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Britain, France, Portuguese and Italy before independence. After independence include USA, China, Brazil and India
No country have controlled Saudi Arabia, it is one of the few countries in the world that have not been ruled by another country, thus there was no independence.
Great Britain colonized and controlled Nigeria before its independence in 1960. Other European countries also used Nigeria for slave trade, such as the Netherlands and Portugal.
Only one country controlled the area of the Mandate for Palestine prior to Israeli Independence: the British Empire.
Before Independence Brazil was a Portuguese colony.
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Brazil has always been called Brazil since the Portuguese before there were only Indians living there and there was no official name.
the portuguese before Brazil's independence. orLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva was the previous president.
The Philippines was controlled by three countries before gaining independence: Spain, the United States, and Japan. Spain colonized the Philippines from 1565 until 1898, when the Spanish-American War led to its cession to the United States. The U.S. governed the Philippines until 1946, with a brief period of Japanese occupation during World War II from 1942 to 1945. The Philippines finally gained full independence on July 4, 1946.
Freedom has nothing to do with Independence. There are several countries which are independent but the people are not free. Conversely there are countries or states that are not independent in which the people are free.
Before independence Brazil was the largest speaking Portuguese colony in the world.