Times Americans Proved They Were Clueless

I can almost see where this person is coming from. Maybe they meant not physical or geographical closeness, but cultural closeness. Maybe they were thinking that Brazil is in Latin America and that Spain has a lot of ties to Latin America.

However, I’m not entirely sure this person is aware that in Spain they speak Spanish, and in Brazil, they speak Portuguese. The two languages are not the same, and Spain and Portugal are not the same.