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I was thinking, say Miguel wins the civil war in Portugal, kicking out Pedro and the liberals. Now despite that, the liberals always had the advantage at sea, plus connections to Brazil and politically with Britain.

Could we see Pedro return to rule Brazil but oversee the takeover of Portugal's colonies? Perhaps have him maintain the UKPB fiction in order to give his land grabs more legitimacy. Apparently the leaders in Angola at least hummed and harred over joining Brazil due to the slave connection. Could this ideological cold war see the Empire jump to Rio en masse?

I could see Britain being tacitly supportive as Miguel was seen as pro-French and so would be keen to have the Portuguese Empire remain under friendly control.

Any thoughts?
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