helping visitors to rio de janeiro, along with native cariocas, avoid getting taken advantage of whilst in the city, procon carioca supplies an application database with information about consumer rights, good and bad companies, and up-to-date news.

a large part of the application is the complaint database, which allows anyone to make a complaint about a company in the city, and then offers them support.

hoping to act as a support network in the city, procon carioca gives consumers a great deal of information about the various different companies operating within rio, as well as access to the complaints about any establishment - more information on this page, or via i-tunes here.