Everyone Loves Brazil
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5506027/site/newsweek/
The world has fallen hard for the boisterous culture that gave us
caipirinhas and capoeira
By Mac Margolis
Newsweek International
Aug. 2 issue - Roberto Dultra knows his way around. For better than
three decades, the Rio de Janeiro travel agent has lured foreigners to
Brazil from just about everywhere. But Dultra—who speaks Portuguese
and English but not a word of French—had never been to Paris. When he
arrived there on his first business trip earlier this year, he
promptly hit the storied Francophone stone wall. "No one gave me the
time of day, not even the receptionists," he confessed to a friend
after two straight days of ringing French travel agencies to sell
packages to Brazil. So on his friend's advice, he changed tack. "I'm
sorry I don't speak French," he began again, in his most diffident
English. "I am from Brazil." And suddenly the walls came tumbling
down. "Ah, Bre-sil!" bubbled the solicitous voice on the other end.
"I'll put you right through."
Brazil OR Brazilian OR Brazilians
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