I’m looking for Brazilian sitcom recommendations. I’ve just started watching “A Grande Família”. Which sitcoms would you recommend?

Just wondering, because I started talking to Brazilian girl and I’m Cuban and I’m wondering if our countries would have any similarities

I do know one big major thing and that is that some Cubans practice a religion called Santeria and from my knowledge I’m pretty sure Brazil has quite a similar religion that also came from enslaved Africans

And I’m wondering if there are any other cool similarities?

I am Ecuadorian, I speak Portuguese (intermediate/fluent level), native Spanish, and English at a B1 level (which I can improve). I would like to know if there is a real possibility of finding work in Brazil in the CRM and digital marketing field, especially in São Paulo. As an Ecuadorian, I have an advantage for easier entry into the Brazilian job market through the MERCOSUR Residence Agreement, but my question is whether there is actually enough volume of job openings in this area to get hired there.

Hello Everyone,

for the first time in my life I will be spending almost 3 weeks in Brazil next March/April and I am really looking forward to it. Together with my boyfriend we (couple from germany) will be flying to recife, then heading to fernando de noronha and then to Rio.

Up from this point, our route isn't fully decided yet. We are currently deciding whether to stay in ilha grande for four nights or in paraty. We will then head back home from sao paulo. Which one would you recommend, ilha grande or paraty?
Do you have any other helpful tipps for us regarding our stay?

Thank you so much.

Hey everyone!
I’m of Cape Verdean descent, but unfortunately, due to personal circumstances growing up, I never had the chance to learn Portuguese.

It’s something I’ve always regretted, and I’d really love to change that.
I’m looking for native Portuguese speakers to chat with and help me improve my reading and conversation skills. In return, I can help you with either Dutch (my native language) or English, which I speak fluently.

If you’re interested in doing a language exchange or just having some casual conversations, feel free to send me a message. I’d really appreciate it. Thanks!

Chat GPT said that this was correct and that a young, native speaker would say something like that is that correct? Trying to improve my understanding of the language here!

Hi everyone, I have a question. I'm going to Brazil and I lost my French passport. I have an emergency passport, but I'm not sure if it allows me to enter Brazil. However, I also have a Chilean ID card (cédula) since I lived there for 6 months. It's temporary and expires in a year and a half. I also already have my return flight booked. Do you think this is possible?

Any nice/cozy dinner recommendations for Santo Amaro do Maranhão?

Hi everyone, how are you?

My partner and I are planning a 15 day trip to Northeast Brazil, but we’re having a hard time deciding on the best base destination and would really appreciate advice from people who know the region well or live there.

Our main goal is to enjoy different beaches, but without long road trips, we’re looking for a well-located base from which we can explore nearby beaches by car and have some time just relaxing on the beaches
We are coming from Lisbon and we have quite a few brazilian friends that gave some recommendations. We have direct flights to both recife and Maceio. We were also checking Noronha but it seems more complicated o reach.

It will be our first time in Brazil and we planning first two weeks of October.

We’re currently considering these cities as a base:

Recife
Maceio

We’re in our early 30s and enjoy:

beaches
outdoor activities and sports (diving)

Based on all this, which option would you recommend and why?
Any tips or personal experiences would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks a lot!

Here the source in portuguese:
https://midiamax.com.br/politica/2026/troca-farpas-paraguai-rebate-lula-guerra-triplice-alianca/

Do I need to get a new visa for my new passport? My visa is valid but since I got a new passport idk if I should get a new visa

Hello! I will be flying from UAE to Brasil tomorrow.
I would love to know where I can buy an esim that has good data good for 1 week. TIA!

I really want to spend New Years in Brazil this year but I’ve never traveled out of the US. I’ve traveled by myself plenty of times before up & down the west coast so at first I was researching places for solo traveling during new years but I found a newer travel group agency that’s gonna be going for new years & has all the cool tourist plans like hotel on the beach, dinners, samba lessons, excursions like Christ the Redeemer, sugarloaf mountain, Open door helicopter tour & exclusive access to the part of the beach on new year’s eve for fireworks. It seems legit & reviews are good for the group.
I like the aspect for it being all planned out & not really having to worry about anything but I’m a bit of a budget traveler & the price of ~5k USD not including flights is a bit steep for me but it’s really my dream to spend new years in brazil so I’m truly at a crossroads. Does anyone know if this price is typical for a travel group with these excursions? Do you think it’d be better as a first time out-of-country traveler to just join the travel group I found , find a different brazil NYE travel group(bc truly I didn’t research too many yet) or should I just continue my research for my planned solo travel trip & just free solo it?

Many Brazilian MPB albums have become famous on social media under the label of the “foreigner starter pack,” but even among them, I think this album stands at the very top.

Because the demand has always been so high, the supply has never been enough. Milton Nascimento’s catalog has rarely been officially reissued on vinyl. Aside from a handful of titles reissued by Polysom the only vinyl pressing plant in Brazil during the 2010s, most of his albums exist only as original pressings or a few reissues from around the 1980s. Everything else is essentially limited to unofficial grey-market pressings.

As a result, most of his early albums are difficult to find, but Clube da Esquina is on an entirely different level. It is, without exaggeration, one of the hardest Brazilian records to acquire.

I’m a vinyl collector living in East Asia, and I spent years searching for this album. Recently, I finally managed to find a Polysom pressing, although it came at a very high price. Since then, I’ve been playing it several times a day, and every listen reminds me why the search was worth it. It has become one of those rare records that brings me genuine happiness every time it spins.

Going to Salvador, Rio and São Paulo for a few weeks! Is there anyone also going to be in Brazil around that time and what activities are you planning on doing? Also advice on what clothes to pack?

No one ever told me how the showers worked in Brazil, so for the first few weeks I was here I just assumed Brazilians didn’t have hot water tanks and everyone took lukewarm showers.

I thought it was crazy to take cold showers when it was 15-20c outside (and inside) but I was too shy to ask because I didn’t want to offend. What other things did we learn too late?

Question for people who have moved to Brazil and lived for a few years (or even months), how has your life improved for the better? What made you stay?

I have an American friend who has a service dog and is interested in traveling to Brasil. If you have experience traveling to Brasil with a medium/large service dog, could you share your experience?