : I lived in US for 9 years, moved to Canada and here for 10 years. US and Canada require visa from Brazilians (why Canada does – well they follow US policies) anyway mom , who is on her late 60’s, came visit the familly, got a visa to Canada and took a plane from Continental to Montreal. Well she asked if she needed a US visa since no direct flights from RIO to Montreal. Continental says no – you’re in transit. On her arrival in JFK, customs stop her 9despite the fact she was in transit, put her on detention, she lost her flight and spend 6 hrs on a holding room till the next flight. I know mom is a feisty lady but the picture of mom as a terrorist or an ilegal immigrant is too much. Anyway after all that fuzz and bitching we went to the US consulate in Quebec, spoke with a Visa oficer and got a 10 yr one (remember I’m a legal US resident), after that we got to the Canadian side and got another 10 yr visa (I’m a citizen – dual nationality). So moral of the story, US customs are pricks with the mentality that everybody are terrorists, no questions asked ( so much for a change on the foreign policies) and those poor american citzens that still think showing a US Passport or the flag entitles you to go anywhere in the world.. well might, might also entitle you to be the first victim….

http://mtm.ufsc.br/~mcarvalho/A ESTUPIDEZ NORTE-AMERICANA/

I thank Sarah Lacy for her stupid article. I need texts like this to show to the brazilian youth how stupid some american people are