Well this information confirms what I have been told by others. That's sad. I thought a year cruising the Great Loop, getting to see this country's hart land, meeting its' people was just what the Dr. Ordered but I will not go unarmed, so I will just change my plans. After all there are a lot of other places to go where Cruisers are not hasseled about such things.
Looks like it might be time to go south. I haven't been to Rio yet.