Importance in Modern Times
Today, as both countries are members of the European Union and NATO, their relations are largely coordinated through those institutions rather than by the provisions of the many treaties forming the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance.
Historically, the alliance was defining and crucial for determining the borders of Brazil, a large Portuguese-speaking territory in South America, which differentiated itself from its Spanish-speaking neighbors as the United Kingdom took an important role in sponsoring Portugal against Spain in that region.
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