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When I appeared on a panel of journalists from international
publications recently, the moderator asked us to nominate our big story
for the next year.



One of the panellists suggested the UK parliamentary elections. A second
mentioned the continued ramifications of the financial crisis. I said
Brazil, which I was about to visit for the first time.



Consider, I said: Brazil had come through the financial crisis in
reasonable shape. It was sitting on a vast deep­sea oil find. It had
just seen the world's biggest stock market listing this year ­ the $8bn
flotation of part of the Brazilian arm of Santander. It would also be
host to the world's two biggest sporting events: the 2014 football
World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games ­ which Rio de Janeiro had won this
month over Tokyo, Madrid and Chicago.



Yet as I sat on my flight to Rio, I could not suppress some trepidation
at the country's well­-known drawback. "Violence and crime can occur
anywhere and often involve firearms or other weapons," the British
Foreign Office travel advice on Brazil says. "Cases of carjacking occur,
sometimes with the occupants being taken and forced to withdraw money
from their accounts at cash machines."



As for public transport: "There have been instances where gangs have set
buses alight leaving passengers inside after robbing them," the Foreign
Office said.



Official advice is often frightening. Should the worst happen, governments do not want you saying they should have warned you.



But old Brazil hand Peter Robb was no more reassuring. Brazil was "a
country of immense atural wealth, at peace with its neighbours and
facing no unusual turbulence or social unrest within its borders. Yet
the killing rate in Brazil, tens of thousands of violent deaths a year,
falls within the parameters of the United Nations' definition of a
low­intensity civil war," he wrote in his hypnotically compelling book A
Death in Brazil.



I saw none of this. But within two days of my departure, gun battles
between rival Rio drug gangs claimed at least 14 lives, including two
police officers killed when their helicopter was shot down.



People who live in high­crime countries often say three things. First,
that nothing has ever happened to them in their supposedly dangerous
hometown, but that they have been mugged in, say, London. Second, that
all you need to do is take the same sensible precautions you would at
home. Third, that violence is confined to certain areas and consists
mostly of criminals killing each other.



The first defence is silly. Of course people are mugged in London. It is
just a lot less common. The second misses the point: at home, you know
which neighbourhoods are rough and who the troublemakers might be. In a
new place you do not, and miscreants sense your hesitation.



The third is true in some places, but not in Brazil, where violence
frequently spreads outside the favelas and where the better­off fret
about their safety.



It is to Brazil's great credit that during several days of talks and
interviews in Rio and São Paulo, not one person denied that the
country's violent crime was real and could have a serious impact on its
development, not to mention on its two showcase sporting events.



It is not just crime. Brazil's rail, road and airport facilities require
daunting investment. The vast gap between rich and poor is immediately
evident.



Yet Brazil is a country with outstanding potential, a welcoming and
richly diverse people, excellent food and several world­class companies.
Unlike China, Brazil has no sharp ethnic conflicts and is a ulti­party
democracy. Brazilians complain about their politicians' corruption, but
point out that, unlike in the US, results in presidential elections ­
the next is due in October 2010 ­ are announced swiftly.



Extracting the newly­found oil, buried beneath thousands of metres of
water, rock and salt, will be challenging. But the reserves present the
intriguing prospect of Brazil becoming a major oil exporter while
deriving most of its own electricity from hydro energy and powering many
of its cars with sugar cane ethanol.



Brazilians know oil can be a curse as well as a blessing. How it uses
its new wealth will determine whether it becomes a 21st­century force.



Brazil is a thrilling place to visit. In his book, Robb wrote: "Rio is
huge and lovely and terrifying. São Paulo is huger and more terrifying
and not lovely at all."



He is right about Rio's aloveliness ­ the Olympic marathon is going to
make for stunning television. São Paulo, while not lovely, has more
shaded jacaranda­lined avenues than you might expect.



Brazil will be a big story ­ not just over the next year but for many more to come.

Answer 1

Quando eu apareci em um painel de jornalistas do internacional publicações recentemente, o moderador pediu para nomear nossa grande história para o próximo ano. 


Um dos membros do painel sugeriu que as eleições parlamentares do Reino Unido. Uma segunda mencionado as ramificações continuados de crise financeira. Eu disse O Brasil, que eu estava prestes a visitar pela primeira vez. 


Considere-se, eu disse: o Brasil havia chegado a superar a crise financeira em forma razoável. Ele estava sentado em uma vasta descoberta de petróleo em alto mar. tinha visto apenas anunciar este ano a US $ 8 bilhões maior mercado de ações do mundo flotação de parte do braço brasileiro do Santander. Seria também sediar a dois maiores eventos esportivos do mundo: o futebol 2014 Copa do Mundo e os Jogos Olímpicos de 2016, que o Rio de Janeiro tinha ganharam este mês sobre Tóquio, Madri e Chicago. 


No entanto, enquanto eu estava sentado no meu voo para o Rio, eu não poderia suprimir alguma trepidação a conhecida desvantagem do país. "A violência eo crime pode ocorrer em qualquer lugar e, muitas vezes envolvem armas de fogo ou outras armas ", o britânico Dicas de viagem Ministério das Relações Exteriores sobre o Brasil, diz. "Ocorrem casos de carjacking, às vezes com os ocupantes sendo tomadas e obrigado a retirar dinheiro de suas contas em máquinas de dinheiro ". 


Quanto aos transportes públicos: "Houve casos em que as gangues estabeleceram ônibus em chamas deixando os passageiros no interior depois de roubar-lhes ", o Foreign Escritório disse. 


Conselho Oficial é muitas vezes assustador. Se o pior acontecer, os governos não querem que você dizendo que eles deveriam tê-lo avisado. 


Mas o velho mão Brasil Peter Robb não era mais animador. Brasil era "um país de riqueza atural imenso, em paz com os seus vizinhos e enfrentando nenhuma turbulência incomum ou agitação social dentro de suas fronteiras. No entanto, a taxa de homicídio no Brasil, dezenas de milhares de mortes violentas por ano, cai dentro dos parâmetros da definição das Nações Unidas de uma hipossinal guerra civil ", ele escreveu em seu livro hipnoticamente convincente A Morte no Brasil. 


Eu vi nada disso. Mas dentro de dois dias da minha partida, tiroteios entre quadrilhas de traficantes rivais cariocas alegaram pelo menos 14 vidas, incluindo dois policiais mortos quando o helicóptero foi abatido.