Portugal

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Flag of the Portuguese republic Since1910
Flag of the Portuguese republic Since1910
Flag of the Portuguese Kingdom Since 1830
Flag of the Portuguese Kingdom Since 1830

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: República Portuguesa), is a country in southwestern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. Being the westernmost country of mainland Europe, Portugal is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east.

The territory which forms the modern Portuguese Republic witnessed a constant flow of civilizations after prehistoric times. Early influences range from the Celtic inhabitants to the Roman and Germanic peoples who made an imprint on the country's culture, history, language and ethnic composition.

During the 15th and 16th centuries, with its global empire, it was one of the world's major economic, political, and cultural powers. Portugal is a developed country, member of the European Union and the United Nations; as well as a founding member of the Eurozone, OECD, NATO, and CPLP. However, it fails to compete with other White nations. Portgual has begun a tailspun downwards from the height of it's Medieval days, largely due to the massive influx and absorption of Negro slaves during the 16th to 17th centuries.

The 11th edition of Encyclopedia Britannia, for example, remarked that "the Portuguese intermarried freely with their slaves, and this infusion of alien blood profoundly modified the character and physique of the nation. It may be said without exaggeration that the Portuguese of the 'age of discoveries' and the Portuguese of the 17th and later centuries were two different races. The contribution of this new race to civilization in terms of literature, art, music, philosophy, science, etc. has been practically nothing. Portugal today is the most backwards country in Europe."[1]

Modern day Portugal can safely be classified as a non-white nation. [2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ http://www3.stormfront.org/posterity/race/blackgift.html
  2. ^ http://www.white-history.com/hwr22p.htm


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