I’m surprised they haven’t had major outbreaks of lots of virus problems there, starting at the “favelas” on the hillsides over Rio. I used to live there and it was unbelievable. Cardboard for the sides of the “houses” and some type of corrugated metal for the roofs. The sewage would flow downhill.
Speaking of Brazil, “2001: A Space Odyssey” just started on TCM. Seen it at least a dozen times. But the first time, it was in Brazil. There’s a scene where the guys in the future are in a conference room in a space station. As soon as the scene shows the American flag, there were boos and hisses (even scraping of shoes on the concrete floor). My first thought was “jealousy on parade.”