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City hall of Praia. Praia was founded as a small village near the natural harbour in the early 16th century. Due to its strategic position on a plateau it was easily defended against pirate attacks, which gave it a large advantage over the older city of Ribeira Grande (Cidade Velha).
João Cabral de Melo Neto (January 6, 1920 – October 9, 1999) was a Brazilian poet and diplomat, and one of the most influential writers in late Brazilian modernism.He was awarded the 1990 Camões Prize and the 1992 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, the only Brazilian poet to receive such award to date.
Neto was born at Ícolo e Bengo, in Bengo Province, Angola, in 1922. Neto attended high school in the capital city, Luanda; his parents were both school teachers and Methodists; his father, also called Agostinho Neto, was a Methodist pastor. After secondary school he worked in the colonial health services, before going on to university.
Funchal (Portuguese pronunciation: ⓘ) is the capital, largest city and the municipal seat of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean.The city has a population of 105,795, [1] making it the sixth largest city in Portugal.
Neto is a suffix used in Portuguese-speaking countries to distinguish a grandson from his grandfather when they have the same given name. The following people bear the suffix Neto: António Agostinho Neto , a former president of Angola
A drone hit the wing of a Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper plane fighting the LA fires. Cal Fire only has one other Quebec 1 aircraft in its arsenal.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump criticized Ukraine's use of U.S.-supplied missiles for attacks deep into Russian territory in a Time magazine interview published on Thursday, comments that ...
Este É o Canto: Homenagem a Agostinho Neto [This Is the Song: Homage to Agostinho Neto] (in Portuguese). Luanda, Angola: Edições Instituto Nacional do Livro e do Disco. OCLC 611961873. [8] [20] Neto, Maria Eugénia (1989). O Vaticínio da Kianda na Piroga do Tempo [Kianda's Prophecy in the Pirogue of Time] (in Portuguese). Luanda, Angola ...