>Hi, Chris.
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>>>>Is it that Brazilians only care about football (soccer)
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>Brazil is a HUGE country, with several different cultures within it, with all kinds of immigrants (Germany, Italians, Portugueses, etc...). You cannot take a brazilian opinion about something because that's not likely to express what a brazilian is.
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>I can tell you: there's a lot of people in Brazil who just hate north-americans, because of a general picture that goes outside the US' borders. When I finally started living in the US, I was able to see that that picture is not accurate. Quite the opposite. Well, the same goes for Brazil: unfortunately, the picture from Brazil that goes worldwide is really different from reality.
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>So, please, take care when talking so generally about people from a country, because that just messes things up. :)
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>I hope you understand my point.

Thank you Claudio. My post was directly ment for Fernando Alvares (sp?), and his anti-American posts. I am sorry that so many Brazilians have a negative opinion of the U.S. I definitely don't have a negative opinion of Brazilians.