It is World Cup time. Do not disturb Brazilians, please!

If you do business with Brazil or it is considering doing business, take our advice and do not call during the World Cup next month. The South Africa 2010 World Cup is about to begin on June the 10th. Please, do not disturb because Brazilian will not be talking to you.

It is hard to believe that during Brazilian games, a country that big stops. The only thing that we know for sure that it will not stop it is the emergency rooms.

Brazilian soccer fans go crazy. Brazilian fans are passionate. Due to the dramatic tension during Brazilian matches people die and hospitals are getting ready. Can you believe that?

Brazil is on Group G and it will be playing on the following days.

June 15th – Brazil x Korea
June 20th – Brazil x Cote D’Ivoire
June 25th – Brazil x Portugal

It is an easy group for Brazil and we believe that we go ahead for quarter-final. Then, it gets tough for Semifinal and then final.

The bottom line is whatever it happens with Brazil team, the month of June will be pretty slow and chances are that everything will postponed for July. That’s Brazil. But don’t get discouraged there is election at the end of the year. Oh, boy…what a year!

Yes! You need tourist visa if you want to go to Brazil.

If you are planning to go to Brazil, you have to apply for a tourist visa at one of the following Brazilian Government Agencies in US. But before heading to one of these agencies, please double check your jurisdiction.

WEST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES

Consulate General of Brazil in Los Angeles
8484 Wilshire Blvd - Suites 711-730
Beverly Hills, CA - 90211
Tel: 323-651-2664
Fax: 323-651-1274
E-mail: comunicacoes@brazilian-consulate.org
Homepage: www.brazilian-consulate.org

Jurisdiction: AZ, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT WY in the State of California the counties of: Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura.

Consulate General of Brazil in San Francisco
300 Montgomery Street - Suite 900
San Francisco, CA 94104
Tel: 415-981-8170
Fax: 415-981-3628
E-mail: brazilsf@brazilsf.org
Homepage: www.brazilsf.org
Jurisdiction: AL, OR, WA, and in the State of California, all the counties not included in the jurisdiction of Los Angeles.

SOUTHEAST OF THE UNITED STATES

Consulate General of Brazil in Atlanta
3500 Lenox Road, Suite 800
Atlanta, GA 30326
Tel: 404-949-2400
Fax: 404-949-2402

Jurisdiction: AL. GA, MS, NC, SC and TN,

Consulate General of Brazil in Miami
80 SW 8th Street Suite 2600
Miami, FL 33130
Tel: 305-285-6200
Fax: 305-285-6229
E-mail: consbras@brazilmiami.org
Homepage: www.brazilmiami.org

Jurisdiction: FL, PR, US Virgin Islands and the Commonwealth of Bahamas.

WEST SOUTH CENTRAL OF THE UNITED STATES

Consulate General of Brazil in Houston
1233 W. Loop South – Park Tower North, suite 1150
Houston, TX. 77027
Tel: 713-961-3063
Fax: 713-961-3063
E-mail: consbras@brazilhouston.org
Homepage: www.brazilhouston.org

Jurisdiction: AK, CO, KS, LA, NM, OK and TX

NORTH EAST OF THE UNITED STATES

Consulate General of Brazil in Boston
20 Park Plaza - Suite 1420
Boston, MA 02116
Tel: 617-542-4000
Fax: 617-542-4318
E-mail: cgbos@consulatebrazil.org

Jurisdiction: MA, ME, NH and VT

Consulate General of Brazil in Harford
1 Constitution Plaza, Hartford, CT 06103
cghartford@itamaraty.gov.br Tel: 860-760-3100
E-mail: cghartford@itamaraty.gov.br

Jurisdiction: CT and RI

Consulate General of Brazil in New York
1185, 6th Ave (Avenue of the Americas), 21st Floor
New York, NY 10036
Tel: 917-777-7777 / 917-777-7601
Fax: 2l2-827-0225
E-mail: consulado@brazilny.org
Homepage: www.brazilny.org
Brazilian Trade Bureau: www.brazilny.org/trade/tradebureau.htm
Jurisdiction: DE, NJ, NY, PA and the Bermuda Islands.

EAST NORTH CENTRAL OF THE UNITED STATES

Consulate General of Brazil in Chicago
401 North Michigan Ave - Suite 3050
Chicago, IL 60611
Tel: 312-464-0244 / 5 / 6 / 7
Fax: 312-464-0299
E-mail: central@brazilconsulatechicago.org

Jurisdiction: IL, IN, IA, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, SD and WI

SOUTH ATLANTIC OF THE UNITED STATES

Brazilian Embassy-Consular Service in Washington, D.C.
3009 Whitehaven Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20008
Tel Embassy: 202-238-2805
Tel Consulate: 202-461-3000
Fax: 202-238-2818
E-mail: consular@brasilemb.org
Homepage: www.brasilemb.org
Jurisdiction: DC, KY, MD, OH, VA, and WV

Back in business...

Today is Monday, February, the 22nd and Brazil is back and open for business.

Aren’t you glad that you, I mean we can do business again in Brazil? At least until one week prior to Christmas….then, we go again in slow pace until after the 2011 Carnival.

Don’t get me wrong but I promised you to talk about Brazilian culture and I am very familiar with Brazil…I was born and raised there!

Forget about working! It's Carnival in Brazil!

It is Carnival time. If you want to do business in Brazil from tomorrow, February the 12th until February, the 18th, forget about it! Nobody works! The only people that basically you find working out of those that have to work no matter what, most of the time it is Carnival business related!

People just don’t talk to you about business because they are not in the mood. If they are not partying, they are relaxing and chances are they go to the beach or to the mountains.

Being the longest break that every Brazilian takes per year, it is the heaviest traffic and the busiest season. After all said and done we are talking about more than 7 straight days!

Again, if you want to talk about business with any Brazilian that lives in Brazil and don’t want to get frustrated, follow our advice and call them on February, the 22nd. You will be better off.

Inaugural blog

Welcome to the inaugural How to do business in Brazil blog. If you want to do business in Brazil this is the right place to be.

We promise to furnish you with hints, do’s and don’t’s, marketing and commercial strategies. As well as culture, business, economic, industrial and trade show information. We promise to tell you all about it.

This blog is one of the blogs written by Moriah International, Inc (www.moriahinternational.com), a Miami based corporation that has been doing business in and with Brazil since 2000.

Brazil is the talk of the international market. It is well known that for the next 10 or more years, Brazil will be the place to do business with.

The World Cup Soccer Championship will be held in 2014 and the 2016 Olympic Games is heading to Rio de Janeiro. Besides, the Brazilian petroleum exploration and production has been taking Brazil to the next level. Don’t even think about missing this opportunity.