Hello guys from Steemit!
My name is Luiz. A 24 years old guy from Brazil. I just found the Steemit community on a google search and simply found it amazing. As I'm a traveller Lover, I though it would be interesting to share my old experiences and also get some advice from other members. I spent some years of my life in the Brazilian Navy, so I had the experience of knowing many different places and people around the world and I'll tell you about it on the following posts.
It will also be an opportunity to improve my English skills (I won't use some kind of translator, I've been studying the language for a while and write naturally will be good for my 'thinking English' process), so I'm sorry for several mistakes I'll commit in the near future.
Going deeper about me, I'm from the City of Rio de Janeiro. I love soccer and the summer. And nothing better than living in Rio when you love Beach and warm, isn't it? I'm also someone who is starting in this Cryptocurrency world and maybe one day having money to just travel the world without any preocupation.
By now, that's it. Let's keep in touch!
Bem vindo ao Steemit! Mando um salve aqui de São Paulo/SP. Uma dica, geralmente a tag #introduceyourself tem mais visibilidade para apresentações. Se for postar em português, o pessoal do @camoes recomenda usar a tag #pt. Valeu! Sucesso e boa sorte mais uma vez!!
Obrigado, meu amigo! Dicas são sempre bem vindas, e estas foram bem bacanas. Forte abraço!
Welcome to Steemit @lleao93 and thank you for introducing yourself. How are you coping with all the problems in Rio?
Ty! The main problem I see is the violence, but it's not as bad as we see in the news abroad. As a native I know the places to avoid in order to be safe. Talking generally about the Country, a big issue is the corruption. For years and years politicians and powerfull people stoled a lot our money, but it's changing a lot thought the last 3 years because of an operation by our police called 'Lava Jato'. Now I really think and hope that everything is going to be better.
This is a good point and I am pleased that you are OK. As much as I like Rio, I am also pleased that I don't live there :)
Regarding your second point, I worry when the blame of corruption is put just on politicians, who were voted in by the public. Yes, of course they are guilty, but corruption in Brazil is endemic and has been part of its history since the Portuguese arrived. The kick backs seen in "lava Jato" are not that dissimilar from what was happening in the 1890s under Dom Pedro II.
Having lived in Brazil for many years, there are very few people I know who don't try to "aproveitar" situations and cash in. To give you an example, I know people who don't pay their taxes, steal other peoples' property / public property and use "jeitinhos" to try to get ahead of others on a daily basis. Isn't this also corruption?
Don't get me wrong, I also know many people who are extremely honest and would never do any of these things. I am not meaning to generalise and I am sure you'll agree that it's important for us all to take responsibility for our own actions. :)
The good news about Lava Jato, is that it's the first time that the rich and powerful have been taken to task and found guilty for their crimes. This is great news for Brazil and will hopefully set a precedence for the future.
Um abraço
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STOPWelcome to Steem @lleao93 I have upvoted and sent you a tip
Thank you! I apreciated so much!
Bem-vindo, Luiz! É bom ver a comunidade crescendo por aqui, vamos nessa ;)
Vamos crescer juntos. Forte abraço!
A new Steemian :-) hello @lleao93 I hope you enjoy your time here, its a great community ! Nice post, wish you much luck! I will follow your account. Don't hesitate to contact or follow me at any time :-) See you around @tradewonk
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