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Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom
of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute
http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical
references, some photographs and documents)
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Similar situation for Goa since 61. The difference is that the combination's
have more variables. No fiction here but the real truth.
BC
OPENQUOTE
Some colonialisms are more benighted than others, and the
Portuguese variant was remarkable for its combination of
repression and stagnation. Lisbon basked in a glorious and
largely fictional past. Portugal, so the story went, was a
'pluricontinental' nation, spreading Christianity and
civilisation across the globe since the fifteenth century
