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Why Does Brazil Speak Portuguese And Not Spanish?


DonRocks

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Because Portugal requested to modify the agreement made on May 4, 1493 via the Treaty of Tordesillas on June 7, 1494.

That's it. That's the only reason why.

If Portugal hadn't asked the Pope to modify the 1493 agreement (the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) moved things 270 leagues to the west), Brazil - the easternmost country in South America, and as-yet undiscovered - would be a Spanish-speaking country.

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"Without the UN, Our World Would Be an Even More Dangerous Place" by Hafel Al-Ghwell on arabnewscom

"As far back as the 14th and 15th-century Spanish and Portuguese adventurism that gave birth to globalization, it became increasingly apparent that nations or empires were better off seeking compromise through quiet diplomacy at conference tables than the violent, unrestrained use of gunpowder politics. For instance, it was the 1495 Treaty of Tordesillas and the 1529 Treaty of Zaragoza, negotiated at the behest of the Catholic Church, that ensured Spain and Portugal, the foremost powers at the time, would not go to war over newly “discovered” lands in the Americas and Asia. "

(Note that the author got the date of the treaty off by a year - it was 1494, not 1495. Everyone cares, right? :))

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