Talk:Foz do Iguaçu

Name change to Foz do Iguassu

Foz do Iguaçu → Foz do Iguassu – city fathers recently modified the spelling of the name. User:Cesarious (fmt'd –Hajor 18:39, 22 October 2005 (UTC))

Discussion

It seems that Foz do Iguaçu will be renamed to Foz do Iguassu. See this link (in Portuguese). Carioca 00:34, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

And this one, which gives some interesting historical background. Foz do Iguassu doesn't exist at present, so you probably could do the page move yourself, but I (respectfully) suggest you wait for a couple of days longer, just to make sure the change goes through. Meanwhile, you could write a paragraph about the 1945 Academies' agreement and the reasons the city fathers give for changing it. (Does this mean my wife's "Cataratas do Iguaçu" t-shirt will become a valuable collectors' item?) –Hajor 23:39, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

I added some info about the name change. I will wait some days until I support the article name change. Carioca 23:37, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

I am against the move - at least for now. The official name of the city is still Foz do Iguaçu, and the change, though approved, is not official yet. See also http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/ult95u115248.shtml. It is a link to a news report that states that the actual mayor of the city is now against the change, and is trying now to reject the bill - because of the unpopularity of the change of the name (some 90% of the population of the city is against the change, the article states). Leslie Mateus 05:01, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

I agree. Let's wait until the final decision. Carioca 05:10, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

No crime or unemployment? Foz is near the tiple border area where smuggling is rife, and where, when I visited in 2006 I was warned by my guide, a local, to be very wary because of gang related activities. This section should probably be updated. 64.2.2.203 (talk) 23:31, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi 64.2.2.203. I've just reinstated the crime section as it was and which I partly contributed to. Some joker deleted it and left the silly remark. Regards. Power Society (talk) 03:59, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

You're both right. I've been living in Foz do Iguaçu for almost sixteen years, and I can definitely say that, today, and along with corruption, crime is one of the biggest problems of this place. The downtown and touristic areas are pretty OK, but the suburbs can be quite dangerous places. Also, percentually speaking, Foz holds one of Brazil's highest homicide rates (I'll try to find some good citations about it online). Leobarudi (talk) 15:48, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Largest Mosque in Latin America? Largest Mosque is in Buenos Aires, second largest is in Caracas. Google Mezquita de Palermo. Regards. Reinsalkas (talk) 05:00, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

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