With all the conflicts in so much of the world's real estate it's often nearly impossible to find an retreat of stability. The United states has been drawn into wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Violence is for sale and business is good. The middle-east is literally in the midst of a revolution that is expanding across quite a few nations. Add natural disasters of an epic scale such as what has happened in Japan recently and one may think that the world is literally falling apart. Though, it could be argued that a sanctuary from this can be found in Rio de Janeiro.