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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.
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.
Countries that controlled these were all European countries. Some of these are France, Britian, Portugal, Germany, Belgum, Spain and Italy. There were also a few independent countries.