henry made discoveries that were expanding and people like vasco da gama dias and pedro alvarez camaral expanded their discoveries from brazil to india and japan. soon , portugal's territorial discoveries spread so much that this country became a colonial empire with a vast pen in the 16th and 17th centuries. he took power from 1911 to 1932. portugal witnessed an authoritarian government during this period. at the beginning of the 60s, independence movements began in portugal's african colonies, and as a result of these movements, part of the workforce and wealth left this country. that's why gradually cause it became an underground movement within the armed forces and finally in 1974, in a quiet coup without bloodshed, the fall of salazar's government and the formation of the current political system were established. portugal is a country in the southwest. europe, which is located in the iberian peninsula. spain is one of portugal's neighbors in the east and northeast and borders the atlantic ocean in the west and south. a country that has the title of the oldest nation in europe. por