The Spanish crisis wonderfully explained (in Spanish).

Anti-immigration spot from PxC - Plataforma per Catalunya, a conservative, independentist political party from Catalonya, Spain. Pitiful.
Their slogan is “First of all, the people from home”.

This year, Salvador de Bahia, the first brazilian capital, has completed 460 years. However, according to Paulo Ormindo, chairman of the Bahia’s section of IAB - Institute of Architects of Brazil, there was no reason for celebration.
With more than 4 thousand inhabitants per square kilometer, the “Soteropolis” has a housing deficit of 100 thousand dwellings. [...]

OBS: This is an automatic Google translation from the original post in Portuguese
It is being spread on the Internet a hoax, an urban legend, this time on the outcome of Brazilian municipal elections and the vote invalid. Says the email:
An example for Brazil
Bom Jesus de Itabapoana - RJ: 89.23% of votes in the [...]

My friend Pablo published a nice post talking about the reaction of composer Tom Zé to the unfortunate statements made by University of Bahia (UFBA)’s Medicine Course coordinator, Antônio Dantas. Dantas had said that the low performance of his Medicine students in ENADE (a Brazilian national exam for those who finish the university) would be [...]