I love visiting Brazil, but it’s not like paying 3x the price for an iPhone means you’re less likely to get it stolen in Foz vs CDE (where presumably they bought the phone)

If the writer of the article is here I’m interested in why there’s far more consumer protection southern red states like Santa Catarina vs northern blue states. How come things just don’t get stolen as often there in the Bolsonaro areas?

If your answer is poverty i refer you to CDE vs Foz.

In Brazil consumer protections law are federal laws, not state laws, so there is no different levels of consumer protection between states