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> From: "Cliff Pereira" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: FW: [Goanet-News] NEWS: Portugal's seven wonders spark controversy
> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:40:07 +0100
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> > http://www.deccanherald.com/content/8300/portugals-seven-wonders-spark-controversy.html
> >
> > Battle for Basilica
> > Portugal’s seven wonders spark controversy
> > Devika Sequeira, Panaji, DH News Service:
> > Tuesday, June 16, 2009
> >
> > An initiative in Portugal to list the 7 wonders of Portuguese origin
> > in the world has been slammed by historians as ‘silly’, and has drawn
> > angry reactions in many of its former colonies across the world.
> >
> >
> > In Goa, the Freedom Fighters Association said Portugal had no business
> > to claim the Basilica of Bom Jesus as a Portuguese monument and has
> > asked the state government to take up the matter officially with
> > Portuguese authorities. In Africa, where Portugal had several
> > colonies, criticism has centred around the fact that no mention was
> > made that some of the historical sites shortlisted were connected with
> > the slave trade...<snip>
> >
We are developing a project here in Little Portugal (Stockwell, South London) to discuss links between Portugal, Britain, Afric, Americas etc. If anyone wants to join please let me know.
Max Boucher
Community Support
020-7582 8248
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