--- Nasci Caldeira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When there was this invasion by the Indian armed > forces, into Goa, ('de jure' Goa was the 'Overseas > Province of Portugal' even before the 'Union of > India' the present entity, was born on the 15th > August 1947.)the Potuguese Govt, abandoned Goa and > fled. The act of surender was not signed. So India > was in 'de facto' control and in government of Goa. > Only a few years after, things stabilised; the > Govts of India and Portugal started talking again, > and then after many 'talks' an agreement was > reached and a 'de jure' transfer of Goa was > performed. It was a good ten years I think. Does > the date matter? It's a 'fait accompli'. > Mario observes: > Nasci, thanks for clearing this all up, especially the 'de facto' and 'fait accompli' part, which is what I have been imploring the Portophiles/Lusophiles among us to recognize for months now. > BTW, don't you just love the Machiavellian concept of the 'Overseas Province of Portugal'? Problem solved. No such thing as a colony. Voila, the nationalists become insurgents and the liberators become the "invaders". I'll bet the other European colonialists wish they had thought of this idea :-)) >
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