Yeah, this is true.  Ramster's right.  My next door neighbor's Brazilian and he speaks Spanish perfectly.<br/><br/>I went to Iguazu Falls last year and snuck into the Brazilian side, and everyone there spoke Spanish, too.<br/><br/>Every Brazilian backpacker I ever met spoke Spanish, and I've met a ton of 'em (in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and South Africa).  And I can actually understand Portuguese when it's spoken slowly.<br/>