Brazil–Portugal relations

Brazil–Portugal relations (Portuguese: Relações Brasil-Portugal) have spanned nearly five centuries, beginning in 1532 with the establishment of São Vicente, the first Portuguese permanent settlement in the Americas, up to the present day. Relations between the two are intrinsically tied because the Kingdom of Portugal conquered and colonized the territory along the Atlantic coast of South America, then inhabited by various Indigenous communities, that would become Brazil.

Colonial Brazil (1500–1820) was ruled as a colony within the Portuguese empire. The Kingdom of Brazil (1815–1822) briefly united with Portugal as the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, with the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro as its capital (1808–1821). Dom Pedro I of the Portuguese royal family proclaimed Brazil's independence and stayed to rule the Empire of Brazil (1822–1889) as the Portuguese court returned to Europe following the Liberal Revolution of 1820. In the Proclamation of the Republic (1889), brought an end to Braganza monarchical rule in Brazil and initiated First Brazilian Republic (1889–1930).

Brazil and Portugal continue to be bound by a common language and ancestral lines in Portuguese Brazilians, which can be traced back hundreds of years. Today, Brazil and Portugal share a privileged relationship, as evidenced in aligned political and diplomatic coordination, as well as economic, social, cultural, legal, technical and scientific cooperation.

According to a 2011 BBC poll, 76% of Portuguese people view Brazil's influence positively, with 8% viewing it negatively, the most favorable perception of Brazil for any other surveyed country in the world.