The poverty reduction in Brazil

As a good patriot, I still believe in Brazil. Despite the crisis, most Brazilians are laying aside some money to renovate their houses. What Such good news!
In fact, Brazil has the fastly fastest growing economies economy in the world because the government is improving the living conditions, creating the "Bolsa Família" Program. But, unfortunately, it barely failed to promote achive the desired outcome. It didn´t still erradicate the poverty in Brazil. ("Brazil's poverty")
On the other hand, for an effective economy grouth growth, the government should addapt adapt new development strategies in order to solve the economic problems brought about causing the devaluation of the Brazilian real currency.
The authorities are trying to play down the seriousness of the problems in Brazil: the criminality, the lack of jobs, the insecurity on the streets, the education, and so on.
Brazil aren´t still isn't an affluent country, but I hardly believe it´ll be some day in the future. I´ll I'm looking forward for to this happening.

NOTE: Great notebook entry. Keep up the good work, Adriano!

The best way

Hello everyone,

This is my first time that I write to write in italki. I knew heard about italki two months ago when I read an article in a national newspaper (elpais.es). It spoke about the best way to learn a new language for Spanish people. The article said that we must speak English while thinking in Spanish and the most important expression phrase that we need to learn English was "Where's the pub?". Perhaps an informal conversation is more effective than months of grammar.

Do Can we have a beer while we're speaking in on Skype?

Besides a couple of punctuation mistakes, you did a great job! Muy bien!

Italian stereotypes that are absolutely true

1. Italians eat pasta every day.

Yes! Give us spaghetti and nobody gets hurt. Italians just love pasta, it comes in different types, shapes, packages and eating it every day is just normal for us. For some mysterious reason we never get enough of it and the ways in which we cook it are almost infinite. Remember, if you wake up in the middle of the night and feel hungry, pasta is always a good idea.

2. Italians are loud (and move their hands A LOT).

It’s very easy to spot Italians in your country: you only need to look for people who gesticulate a lot and talk animatedly. This is something Italians do without even noticing! According to science the volume of our voice is slightly louder than the world’s average and moving our hands is part of the conversation: we wouldn’t be able to convey the full message with our hands in our pockets. We are not angry, or arguing, we are just Italians!

3. Italians have a great sense of style

No matter how late she is, or how tired she looks, you will never see an Italian woman in yoga pants (unless she’s going to the gym)! No matter what we are doing, walking our dog or buying some groceries, we always have to look great. Italian fashion is well-known all over the world and we are proud of it, so we have to maintain a high standard. Beware though: style for us is important but it has to look effortless! You don’t want to be over the top and be dressed up like a dog’s dinner.

4. Italians are obsessed with soccer

If there’s an important match on TV you can be absolutely sure the streets are going to be empty. Italians can’t live without soccer, and they take it extremely personally. Don’t you dare say anything bad about their favorite team, they might be deeply offended! Of course not all of us are soccer-addicted, here’s why when we find a man who likes basketball instead…we marry him straight away!

5. Il dolce far niente

Ever heard of it? Italians do things SLOWLY. There is no need to worry about anything, just sit, relax. Yes, we might be late, but everyone else is going to be late as well. Italians are very relaxed people, we hate to feel stressed out or worry about meaningless things. Lazy Sundays without leaving the house are just a bliss for us!

No major mistakes! Clearly written. Well done!

Dear Diary, The main person ofmy life.

I am not sure who is the main person of my life. So I'll start with my mom. Of course, she is the mainest most important because she gave birth to me. She raised me and taught me throughout my life. She was cares about me and continues do it now. If she had not been existed, I wouldn't been have existed too. My mother have born had** me when she was 42. But, despite all of it, she found the energy to do so. She is a really kind women. She likes: animals, cooking, walking, playing computer games, and looking after a little children. She has a lot of free time to do it because she is a retiree. When I moved away from her to live with my husband, she was really worried. But now she is happy for me, because she knows that he is the second most important person in my life. My husband make me really happy and I'm sure that I do that for him.

**"Gave birth to me" would also be correct.