1. And in a direct challenge to Hong Kong, the nearby Portuguese colony of Macao cut fees in half for late evening flights at its new airport. 2. And Europeans actually make an appearance in a depiction of a naval attack by Mughal troops on the Portuguese trading colony at Hooghly, near Calcutta. 3. As a former Portuguese colony, it was never part of the Dutch empire and played no part in the Indonesian war of independence. 4. At the time, Indonesia had been condemned by Clinton for human rights violations in East Timor, a former Portuguese colony that had been annexed by Indonesia. 5. Brazil, a former Portuguese colony, has become a favored destination for Portuguese direct investment abroad. 6. A third brother was captured in the uprising and sent to Angola, then a Portuguese colony, where he died a prisoner. 7. But the victory was undercut by three days of demonstrations in Dili, the capital of East Timor, a former Portuguese colony annexed by Indonesia. 8. But they agree that a sudden withdrawal of Indonesian security forces would lead to more violence in the former Portuguese colony. 9. Denied permission to establish a mission in Angola, then a Portuguese colony, Young returned to the United States, where he pastored churches in Alabama and Georgia. 10. East Timor, a former Portuguese colony in the archipelago, was invaded and annexed by Indonesia. |