I was talking to a guy who has been to Brazil and I asked about how bad it was and he told me that oh it is fine as long as you stay in the touristy areas. I thought to myself yea the touristy areas will be nice because they want your money. It's the areas of most of the country you don't see that are so bad. I've read stories about how some barrios have a constant military presents just to keep the innocent people safe from the wide spread crime and corruption.