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A Portuguesa" (pronounced [ɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ]; lit. ' The Portuguese ' ) is the national anthem of Portugal . It was composed by Alfredo Keil and written by Henrique Lopes de Mendonça during the resurgent nationalist movement ignited by the 1890 British Ultimatum to Portugal concerning its African colonies.
The Banishment of the Jews", by Alfredo Roque Gameiro, in Quadros da História de Portugal ("Pictures of the History of Portugal", 1917) Descendants of Portuguese Sephardi Jews established many communities around the world, including in significant numbers in Israel, the Netherlands , the United States, France, Venezuela , Brazil and Turkey .
The Dicionário Houaiss da Língua Portuguesa (Houaiss Dictionary of the Portuguese Language) is a major reference dictionary for the Portuguese language, edited by Brazilian writer Antônio Houaiss. The dictionary was composed by a team of two hundred lexicographers from several countries. The project started in 1986 and was finished in 2000 ...
Portuguese Venezuelans (or Luso-Venezuelans) are Portuguese-born citizens with Venezuelan citizenship or Venezuelan-born citizens of Portuguese ancestry or citizenship. . Mostly located in Caracas, Valencia and Maracaibo, also Barquisimeto, [4] the Portuguese community of Venezuela are among the largest ethnic groups in the co
Paula Fortes (1945–2011) was a Cape Verdean independence activist.. A native of Mindelo, Fortes became an orphan at 13, and at 16 joined the struggle against the Portuguese; she organized students at the Escola Piloto.
Luz (whose birth name is Benedita) was abandoned in a river by her stepmother when she was a baby, and was found by a couple of gypsies who adopted her.
The state was designated Portuguesa on August 4, 1909, named after the Portuguesa River.The name of the river is in turn said to be derived from a local legend about a young woman of Portuguese descent who drowned in the Portuguesa River, possibly accompanying the conquistadors who founded the city of Guanare, the capital of the state.
a la patria su vida ofrendó. I Hasta el confín lejano de la extensa llanura asombra tu bravura, tu arrojo, tu valor. Resuelto, noble, leal luchando hasta morir, prefiere sucumbir altivo y con honor. II Mimado por la gloria propicio a la fortuna, fuiste de Páez la cuna, de Unda, Castejón. Héroes que en la contienda, con ínclitas proezas