40 ways to make the world a better place

To celebrate 40 years of their publication, Veja magazine has invited specialists from different fields to comment on how to make Brazil a better place. The list, with short explanations, is an excellent mini-manifesto on how to make the world a better place. Apart from being very interesting, it’s also packed with loads of essential vocabulary!

You can read it here: http://veja.abril.com.br/100908/p_110.shtml#17

Festival do minuto

I stumbled across this the other day – a YouTube channel which puts up home made animations and videos that are 1 minute long. Usually, they offer comment or perspective on life in Brazil. See, for example, the one above.

The channel is http://www.youtube.com/user/festivaldominuto

A good way to keep up your listening and comprehension of Portuguese!