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You know, my friend, you
certainly do!...
Our countries have something in
common in the Guinness.
I mean the world’s oldest
diplomatic allegiance.
Which dates back to the war of
Aljubarrota, fought against Castela!
You also know that since then not
everything has been a bed of roses.
There have been clever opportunistic
men in this country,
Wanting to connect Angola and
Mozambique
And they called it the pink map.
Your ultimatum called them to
reason and put an end to their plan
(no wonder, you owned the world’s
biggest Empire!)
That Allegiance and the African
colonies forced us into a World War
Against the German expansion,
Taking the lives of 10.000
Portuguese citizens.
Putting that aside and forgetting
the competition for global economic interests.
Today, there’s the sun and the
beaches in the Algarve,
The tourism and hotel business,
In the most representative
Portuguese places,
Nightlife, beer, plenty of beer
and football!
Perhaps I didn’t like you that
much…
And I criticized you, I called
you conservative for keeping the pound.
Damn… you surely were right!
Bragança, 17
de junho de 2012
Jorge Nuno
