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		wildranter on Nov 25, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: McAfee’s Third World Travel Guide The police setup checkpoint happened to me once in Brazil. They let me pass that time because they had their hands already full of drivers to "deal" with.

raverbashing on Nov 25, 2012 [–]

It varies a lot, depending on where are you in Brazil (city/location), how busy are things, etc

I'd say most are 'legitimate' (usually Rio is the exception) and if there's nothing wrong you'll just go through without a problem.

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