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'Bernardo de Sousa' via Goa-Research-Net <[email protected]>
escreveu no dia sexta, 15/12/2023 à(s) 10:45:

> Here is a list of the 10 smallest countries without any iron ore or big
> industries that are all independent countries, rich and thriving. Your
> argument falls completely flat:
>
>     • Vatican City (0.19 square miles)
>     • Monaco (0.78 square miles)
>     • Nauru (8.1 square miles)
>     • Tuvalu (10 square miles)
>     • San Marino (24 square miles)
>     • Liechtenstein (62 square miles)
>     • Marshall Islands (70 square miles)
>     • Saint Kitts and Nevis (101 square miles)
>     • Maldives (120 square miles)
>     • Malta (122 square miles)
>
> > On 13 Dec 2023, at 11:03, Joao Paulo Cota <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > The economic blockade was designed to disrupt the imports from overseas
> and from inland India.
> > Agree that Goa produced manpower for the three military branches, but
> having its own military bases, airports and naval quarters alongwith tanks,
> fighter jets, warships of all classes, are a total different ballgame.
> > Goa's iron ore and other small industries would not generate enough GDP
> to fund all that plus run the state.
> > It could never be an independent country. Just too small in size...
> although there were valid calls for this due to the unique Goan identity.
> > Regards,
> > Joao PauloFrom: [email protected] <
> [email protected]> on behalf of John de Figueiredo <
> [email protected]>
> > Sent: 13 December 2023 01:03
> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]
> >
> > Subject: Re: [GRN] Pamphlets
> >  Valmiki Faleiro stated that the economic blockade placed by the
> Government of India proved Goa to be perfectly capable of being
> self-sufficient and he demonstrated that Goa produced distinguished
> officers in the army, Air Force, and navy. So that argument does not seem
> to be supported by data. All the pieces of the puzzle were in place but the
> puzzle was never solved.
> > John
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Dec 12, 2023, at 7:18 PM, Joao Paulo Cota <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Worth pointing out that Monaco does not have any army, air force or
> navy.
> >> Its defence needs are being provided by France.
> >> Hence the same analogy would mean, India would need to provide that to
> Goa, being its immediate neighbour... realistically, I can't see that
> happening.
> >> JP
> >>
> >> From: [email protected] <
> [email protected]> on behalf of John de Figueiredo <
> [email protected]>
> >> Sent: 12 December 2023 23:09
> >> To: [email protected] <
> [email protected]>
> >> Subject: Re: [GRN] Pamphlets
> >>  Good points, Frederick.
> >> The geographical argument does not count either.
> >> Monaco is of the size of 314 acres, with a population a little over
> 36,000, speaking French, and surrounded all 3 sides by France. The third
> side is along the sea just as Goa. But Monaco is an independent nation.
> >> Bruto da Costa wanted a plebiscite for the Goans to decide on the
> future of Goa. This plebiscite never took place.
> >> At any rate, if flowers became concrete, this conversation is
> irrelevant because the Goa we are discussing is no more.
> >> John
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >>> On Dec 12, 2023, at 4:02 PM, fredericknoronha <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Something makes me want to disagree with quite a few of the comments
> made, and conclusions drawn, below:
> >>>
> >>> (1) My reading is that Portugal dealt with East Timor in the way it
> did more due to the turmoil at that time in Portugal itself, the Carnation
> Revolution, abrupt change in political direction, etc. Open to correction
> here.
> >>>
> >>> (2) About Goa being a "rich basket", economic studies and other
> accepted analyses suggest otherwise. Salazar could have (rightly) seen a
> "domino effect" starting in Goa. Something that undercut the plank on which
> his ideology was based. Plus, in the Portuguese imagination over centuries,
> Goa meant something rather different. Call this emotional reasons, or
> whatever you wish.
> >>>
> >>> (3) "Indian patience ran out" is a shorthand argument which has,
> unfortunately, been widely accepted in our perspective on the issue. If you
> read the trajectory of events as outlined in Valmiki Faleiro's recent book,
> you might conclude otherwise.
> >>>
> >>> (4) 1961 in Goa has to be also viewed in the context of the Cold War.
> Some studies here have begun looking in that direction. This issue is not
> only about India and Portugal, let alone Goa.
> >>>
> >>> (5) This "France was wise" or "Portugal could have followed France"
> logic has been put forth repeatedly, and seldom challenged. It is based on
> an acute misunderstanding of what happened in Pondicherry. For instance, a
> perusal of the recently-published The Portuguese Presence in India (Notion
> Press, 2020)  by João A de Menezes, p.198-212, could easily make one
> rethink this argument. This argument has come up a few times in this forum
> too, and then we end up taking it as accurate.
> >>>
> >>> FN
> >>>
> >>> On Wednesday 13 December 2023 at 01:58:43 UTC+5:30 eugene.correia
> wrote:
> >>> Well, Portugal withdrew from East Timor, as the independence movement
> was fierce. I don't think Portugal keeping East Timor as one of its
> colonies would be a financial benefit. Seemingly, East Timor was a "basket
> case' for Portugal while Goa was a "rich basket". Colonial politics in
> those times rested on "gains and loses" and Portugal let go off of East
> Timor but reluctantly held on to Goa.
> >>> As events proved later on, Indian patience ran out. Knowing well that
> Salszar would find it difficult to keep Goa in its embrace by engaging
> India in a war, it was a walk-over as we know it. Goa's freedom did ring a
> bell in African countries and the Non-Alignment Movement gained momentum
> and slowly but surely the continent of Africa was free of colonial rule. No
> self-respecting people like subjugation by a foreign power when the
> people's consciousness and national pride comes to the fore.
> >>> What would happen to Goa if it continued to be under Portuguese rule
> is nobody's guess. France was wise, as it earned respect. Portugal was
> humbled and disgraced. History is dotted with such examples.
> >>>
> >>> Eugene Correia
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