Jeff Nitty Ransom, 68, is a Black expat in São Paulo, Brazil. Living in the largest city in South America since 1991, his story began after he met Fatima, his Brazilian ex-wife, in Miami. Two years ...

Marketing executive Ike Okonkwo is a Black expat in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Before living overseas, this 27-year-old moved to Boston to attend Harvard University ...

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There is a joke among Brazilians that a Brazilian passport is the most coveted on the black market because no matter what your background — Asian, African or European — you can fit in here. But the ...

(MENAFN- The Rio Times) Brazil has universal healthcare - and yes, it's available to foreigners. The public system (SUS) covers everything from vaccinations to surgery at no cost, and you can register ...

In Brazil's presidential elections, the liberal challenger known as Lula narrowly defeated right-wing incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro, capping a stunning turnaround for a man who just three years ...

Looking for the best places to live around the world? There’s no better source than expats, who have a unique POV on what it’s like to live in a foreign country—and in the U.S. For the 10th year in a ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. In 1979, at the age of twenty-eight, Stephen G. Bloom set out to Rio de Janeiro to work as a foreign correspondent for the Latin ...

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