@gutocarvalho thank you for this informative rundown of the situation!!
honestly, i only have one question - and yes, this is me absolutely being the person in the audience after a talk who is asking a question mainly so the speaker can continue speaking LOL - what should the average person on the fediverse do to help make this place more welcoming for Brazilians? is there anything specific that we should be doing? even and especially if we only know english? is there any cultural trip-ups we should be on the lookout for, or is it just a good idea to generally extend grace and understanding as we welcome new friends?
how can we here on the fediverse be the most helpful to brazilians coming to join us?
(make your own joke here about how i am being very silly because my first thought was "oh, new neighbors! i should go bake a pie! wait this is online..." 😂 it can go next to the jokes about how i am silly for only knowing english, because i took latin as my second language in school and wouldn't you know it, there aren't very many ancient romans around here LOL)