I'm visiting Rio in December. Does anyone have a suggestion of a lodge there that I may visit please? I don't speak Portuguese unfortunately and am an English Freemason under UGLE and am a PM.
This post is a perfect case in point of one of the reasons why the protocols exist!
If you ask your Lodge Secretary he will tell you that there are UGLE Lodges in Rio under the District Grand Lodge of South America , Northern Division and he will be able to give you the contact details or you can take them from the UGLE Website. You have no need of going any higher up the protocols as they are Lodges under your own Grand Lodge and despite the distance it is the same as visiting a Lodge in a different Province.