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During the Goa crisis, Salazar threatened to leave the UN and NATO and to suspend the lease of the Lajes Base to the USA.
An analysis of the strategic importance of Hormuz to the Portuguese Empire in the 16th century, detailing the conquest by Afonso de Albuquerque, the construction of the Nossa Senhora da Conceição fortress, the complex diplomatic relations with the Safavid dynasty, and the eventual loss of the territory to Persian and English forces in 1622, alongside the expansion of Portuguese fortifications across the region.
Manuel de Magalhães was one of 'several drivers' throughout the municipality's history, says the mayor. The former cotton mill was a benchmark for textile production in Southern Africa.
Portuguese history in Ormuz was not just an episode of maritime expansion. It was an early demonstration of global strategic thinking.
After more than 100 years in darkness, the photographs Major José Veloso de Castro took in Angola between 1904 and 1912 have been enlarged and are now on display in an exhibition at the Military Museum.
José Veloso de Castro was a multifaceted figure — soldier, cartographer, colonial administrator, postcard publisher and magazine owner — who consistently used photography as a personal and professional tool. An analysis of his life shows how his visual output intersects with colonial administration, publishing and cultural production, while archival traces beyond images reveal a complex, troubled biography that raises questions about power, memory and historical representation. His work is significant for historians of photography, colonialism and cultural history because it documents and shapes narratives of empire even as it reflects the ambivalences of its creator.
With a life devoted to African history and to its visual representations before, during and after the colonial period, Patricia Hayes says the exhibition about José Veloso de Castro should be debated.
Historian Irene Pimentel says that most research into refugees from the Nazi and Fascist regimes who passed through the former Portuguese colonies in Africa has yet to be done.
The first major exhibition dedicated to the photographic work of Major José Veloso de Castro (1869–1945), who arrived in Angola in 1902 to accompany military missions with the aim of carrying out topographical surveys, reveals a perspective beyond mere colonial documentation. It is on display at the Military Museum in Lisbon until 1 March.
It is 2 million inhospitable square kilometres with 57,000 people. Yet Trump has found irresistible attractions there. What territory is this and how did we get here? Essay by José Carlos Fernandes.
A prize from the Jorge Álvares Foundation honours General Rocha Vieira.
