Wednesday, December 28, 2011

NYT article on Brazilian visitors/tourists flooding Miami...

Click here for link.  Apparently there could be more if not for the visa requirement and lack of enough U.S. consulates in Brazil.  Time to learn that third language?

Miami Has a Hearty Oi (Hello) for Free-Spending Brazilians
Published: December 27, 2011
Flush with cash, Brazilians are spending millions of dollars for vacation condominiums, clothes, jewelry, furniture, cars and art in South Florida.
Loosely related, since it is about a soon-to-be former city of Islandia in the Miami area, is this article from the Miami Herald.