Comunidade dos países de língua portuguesa (CPLP): concertação política, cooperação e promoção da língua portuguesa (1996 – 2010)

Abstract

The Community of Portuguese Speaking (CPLP) is an Intergovernmental Organization with international exposure that congregates 8 members States (Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Saint Thomas and Prince and East-Timor) on 4 continents (African, American, Asian and European continent) that speak the Portuguese language by 250 million people. Its historical roots stem from a colonial past between Portugal, Brazil and Portuguese-speaking African countries. The present paper intends to make a historical process of creating a body among the Portuguese-speaking countries through political and diplomatic coordination, development cooperation and promotion of the Portuguese Language. It also seeks to present the origins of Lusophone identity, driven by cultural factors that have evolved into a collective identity, the political alliances that are the basis of its constitution, but also the institutional framework resulting.