Brazil Brazil. However, the decentralized and unorganized tendencies of the captaincy colonies proved problematic, and in 1549 the Portuguese king restructured them into the Governorate General of Brazil, a single and centralized Portuguese colony in South America. In the first two centuries of colonization, Indigenous and European groups lived in constant war, establishing opportunistic alliances in order to gain advantages against each other. By the mid-16th century, cane sugar had become Brazil's most important export, and slaves purchased in Sub-Saharan Africa, in the slave market of Western Africa (not only those from Portuguese allies of their colonies in Angola and Mozambique),
Uruguay v Brazil (1950 FIFA World Cup) victory over Sweden. When those results were compared, it seemed that the Brazilians were set to defeat Uruguay as easily as they had dispensed with Spain and Sweden. Moreover, in the Copa America, also held in Brazil the previous year, the hosts won by scoring an astounding 46 goals in just eight matches. Ecuador felt Brazil's wrath when they were beaten 9-1, Bolivia were decimated 10-1, while even runners-up Paraguay were not spared and were beaten 7-0. Brazil furthermore beat Uruguay 5-1. Twenty-two gold medals were made with each player's name imprinted on them and the mayor of Rio delivered