According to Mercopress.com, last August a collaboration agreement was signed between Spain and Brazil with the intention of having as many as 41 million Brazilians between the ages of 7 to 17 speaking, reading, writing and expressing themselves in Spanish.

The Cervantes Institute in Spain reported yesterday that more than 5 million Brazilians are now learning Spanish which is a major increase from 2006 when only one million where reportedly learning the language. An education bill passed in 2005 required that all secondary schools in Brazil must have the Spanish language as an option at the beginning of their 2010 school year.

The collaboration agreement between Cervantes Institute and The Brazilian Education Ministry are now considering supporting and training 26,0000 Spanish language teachers to keep up with the growing demand since the passing of the 2005 education bill.