Sri Naguexa, Ask the Americans, South Africans, the Russians and the Cubans. Or deal into the aspects of forced decolonization. Please do not catagorize Macau with Goa. Thanks to the colonialist who built white washed churches, discovered the iron ore and built a port.
Kind regards Colaco --- Nagesh Bhatcar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Of late I have seen many rancourous exchanges on how > good Portugal is. > Goa's colonization by Portugal is now a matter for > the History books and > cannot be changed. > > I was just wondering whether or not Portugal really > did a whole lot for all > of its > colonies. I had read that Angola and Mozambique were > resourcefully richer > than Goa. Except for Goa and Macau, most other major > Portuguese colonies > have hardly progressed. > > Perhaps Goa and Macau were the only two, that > progressed as they had > fairly advanced civilizations that were older than > the occupying power > itself. > Some history buff can perhaps dwell into this issue. > > Nagesh Bhatcar > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get MSN 8 and enjoy automatic e-mail virus > protection. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
