Perhaps European tourists (who need no visa for Brazil) take up the slack. I admit, it does feel good for U.S. citizens to endure a small taste of what they inflict on others. I don't see any reason for an American to complain about Brazil's visa process until the U.S. fixes theirs. The complexity of getting a U.S. tourist visa certainly hurts the U.S. tourist economy as well, so we might be shooting ourselves in the foot here.