I have a friend that went to south of brazil and she says it's a really nice and rich area. Way more european than the north......
the south of brazil is predominantly white and safer than the north, brazilians are very family oriented, if you marry one be ready for countless and unannounced visits of your wife's parents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, first cousins, second cousins, third cousins, ..... you get it. i have a friend in montreal who dated a brazilian and he just could not take it. in any case, look up florianopolis, brazil, for some amazing beaches, i loved it there.