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SAPO
(Frog)
The most used search engine used in Portugal.
AEIOU
Search engine for all Lusophone countries.
Gertrudes
Search Engine for all Lusophone countries.
AONDE?
Search engine for Brazil.
Top
5% Portugal (Portuguese)
Search engine for Portugal; retrieves only "highly
recommended" websites; wide variety of categories.
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Amostra
Virtual gallery of ideas and projects for creative
Portuguese youths.
Portugal
em Linha
Web directory for Luso communities around the world.
Bem-Vindo
ao Brasil
A wonderful resource for Brazil related sites including
social and environmental issues, sports, culture, history, and
a country tour.
CCP
- Conselho das Comunidades Portuguesas
The
Portuguese Communities Council is an organ which specifically
represents the Portuguese living abroad, and aims to give a voice
to the people who live in the Communities.
H-Luso-Africa
An official discussion list initiated by the Lusophone
African Studies Organization (LASO).
LusaWeb
"An
Internet community dedicated to the people of Portuguese ancstry
living in the United States and throughout the world."
Portuguese
America Connection
This
link has some interesting information on the Portuguese in New
Bedford, MA.
Portuguese
Genealogy
This
website was created with the Portuguese genealogist in mind. It
is for anyone and everyone whose passion has become the search
for their Portuguese ancestry no matter where they came from in
the former Portuguese territories.
Cap
Magellan - Associação dos Lusodescendentes
Check
out the Lusodescendant Practical Guide 2005. Cap Magellan provides
information on internships and opportunities for the lusodescendant
community..
Terra
natal - O Portal de Portugal
A
web directory with information on Portugal and Portuguese immigration.
Angola
This
page contains many links and basic facts about Angola. It is a
“public service” of the Embassy in Washington.
Angola
Page
A
general page on Angola created by the African Studies Centre of
the University of Pennsylvania.
East
Timor
Provides up-to-date news and information on East
Timor. Website is mostly related to Indonesia's occupation in
the 1970s, East Timor's bloody referendum in 1999, and final achievement
of independence in 2002.
Mozambique
Online
Information from and about Mozambique is provided.
Includes current news and links to other webpages related to Mozambique.
Abril
(Brazil)
Contemporary living website; provides links to
modern-life journals in the Portuguese language.
Banca
(Brazil)
News and links to journals, newspapers, books and
other items throughout Brazil.
Cape
Verde Index
Comprehensive resources and links to information about Cape Verde.
Angolan
Community of Ontario
Homepage of Angolan community in Ontario, Canada.
Ebonet
- Internet provider for Angola
Current news, sports events and other up-to-date
information on Angola and Lusophone Africa.
FRA
- Éférreá
Find
comprehenisive information about academic life and events in Portugal.
University
of Pennsylvania - African studies center
Useful links to African countries, including Lusophone
Africa. Includes political and legal systems, as well as tourist
information.
Neuronio
- O Portal Universitario (Brazil)
A portal for University students in Brazil including
current news and activities tailored to the college student.
Universia
- Portal dos universitários
Guidelines
for academic searches.
HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL DOCUMENTS
Historianet
- A nossa historia
Online
historical documents from Brazilian and Latin American History;
website also includes news, illustrations, maps, books, films
and other resources. Highly recommended.
Rudebeck,
Lars - "On Democracy's Sustainability. Transition in Guinea-Bissau
Full text online of this book. Published 2001,
132 pg: "how democratic rule emerges and functions in real
life...analysis extends far beyond the multi-party system and
election procedures...discusses contrasts in people's perceptions
of democracy....assesses their access to influential structures,
the roles of civil and political society, of the military, and
of international assistance.
Agreement
between the government of Guinea-Bissau and the self-proclaimed
military junta (11-01-98)
Full text available; important agreement putting
end to the Civil War in Guinea-Bissau.
East
Timor Peace Agreements and UN Resolutions
Full text available.
Constitution
of Mozambique (enacted and approved on November, 1990)
Constitution
of Angola (Adopted by the People's Assembly on August, 1992)
"Memory
of Africa" (Portuguese)
"Memória de África" comprises
historical information about African countries whose official
language is Portuguese, from the beginning of the twentieth century
to the present. Includes Mozambique, Cape Verde, and Guine-Bissau.
Jesuit
documents on the Guinea of Cape Verde and the Cape Verde Islands,
1585-1617
Authors: A Teixeira da Mota; P E H Hair: Issued
by the Dept. of History, University of Liverpool, 1989. 1 vol.
(various pagings). in English translation.
The
Lusaka Protocol (Angola)
Full text of the 1994 agreement between the Government
of the Republic of Angola (GRA) and the "União Nacional
para a Independencia Total de Angola" (UNITA).
1996
Articles on Brazil Decree, regarding demarcation of Native lands
Nossa
Lingua Portuguesa - A historia de Brasil por meio de documentos
A collection of historical documents that have
defined and shaped Brazilian history.
Last updated on September 18, 2007