VALORANT is huge there + rich country = success
Rio and São Paulo have the same problem that NY, London, Paris and any other giant city has with violence. But what boosts the violence standards in Brazil are North and Northeast, many homicides there happen for stupid reasons while it isn’t so common down here.
Lack of State presence = People will solve their problems by their own way.
it depends on what are your standards. for example, in brazil u have to be cautious about ur belongings and try to not let them in a public place. btw i've never been robbed in my life but ofc for foreigners the chances are higher.
plus north and nouthern really boosts violence index so its not THAT deep further south and southern states (RJ major city is the only exception ig)
its not, Riot games have already hosted LoL MSI in Brazil (mid year international, like vlr masters), and they hosted the finals in Rio, which for me, who lives in São Paulo, is a nono. So I think it can happen, its not dangerous like people think, i lived here for 20 years never seen anything. Its good to roam around, i really suggest you watch this channel https://www.youtube.com/c/JetLagWarriors , its 2 canadians who travels 3 months in Brazil, and their first video they were like holy shit this is too dangerous, and 1 week later in São Paulo they were already thinking of it as the best city in the world :)