Nobody can forget how over the weekend Spanish PM Rajoy told economy minister de Guindos to keep a stiff upper lip, and that, lest someone forget, Spain is not Uganda [6].

Two days later nobody is laughing: Spanish bond yields just pushed to Euroarea records, Fitch just downgraded the bulk of Spanish banks, and it looks like Spain may need a second bailout before the details of the first one are even ironed out. However, one entity is not amused. Uganda. Or perhaps, is very amused, depending on one's perspective.
Al Jazeera responds [7]:
The Stream spoke with Ugandan blogger Rosebell Kagumire, who started the hashtag #UgandaisnotSpain [8] in response to the PM's remarks:
Many felt insulted at the implication that Uganda is economically weak.
#ESPAÑA_NO_ES_UGANDA [9]#UGANDA_NO_ES_ESPAÑA [10] twitter.com/13OUS/status/2… [11]
— RADIO GALLINA NOIRE(@13OUS) June 11, 2012 [12]
#UgandaIsNotSpain [13] Spanish PM #MarianoRajoy [14] shldhv been paying attention to his economy to start with instead of catching a siesta. #Uganda [15]
— gaetano kagwa (@gaetanokagwa) June 11, 2012 [16]
So #Spain [17] is being kicked out of the Euro Zone and the Prime Minister is busy dissing #Uganda [15]? What a terrible leader! #UgandaIsNotSpain [13]
— Javie Ssozi (@jssozi) June 11, 2012 [18]
Sorry Mariano Rajoy (PM #Spain [17]), #Uganda [15] can't help your country stay in the Euro Zone. Deal with it yourself! #UgandaIsNotSpain [13]
— Javie Ssozi (@jssozi) June 11, 2012 [19]
Others compared the economies of the two countries:
Spanish PM has really messed it up. #UgandaisnotSpain [20] as they grow at 15%, no failed banks around and I guess its PM knows when to shup up.
— Jordi Arrufat (@Jordiarrufat) June 11, 2012 [21]
#UgandaIsNotSpain [13] I guess that is why spain is dying for a bailout while we in #Uganda [15] have money to by jets and oil to swim in
— gaetano kagwa (@gaetanokagwa) June 11, 2012 [22]
You can call #Uganda [15] "a banana republic" but truth is, Uganda is not the one which will end up kicked out of EZ. #UgandaIsNotSpain [13] #Spain [17]
— Javie Ssozi (@jssozi) June 11, 2012 [23]
#UgandaIsNotSpain [13] What is wrong with that guy. You may have an economy 100 times ours but we don't have any bank to BAIL OUT!!!
— emmanuel obonyo (@_talkinguitar) June 11, 2012 [24]
#UgandaisnotSpain [20].Our debt to GDP is a much more healthy 16%!
— Mark Kamugisha (@MKamugisha) June 11, 2012 [25]
