That's excellent Pedro. My good friend Daniel is from Niteroi and his buddy Raph is a few hours north. He's computer friendly although pursuing a life in mathematics.
I think you good folks can convince him there's too much fun to be had in hacking on fun coding projects :D
A friend I had the same problem of you so we decided to start a coding dojo here in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro.
Remembering the past, we've met a LOT of brilliant people.
If your city doesn't have a coding dojo group, start one.
More info here: http://codingdojo.org/
And here are some photos of #DojoRio sessions to excite you: http://www.flickr.com/groups/dojorio/ :)