Lusotropicalism or Luso-Tropicalism was first coined by Brazilian sociologist Gilberto FreyreWriting captivity in the early modern Atlantic: circulations of knowledge and authority in the Iberian and English imperial worlds Lisa Voigt 2009 page 15 to describe the distinctive character of Portuguese imperialism and is a belief and movement especially strong during the António de Oliveira Salazar government in Portugal (the Estado Novo regime), proposing that the Portuguese were better colonizers than other European nations.Miguel Vale de Almeida, Portugal’s Colonial Complex: From Colonial Lusotropicalism to Postcolonial Lusophony