Spain was the leading European power in the early imperial rivalry for control of North America and for centuries, dominated the Southeastern and Southwestern parts of what was later the United States -- particularly the States of Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
See all translations. uk â /ÉËËtÉn.É.mÉs/ us â /ÉËËtÉË.nÉ.mÉs/. âº independent and having the power to make your own decisions. âº an autonomous organization, country, or region is independent and has the freedom to govern itself: an autonomous region/province/republic/council.
Soft power is the ability to influence and shape others' choices and preferences without the use of traditional hard power tools (i.e. coercion and bribery). Nebulous and somewhat ambiguous, think of soft power as a country's brand, made up as a collection of the country's overall ideology, culture, and policy.