I was educated to think maybe Brazil works, maybe it doesn't. But I decided I am going to make this country work for my children. I am investing all my effort now in making Brazil a great country.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Brazil is where I belong, the place that feels like home. They love their family, their country and God, and are not afraid to let anybody know it.
Brazil was a very good experience. I learned a lot about how to play football, both technical and physical. There would be a hundred kids of all ages, training and doing classes together.
Brazil is a country that has rich people, as you have in New York City, as you have in Berlin or in London. But we also have poor people like in Bangladesh or in African suburbs.
What most surprises me about Brazil is the extent of the difficulties that we create for ourselves. We create a lot of legislation to control the Brazilian state itself, that this ends up meaning that things don't go with the speed any head of government would like.
My father always said that Brazil is the place to 'make America,' and by 'make America' he meant the place to grow - to prosper.
They have a joy for life in Brazil unlike any country I've ever seen.
I can tell you that today 99% of my investments are in Brazil and will remain here.
Brazil has a lot of issues that are similar to a lot of countries in Latin America, but the dominant issue Brazil is dealing with is poverty and political corruption.
It's no sin to make a critical study of Brazil's reality. A small percentage own land. Most people don't.
So when I was very young, I longed for Brazil.
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