South American country that was formerly held by Portugal Spain and Brazil?

Answer 1

Brazil started as a colony of Portugal. The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the South American continent between Spain and Portugal, with Spain getting the western threequarters. However, Brazil expanded westwards and took large areas that should have been Spain's. The Spanish and the Portuguese empires in South America collapsed after independence movements in the early to middle 19th centuries, and the countries that we now know there gradually emerged.

Answer 2

The South American country of Uruguay has the distinction of being a possession of Portugal, Spain and Brazil. The region of Uruguay was first explored by Portuguese explorers in 1512-1513. Spanish explorers would arrive soon afterwards in 1516. The Spanish and Portuguese would clash over the area until it gained independence from Spain in 1814. In 1821 it was invaded by the Portuguese and annex as part of Brazil. Once Brazil split off from Portugal, Uruguay went with it and was part of the Brazilian Empire until 1828 when it re-gained its independence.