Why does south america have a large portuguese-speaking population?

The Line of Demarcation

Explanation:

in 1494, the Treaty of Tordesillas separated the continent with Portugal taking the East and Spain taking the West.

my cultural heritage consists of irish, german, native american, and others.

world war i began in 1914, after the assassination of archduke franz ferdinand, and lasted until 1918. during the conflict, germany, austria-hungary, bulgaria and the ottoman empire (the central powers) fought against great britain, france, russia, italy, romania, japan and the united states (the allied powers). to new military technologies and the horrors of trench warfare, world war i saw unprecedented levels of carnage and destruction. by the time the war was over and the allied powers claimed victory, more than 16 million people—soldiers and civilians alike—were dead.

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