Much changed in Portugal, throughout the 19th and 20th centuries in respect to our idea of Portugal. Mistakes were made - like the Acto Colonial - and corrected. And the idea of “Portugal from Minho to Timor” was not just a slogan from the Estado Novo. It is still true today, although confined to the space between Minho and Algarve. The idea being that we accept as Portuguese all peoples from the old Ultramar - and even Brazil - as long as they feel Portuguese and wish to work with us building our nation. In that sense, "Portugality" is a real concept.
Nuno Cardoso da Silva
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Subject: Re: [GRN] DAY OF JOY
From: "John de Figueiredo" <[email protected]>
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Roland,
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A small correction. The document mentioned in my article was not a letter. It was a declaration signed by the four democratically elected members of the Government Council. This declaration was approved unanimously by the Government Council in a session that took place on July 4, 1930, chaired by Governor Joao Carlos Craveiro Lopes. The document did not just reject the Acto Colonial. It asserted that we, Goans, do not give up our fundamental human right of self-determination. After he returned to Portugal, Governor Craveiro Lopes (father of future President of the Portuguese Republic Francisco Higinio Craveiro Lopes) publicly condemned the Acto Colonial, risking being disciplined by the military and sent to jail. (To my knowledge, this never happened.)
John M. de Figueiredo
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On Jul 6, 2024, at 9:33 AM, Roland Francis <[email protected]> wrote:
Historically the letter of protest would have taken much courage and caused repercussion to its signatories, but are you sure it should have been a Day of Joy for Goans?It made no dent in Salazar’s thinking (although that was Salazar’s fault, not theirs) not was it responsible for the ultimate repeal of that Act, so what is it that we should be celebrating.Roland Francis
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