Brazil's independence celebrates 200 years this week. And do you know why the Portuguese fled to our lands in 1808?
To understand this, you need to understand a little about the relationship between Portugal and France in the 19th century. After all, it was the continental blockade imposed by Napoleon Bonaparte on Europe that made the Portuguese court move to Brazil in the early 19th century.
Dependent on British trade, Portugal found itself in a vast impasse: supplying France meant losing its main colony at the time, Brazil, because the British navy dominated the seas and could invade it . . .
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