Copa do mundo

“In downtown Belo Horizonte are 23 brothels, known locally as zonas. They are hidden up narrow staircases between shops in the grim city centre, a place so grey, in parts, that you could be in the old Soviet Union except for the scorching sun above. Nearby, in an empty office on the top floor of a shopping centre, a handful of the 2,000 or so prostitutes who work the city are getting English classes from a volunteer in order to cash in on the six matches the city's Mineirao stadium will host (including one semi-final). All the while, tucked away at the back of an indoor car-park, is Aprosmig - a union for those within the industry in the state of Minas Gerais (the name is a contraction of the "Minas Gerais association of prostitutes"). "For sure [the city's prostitutes] will get more money with the World Cup," says the fiftysomething woman working the desk. "In the nightclubs they'll be earning a lot. It's normal for foreign guys to look for them, they always do, and now there'll be more foreign guys. They'll do very well."

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É verdade? Imagine se os meus pais virem isto. Eu ficarei com vergonha. Poxa, assim o Brasil está se exibindo como um país onde fazer sexo é a atividade principal de turistas. Também antes de chegar aqui, eu achava que o povo transa na rua e era muito fácil achar mulher em qualquer canto.