> At any rate, by applying this to U.S. citizens, Brazil is
> effectively targeting more than 80% of the tourists from countries that
> require a visa from Brazilian citizens
I am not sure about your 80% rate. If you could kindly show me Brazilian's
statistic of tourists, I would believe it. I think this number maybe
exaggerated. I visited Brazil quote often and I notice at the Brazilian
international airport foreigners from all over the world. European and USA
are perhaps the biggest customers. My got feeling is, the tourists from US
maybe like 40 - 45%.
Ramboi
"Bruno Carneiro da Cunha" wrote in
message news:btbhcv$11o$1@oravannahka.helsinki.fi...
> David wrote:
>
> > I might be able to understand this new regulation if the USA only
> > targeted Brazil, but it did not. This new regulation is for ALL
> > countries that the USA requires a Tourist Visa to enter the US. If
> > Brazil wants to do something like it, they should have done the same
> > and require all countries that require a visa to enter Brazil to go
> > through this new procedure not just single out the USA. They are being
> > STUPID and reactionary. The next time Brazil wants the USA to back a
> > loan from the WTO we should tell them to go to hell and see if Lula's
> > new friend Fidel Castro can co-sign for them...
>
> 1) This regulation was imposed by a Judge. Lula has absolutely nothing to
do
> with it.
>
> 2) They may be stupid and reactionary, but they are also being reciprocal.
> When Canada and Russia begins singling out Brazilians as potential
> terrorists, Brazil will begin singling out Canadians and Russians, not
> before. At any rate, by applying this to U.S. citizens, Brazil is
> effectively targeting more than 80% of the tourists from countries that
> require a visa from Brazilian citizens.
>
> 3) Brazil never asked for a loan from the WTO. It asked one from the IMF,
> World Bank and a number of other financial institutions. As far as I know
> the World Trade Organization does not loan money.
>
> 4) Castro is a very, very OLD friend of Lula... The new friends are
Gaddhafi
> and al Ashad. :-)
>
> B.
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