camberiu
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The unification of Spain and Portugal lasted from 1580 until 1640. That is almost 300 years before Brazil even became a country. Your original claim was that "In the 19th century it went to war against each and every neighbor it had.".
Here are some historical facts for you:
1) The overwhelming majority of the Portuguese territorial expansion in South America went uncontested by Spain and their local colonists. There was just too much land and they did not care about Portugal claiming mostly empty land filled with nothing but jungle or savana like cerrado thousands of miles away from the coast. If there were conflicts between Portuguese colonists and their Spanish counterparts, they were minimal and are not even footnotes on the history books.
2) When Brazil became a country, its borders were very close to what they are today.
3) Contrary to your claims that "In the 19th century it went to war against each and every neighbor it had." Brazil never went to war with Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia or Colombia.
4) Despite your claim that "Brazil is the most imperialistic country in South America." in reality Brazil has, in its entire history as an independent country, only participated in 3 significant international conflicts (The Prata war, The Paraguayan War, and World War II). Of those 3, 2 were wars fought in response from foreign aggression.
So yeah, I don't think your understanding of South American history or power dynamics is correct.
Here are some historical facts for you:
1) The overwhelming majority of the Portuguese territorial expansion in South America went uncontested by Spain and their local colonists. There was just too much land and they did not care about Portugal claiming mostly empty land filled with nothing but jungle or savana like cerrado thousands of miles away from the coast. If there were conflicts between Portuguese colonists and their Spanish counterparts, they were minimal and are not even footnotes on the history books.
2) When Brazil became a country, its borders were very close to what they are today.
3) Contrary to your claims that "In the 19th century it went to war against each and every neighbor it had." Brazil never went to war with Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia or Colombia.
4) Despite your claim that "Brazil is the most imperialistic country in South America." in reality Brazil has, in its entire history as an independent country, only participated in 3 significant international conflicts (The Prata war, The Paraguayan War, and World War II). Of those 3, 2 were wars fought in response from foreign aggression.
So yeah, I don't think your understanding of South American history or power dynamics is correct.
