Expert: Edison - 2/20/2010

Question
I am preparing a presentation on conducting business in Brazil. Are there any blatant, humorous or unusual laws or business issues that should be mentioned or noted? Unusual compared to US laws.
Thanks,
CT

Answer
Hello CT,

Two general rules in Brazil are: (1) "laws (and contracts) were made to be broken"; (2) "only poor people stay in jail".

I also did a quick search on the web and found some interesting general facts:

http://www.brazzil.com/articles/196-september-2008/10116-in-brazil-many-laws-are...

http://www.communicaid.com/access/pdf/library/culture/doing-business-in/Doing%20...

http://org.elon.edu/brazilmagazine/2006/docs/Palka.pdf


Have fun!

Edison