For example, what countries are most active on Twitter?  We’ll start with percapita use.  No, it’s not the U.S.   In fact, the U.S. is in fifth place, trailing among others, Brunei.  (Who knew?)  But for the highest per capita (aka “tweetiest”) country in the world, according to the Northeastern Universityresearchers who compiled the data, that distinction belongs to Kuwait.  Following is the list: Top 10 Twitter countries, per capita use - Kuwait, Netherlands, Brunei, UK, USA, Chile, Ireland, Canada, Sweden, Puerto Rico

A recent survey by Brazilian pollster Ibope, commissioned by the Confederação Nacional da Indústria (CNI, the national industry confederation) confirms that the popularity of the president, Dilma Rousseff, is on the rise amid protest fatigue and boosted by her tough stance towards the US following revelations that the US National Security Agency (NSA) had spied on her and on Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras, the state-controlled oil company).