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Old Aug 13, 2014, 7:26 am
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flaviocc
 
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: VIX
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in 2002 I visited your beautiful country
Thank you for kind words.

I took two bags of Brazilian coffee
It's very good from some regions.

However, I think the warning from catocony is about the sad truth that some US customs people are racist by nature or are trained to treat foreigners with more suspicion.
Yes, I understood the @catocony words and its just to advise me that's this kind of attitude is possible from US customs.

Many Americans are ignorant about the world outside their own borders (or even within their own borders) and I can imagine that some customs people would not know the difference between Brazil and, for example, Colombia. In their minds, drugs come from South America so anyone from South America is suspicious. It should not be this way, but it is reasonable to warn you that this may happen.
For me it's one of the bad sides of USA.

In my last travel (last year), I talked with a few peoples and one or two of them barely knew where the Brazil is located.

I hope you have a really good trip and enjoy whatever coffee you choose.
^ Thank you so much. Will be a great road trip !!
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