Look, it’s not the 1600s. Idk if I’d call Portugal a major world power. I’d never heard the man’s name before this. Anyways, yeah, that definitely happened.
Yeah, that’s what I mean. I feel the same about Spain. Brazil is significantly more relevant than Portugal. They’re no Luxembourg, but they’re not Australia either.
You’d think so, and to an extent, you’re right. But I hear about it quite a bit, more positive than negative. Portugal? Nope. Nothing. I’m not sure I could name a person or fictional character from Portugal. Brazil, I know at least a few.
I looked that up, since I’ve never heard of it, apparently he was Portuguese in that version, but he was turned Spanish in the most recent version. Damn, stealing the Portuguese rep they need. I’d like to know more about modern Portugal. I’ll probably do a little bit of research today.
No, still Portuguese. The show opens with a explainer saying the Spanish went west and Portuguese went east due to the church decreeing how the world would be split amongst the two countries.
I must ask, why did you focus on Portugal part of this article?
Surely the most important part is that a world leader called another world leader a russian asset?
That’s why they used this term. If it were any place that you would unquestionably call a major world power, then they would have used the name on the title.
Look, it’s not the 1600s. Idk if I’d call Portugal a major world power. I’d never heard the man’s name before this. Anyways, yeah, that definitely happened.
He’s head of a western european state of 10M people. Portugal is mid-tier when it comes to most metrics In the EU, but they’re not no-one.
Yeah, that’s what I mean. I feel the same about Spain. Brazil is significantly more relevant than Portugal. They’re no Luxembourg, but they’re not Australia either.
Except being a LatAm country, they’re dismissed by the west.
You’d think so, and to an extent, you’re right. But I hear about it quite a bit, more positive than negative. Portugal? Nope. Nothing. I’m not sure I could name a person or fictional character from Portugal. Brazil, I know at least a few.
Captain Rodriguez from Shōgun immediately came to mind for me. I prefer John Rhys-Davies’s version over the newest on-screen rendition.
I looked that up, since I’ve never heard of it, apparently he was Portuguese in that version, but he was turned Spanish in the most recent version. Damn, stealing the Portuguese rep they need. I’d like to know more about modern Portugal. I’ll probably do a little bit of research today.
No, still Portuguese. The show opens with a explainer saying the Spanish went west and Portuguese went east due to the church decreeing how the world would be split amongst the two countries.
Spaniards were half a world away.
If an American doesn’t say, “Who?” when you say their name, then they’re a world power.
I feel like most Americans might remember the name from history class, but that’s about it.
I must ask, why did you focus on Portugal part of this article?
Surely the most important part is that a world leader called another world leader a russian asset?
Probably because I heard about the news several days ago. I appreciate it though.
That’s why they used this term. If it were any place that you would unquestionably call a major world power, then they would have used the name on the title.