• marcos@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Eh, no they didn’t.

    They only changed policy when Napoleon invaded Portugal, like a sibling says. And only in Brasil.

    They get a bit of a pass in part because they were less genocidal than most other European imperiums. But mostly because it was all a long time ago and the other ones on the meme were less than a lifetime ago.