It's the Orthodox connection. Russians view themselves through history as the saviors of orthodox and slavic people and even Europeans against the invading muslim hordes. I was reading Dostoevsky and there was a lot of racist stuff in there against the Turks who were portrayed as child murderer...
The coat of arms of Brazil was created on November 19, 1889, four days after Brazil became a republic.
The coat of arms consists of the central emblem surrounded by coffee (at the left) and tobacco (at the right) branches, which were important crops in Brazil at that time.
In the blue circle...
Who cares if tamils are not native? What does that even mean? Everyone migrated one time or another. Human history is all about migration. What's relevant is that millions of tamils live in sri lanka today
If you don't have a history, you can create one! Never underestimate nations. Look at the Russians- backward for most of their history but Imperialist Russia quickly became an unstoppable force that defeated numerous empires in a short time span and created the largest nation on Earth! Then look...
Cuba is not so bad. Colombia has lot of violence yes but at the same time a decent living standard for most people. South America has problems with violence and corruption but a lot is exaggerated by racists.
And I meant recorded history. Americas too have a long history with the native indians...
Still I prefer living in the new world. With all it's shortcomings, we don't have much historical baggage and eneminity like you see in Middle East and all over the old world. The new world represented a new chance for humanity to get a new start.