Lusotropicalism (Portuguese: Lusotropicalismo) was first used by Brazilian sociologist Gilberto Freyre to describe the distinctive character of Portuguese imperialism overseas, proposing that the Portuguese were better colonizers than other European nations.
Freyre theorized that because of Portugal's warmer climate, and having been inhabited by Celts, Romans, Visigoths, Moors and several other peoples in pre-modern times, the Portuguese were more humane, friendly, and adaptable to other climates and cultures. He saw "Portuguese-based cultures as cultures of ecumenical expansion" and suggested that "Lusotropical culture was a form of resistance against both the 'barbaric' Soviet communist influence, and the also 'barbarian' process of Americanization and capitalist expansion."
From Portugal to Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cabo Verde, Timor, Macau, Goa, Guiné and every single portuguese enclave and it's historical cities around the world, the portuguese speaking peoples left a history, not a history built in an european conference in the 1880s, but a seven centuries old sphere built by millions of peoples from all races and cultures that still cling on today. Somos 280 milhões!
Special thanks for Valiant Prime for helping me with the grammar
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