So Brazil in true has snakes and indians on the streets... do they dress like that all around? or they already heard about jeans, shoes, clothes in general? Here in US that kind of clothing means something else. What they want? mirrors and necklaces? What century are they?
Mr. Captain, you made a joke, got a bad reputation, but at least we now know what to expect from a country where just one judge can create a new law like that from night to day. Was the brazilian congress involved in approving such law? What kind of government they have there? They have a congress, right? I remember they said it is a democracy but also they are Castro's friends, go figure.
I was thinking about brazilian carnival, already put the idea aside. Aruba here I go.
The U.S. fingerprinting program is done with a paperless electronic system, collecting prints (just two fingers) for all nationalities (except for 27 wealthy "visa waiver" countries) the fingerprints are stored and then rapidly compared to millions of prints on FBI and DHS databases to ensure known criminals are not admitted and to ensure that the person issued the visa overseas is the person showing up at the airport. The process takes about 30 seconds.
I sincerely doubt that any of that exist yet in Brazil. What they appear to have instead, is just a meaningless program of retaliatory harassment, likely done with ink and paper.
This pilot, having likely already taken off his wristwatch, wedding ring and anything else of value, since he's all too aware of the lack of public safety in Brazil, is now PO'd because he's lining up for a totally bogus harassment session.
And the idea, floated by the hard left president of Brazil, that Brazilian nationals should be allowed visa-free travel to the USA is laughable. The illegal immigration wave would be enormous, Brazil is far too poor to come anywhere near close enought to qualifying for the Waiver Program. Even their wealthier neighbor, Argentina, was in fact booted out of the program a couple years ago in the wake of a severe economic downturn.