This is a simple question Empire of Brazil survives is becomes the third superpower

The prince of brazil survives or the princess isabel abdicates in favor of her son

After independence, Brazil obtains the Portuguese colonies of Angola and Mozambique,

Somehow in vienna coferencia the united kingdom of portugal and brazil maintain french guiana,

After independence keeps uruguay,

Avoids the Paraguayan war, so he is capable of over the next decades Brazil obtains the other two guianas,

Abolished slavery around 1860 to 1880,

Gradually established a more democratic monarchy

Brazil remains neutral in the conflicts of South America such as the Pacific War


Brasil controls the panama channel (it helps in panama independence and the united states the nicaragua channel

In the First World War it enters the side of the Allies (perhaps it obtains part of the German colonies in Africa)

During the interwar period, Brazil and the United States emerge as powers

Brazil helps Spain in the Spanish Civil War

In World War II, Brazil and the United States have roles similar to the role of the United States in OUR LINE OF TIME,

With the end of the sengunda war Europe is divided in the American block the Brazilian block and the soviet block (the British Empire is between Brazil and United States), Germany and divided in germany of the south germany of the north and east germany, as you can see On the map to europe

Could Japan be divided?

Brazil helps the kingdom of Yugoslavia to survive

Could america oppose monarchies and communism?


Now I want to know what the world would be like with a third superpower in the Cold War game and the post cold war world,

The Chinese civil war, the decolonization of Asia and Africa?

The space race

The role of religions as the largest Catholic nation (Brazil) against the largest Protestant nation (the United States)?

Would it be possible for Portuguese and English to be languages with equal influence in the world instead of English being the world language?

The world would have more democratic monarchies (would Europe have more monarchies like the kingdom of Greece?

After the Second War would the British be on that side?

What would be the vision of Americans with a South American superpower?
 

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There is a difference between World Power and Super Power. To be a Super Power (in my opinion) you must be able to project global influence. Outside its own continent and couple colonies, Brazil still lacks influence.

The Soviet Union and USA went super powers because they were large and powerful. They were super powers because One was the defender of capitalism and democracy while the other wished to spread communism globally. The two countries economies, population, and military COMBINED with Cold War ideology is what allowed both to influence the rest of the globe. A serving Brazilian Empire still lacks that influence.

So if you're goal is to make Brazil a world power on the same level as 1950s & 1960s UK and France or modern Russia than yes it's possible I guess. But if your goal is to make Brazil as powerful as the USA and USSR at the height of the Cold War then no.


Your post also ignores butterflies and certain realities.
 
POD is way before 1900 - should have posted in the other subforum.

I think you are envisioning a slightly too Paradoxian chain of events - if Brazil doesn't have the population or economics to support superpower status, then it won't be able to reach it or hold it for long anyways. Both warfare and the means of power projection are costly, after all...

Also, all the changes you've brought ensure almost nothing post-1900 world resembles OTL events. Just an example - TTL Brazil and the US will be clashing way before 1945 - control over Panama is likely to be a huge issue.
 
Even if Brazil manage to avoid the worse aspects of the Old Republic, especially the erosion of the institutional confiability, which is the main reason we've such rich history involving coups, counter coups and pre-emptive coups and the Empire does well in the next decades, Brazil would only assume true great power status, on par with the europeans countries, around 1950-1960 - the United States would, then, be already estabilished as a superpower, be it a concrete or latent one.
 
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