Nuseir Yassin explains why Latin America speaks Spanish while Brazil speaks Portuguese. Pope Alexander VI divided the territories between Spain and Portugal in 1494, a decision that shaped language and borders for centuries.
Nuseir Yassin explains why Latin America speaks Spanish while Brazil speaks Portuguese. Pope Alexander VI divided the territories between Spain and Portugal in 1494, a decision that shaped language and borders for centuries.
Why does Latin America speak Spanish but Brazil speaks Portuguese? Well, it's because of the Pope. Pope Alexander VI split the world between Spain and Portugal because they were clashing. This is my land. No, it's my land. So the Pope stepped in. He took a pen and a map and drew a line down the Atlantic Ocean. Spain gets everything. Portugal gets everything. East, and I think we're done here. Spain got Latin America and Portugal got Brazil. Because the line was just at the tip. This is why Brazil is the only country that speaks Portuguese today. Everybody else speaks Spanish. One line, one man, and billions of people still feel it 500 years later. Every border we die for today started as just a line on a map drawn by an old man. That's one minute. See you tomorrow.
