Brazil: Sexual tourism, dreams-come-true, sour goodbyes and illegality

Posted 26 February 2008 9:30 GMT

Countries	Brazil, Sweden
Topics	Travel, Migration & Immigration, Women & Gender
Languages	Portuguese

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· Brasil: Turismo sexual, sueños realizados, amargos adioses e ilegalidad

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Sandra Paulsen writes[PT] from Stockholm at Blog do Noblat[PT] about Swedish sexual tourism in Brazil and Tailand and sad stories about Brazilian women that travel back with their “boyfriends” to their home Sweden, just to face a hard and bitter break-up and illegality in a foreign and lawful land. Blog do Noblat is a famous Brazilian blog written by Ricardo Noblat, Brazilian mainstream journalist, and some collaborators.

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