By the end of September, the United Kingdom had fully withdrawn its army from East Africa, and Portugal, dragging its feet, also withdrew its troops and some civilians, though more civilians went to Brazil.
The Brazilians felt a certain schadenfreude at the plight of the sovereign country. After all, Portugal had a rich political legacy on the international stage. As the world's leading Portuguese-speaking power, Brazil naturally felt it should assume the political status and influence of the Portuguese Kingdom in the Portuguese-speaking world, just as Mexico always wanted to replace Spain as the leader of the Spanish-speaking world.
However, with Mexico's overreaching ambitions, it's destined not to accomplish big things. Spain is not yet faltering, its façade remains unchallenged by the United States, and countries like Mexico, heavily subdued by the United States, have no standing in the Spanish-speaking world.
