It is often difficult to agree with Paulo Colaco Dias but, on this occasion, I have absolutely no difficulty in agreeing with him whole heartedly. Salazarism was bad, everything Portuguese is not. It never was. One should not believe that only Port wine, Tinto,olive oil, azulejo and Portuguese passports are good. Why run away from the truth when Brazil and Timor use Portuguese as a routine. Recently we had a Rotary Group Study Exchange[GSE] Team from Argentina and were able to communicate with them because,besides Spanish, they spek Portuguese! The GSE team from Goa-Karnataka-Maharashtra that is going to Argentina later this year is already learning Portuguese[ no Spanish teachers around].
Criticism should not be taken to the extremes. We need to stop criticism when confronted with the truth...which is to the contrary to the line of the criticism. Subject: RE: [Goanet]linking Portuguese language and nationality - a good idea? Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 11:11:04 -0000 From: "Colaco-Dias, Paulo R" [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are several ways to acquire Portuguese citizenship> 1. The acquisition of Portuguese citizenship by virtue of blood relation - Jus Sanguinis - This is how our Goans born after 1961 are eligible - by Jus Sanguinis. Portuguese Citizenship, and equal status under the law, with the Metropolitan Portuguese, known as Jus Solis - citizenship by right of birthplace. The people from EIP obviously enjoyed full Portuguese citizenship rights . 2. Acquisition of Portuguese citizenship by virtue of marriage to a Portuguese citizen: Here there is a requirement that the interested spouse *has* to be fluent in Portuguese language and possess knowledge of Portuguese culture. 3. Acquisition of Portuguese citizenship by virtue of residency - Naturalisation. Again, there is a requirement that you need to be fluent in Portuguese language and have lived and worked in Portugal or 10 years (if your country of origin is not a PALOP country). I disagree Portuguese language is shrinking. As you must know, independent East Timor has adopted Portuguese as official language of the new country (much to the opposition from Australia and US who have strong interests there). Portuguese is still the 3rd European language most spoken in the world, after English and Spanish, and the 6th or 7th world language most spoken in the world in par with Russian. Best wishes, Paulo Viva Goa. Miguel --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.543 / Virus Database: 337 - Release Date: 11/21/2003 ########################################################################## # 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 # ##########################################################################
