My family mostly didn`t move abroad, and the only ascendence I have in a very, very, very distant way is Jewish, like my grandgrandgrandfather was jewish, so even if I wanted to go to Israel I`d have much trouble trying to find any proof of that. 

I studying many options righ now, the best ones I found were moving to France and Germany to get a Master Degree, it`s the safest way to emigrate whitout being illegal. Emigration is not that hard, mainly to Europe, if you want to study and than look for a job. I really don`t consider other south americans countries much, because most of them aren`t any better. The only place that can be a little better is Uruguay, even Argentina have been through very harsh economical crisis. I would consider Panamá a lot though.

I knew violence in Brazil was bad, but not quite THIS bad..

Well, I'm from Brazil too (Curitiba, Paraná) and I haven't seen something like that here

I'm really sorry for your loss, our country is a mess right now... I really wish I could just move from here. I'm grateful that Paraná is a very rich state, so we're not facing lack of security here (well not yet lol).

I thought Dilma's administration was bad, but Michel Temer is even worst. F*** bastard

It's so sad that the term "liberal" is synonym for left-wing in english. In portuguese, liberal has a different tone. Actually, socialists here call liberal people fascists, conservatives and reactionaries.

Not electing socialists isn't even an option down here. There's not a single party that is not left wing. Maybe Partido Novo (New Party in english) and Democratas (Democrats). There's only a few politicians that are right wing.

Although I totally dislike our lasts presidents (Lula, Dilma and now Temer), I don't think security is a problem direct related to them. Maybe they are all guilty for not solving it.

Actually, tough I support the freedom to have a gun, I don't know if it would really help anyone here. The criminals are so organized and trained that even the police have a hard time.

OP: It's really hard to feel safe in any place in Brazil. I live in São Leopoldo, one of the most dangerous city in Rio Grande do Sul, and was robbed two times (one of them by a guy with a gun, I'm lucky to be alive). Meus pêsames pelo teu amigo e força pra ti, invetedlotus123!

Just my 2 cents, but I went to Japan on a working holiday. It's a one year visa, you can work and it's not very hard to get, the only condition is to have a few savings and less than 30 years old. It seems that Brazil has at least an agreement with France, Germany, South Korea, and New Zealand. By the way Japan is really amazing in term of security, it's really like nothing can happen, noone I know has ever been robbed, I have never seen a fight, it's perfectly peaceful, you walk alone by night, and you just can't thing something could happen.  

I've watched "Ciudad de Dios" a long time ago, superb but disturbing movie, made me feel that's where we are heading to in Europe. Anyway sorry for your loss, that's hard. Don't overthink before things cool down.

Curitiba is a dream when compared to the rest of the country. Already thought on moving to Paraná. I lived in São Paulo for some time and actually felt really safe there (but I know it's not safe at all).

It's almost impossible to have a legal gun. Almost every house have high walls and electric fence in high and mid class neighbours. Dogs are common too. You cannot shot anyone in your own property, that's not considered self-defense in brazilian law. Jair Bolsonaro (a brazilian deputy) tried to change this, but without success.

We are fucked one way or another. In the end, with all that, the good people are the ones who live in prisons.

I`ll replie in english so anyone in the forum can follow the discussion

In Goiás the state of public security is horrendous. Marconi Perillo is a fucking bastard, he refuses to hire new police men even having more than one thousand people that passed the public tests and are just waiting to be trained and start their work. He always do that, he knows things are going to shit, but he let`s it happen so he can sell the miracle solution of privatization of said public service, wich works a little but isn`t any magic solution also. 

I`ve already traveled to the south, I visited Curitiba, Florianopolis, Guaratuba and Maringá and some other smaller cities, when I as a child I went there almost twice a year because of my step-father. And I also visited a lot of the North because my grandparents from my mother side lived in Tocantins. The difference in realities is brutal, I mean, it`s like there`s two or more countries inside Brazil, one part looks like Africa and the other like Europe. I visited Salvador last year, and for particular reasons I`ll going to move there once I finish my education in Goiania. Is a nice city if you stay in the nices places, but what shocked the most there is the racial segregation. I mean, if you go to the mall most people are white, but just outside the mall most people are black. 

I'm really sorry to hear that :(

You said you are finishing your degree, right? Maybe trying to finish your studies here? It's not that expensive the cost of living in Curitiba, comparing to other cities like São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Florianópolis

Shit, when ar ethings going to get better there?