Paulo. Please do not distort the true history of colonization.
Read, here, some excerpts from the president of Angola in Lisbon.
Jornal de Angola.
He said - Allow me to begin by thanking President Marcelo Rebelo de
Sousa for the kind invitation extended to us to participate in the
celebrations of the Fiftieth Anniversary of April 25, 1974.
While the Portuguese people fought against fascism and the Salazar
dictatorship since 1932, we, the African people colonized by Portugal,
HAD BEEN FIGHTING SINCE THE 15TH CENTURY AGAINST PORTUGUESE
COLONIZATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES SUCH AS SLAVERY AND THE PLUNDERING
OF OUR WEALTH.
WE FOUGHT FOR AN END TO THE ABUSES, CRIMES AND VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMITTED BY THE COLONIALIST REGIME AGAINST OUR PEOPLE FOR
CENTURIES. WE FOUGHT FOR OUR DIGNITY AS HUMAN BEINGS, WHO MUST HAVE
THE SAME RIGHT TO FREEDOM, THE RIGHT TO BE THE MASTERS OF OUR OWN
DESTINY.
The armed struggles for our Independence in Guinea Bissau, Angola and
Mozambique have reached such an advanced stage, especially after the
failure of the Mar Verde operation, the assassination of Amílcar
Cabral and the proclamation of Independence by the PAIGC in the hills
of Madina de Boé in 1973 in Guinea Bissau, the fiasco of the Nó Górdio
operation and the heavy losses inflicted by FRELIMO and the MPLA on
Portuguese colonial troops in Mozambique and the North and East of
Angola, which precipitated the events that led to the uprising and
military coup of April 25, 1974 in Portugal.
Regards
Alberto
I think I will agree with Nuno.
Portugal enriched itself with spices early in time more than it did
in more recent times. It benefited mostly due to trade. It did not
rob Goa and its people of anything like others did. And it developed
the place quite well then.
The British pillaged more stuff from India like gold, diamonds and
other precious stones, tea, etc.
The Spanish were terrible, it was mostly gold and silver from their
South American possessions that impoverished these nations.
The French were worse, besides all the above, they have signed
contracts with places like Haiti to have the colonies pay for
damages to the slave owning colonisers! They are still paying a 1825
debt today, no wonder they are bankrupt.
Being born in Angola and grown up in Goa too, life in Portuguese
colonies was different from those of other European powers then. In
Angola were we lived it was paradise and the black people had also
equal rights and quality of life. No discrimination like the British
did in India and the French and Spanish did elsewhere.
One of the major contributions to Goa, the amazing drainage system,
was destroyed by these BJP corrupt politicians who invent new ways
to swindle the population.
India needs to do reparations to Goa for the damage it is doing to
the state and for the money it is robbing its people.
Modern colonisers.
JP
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SUBJECT: Re: [GRN] Antonio Costa and Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the
president of Portugal
Yes, throughout the centuries Portugal comitted crimes. Just like
every other country on Earth. But we also helped to build. Without
Portugal there would be no Goan State in India, and Goans would be a
lot different, not necessarily better. Without Portugal there
wouldn't be a great nation such as Brazil. There wouldn't be a great
Angolan state, with a strong sense of identity, with a prosperous
economy built on much of what Portugal built over four and a half
centuries. There wouldn't have been a tolerant Timorese nation, so
different from Indonesia. There wouldn't have been a marvellously
mixed nation such a Cape Verde, where the colour of skin is
completely irrelevant. We took a lot away from those countries, but
I believe we gave back a lot more than we took. No reparations are
needed.
Nuno Cardoso da Silva
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SUBJECT: [GRN] Antonio Costa and Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the
president of Portugal
The Portugal’s president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, expressed some
opinions at an event with foreign journalists on Tuesday . ( In the
month in which /50 YEARS/ of democracy in /PORTUGAL - 25/04/2024)/
He said António Costa, former prime-minister, son of a Goan, as
someone reflective, the result of eastern ancestry, while Luís
Montenegro, the new prime-minister, is “completely different”.
The head of state did not fail to analyze himself in this aspect.
“I’m a hurried Westerner,” he defined.
The statement about Montenegro came when he explained how he saw the
change of Government ahead of schedule. “He [Luís Montenegro] is a
person who comes from a deep, urban-rural country, with rural
behaviors. He is very curious, difficult to understand, precisely
because of this.
Marcelo added that he “would be happy” and accustomed to António
Costa's governance until 2026, but the dissolution of Parliament was
necessary given his resignation as prime minister and
secretary-general of the Socialist Party (PS).
In the interview with foreign journalists, the President of
Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa declared late on Tuesday that
Portugal was responsible for crimes committed during transatlantic
slavery and the colonial era, indicating a necessity for reparations.
https://www.dn.pt/6486274197/marcelo-faz-analises-e-comparacoes-entre-costa-e-luis-montenegro/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/24/portugal-pay-costs-slavery-colonialism-president
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