Perhaps "100 years of Republic" isn't the most correct way to say it. The Frist RepuRepublic ends in 1926 and then we had a dictatorship until 1974. So "100 years since the proclamation of the Republic" is more correct.

Avenor you are from Portugal?

Yeah, I am. I guess gustoso97 is, too.

Eu tambem sou de Portugal :)

That's great! No work or school for us today huh?

lol, podes falar portugues :)

Mas depois fica imensa gente a "apanhar bonés". xD

Feel free to leave your "happy birthday" to Portugal in this great day!

Falas muito bem ingles, es de que cidade?

Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, Azores. What about you?

Porto, Gondomar

Tens conta Steam ou Skype?

Nope =|

how old are you?

That's too much information to let out on a Diplomacy site xD. Don't want my diplomatic opponents knowing how old I am hehe.

escreve por extenso :D

i feel sorry for the last king of portugal though

also, not to be rude (seriously) but i have a question for portuguese here:

were Portugal's holdings of angola and guinea-bissau done under the dictatorship or the republic? because... no offense... but if it was the republic, then shame on you.


Oh no wait just looked at wiki looks like as soon as the dictatorship was overthrown they were granted independence. congratulations, you have earned my respect, modern portugal.

anyway happy birthday! enjoy your holiday.

lol.

Haha, thank you Thucydides.

The fact is we did have colonies under the Frist Republic and keeping those colonies was one of the main reasons for entering WWI. But in those days nobody thought there was anything wrong with colonies.

In 1974 wanting to get rid of the colonies and the war there helped the Revolution of April 25 take place. The military were sick of dying for the colonies.

And I agree, Manuel II had a tough time. They killed his father and elder brother so he became king at 18 without even being educated for it. There really wasn' anything he could do to stop Revolution at that point, either. I'm glad he didn't end up dead.

Envio daqui do Brasil meus parabéns a Portugal!

Another random question: what is your opinion of Juan Carlos I?

That's to all Portuguese.

Someone else will have to answer that. I try not to pay attention to whatever kings or queens do, to be honest. It annoys me that they didn't have to work to get where they are and I don't care about their opinions. This would be dangerous if they had any power, I know. Fortunatly for the world, they don't.

You can see how happy I am about living in a Republic!

And thanks for the Happy Birthday, Brazil!

Avenor: Well, the Juan Carlos definitely had his work cut out for him to both get the crown and then to keep it. And he does have power. As the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, the diplomatic representive of Spain, espeically in all countries with historical ties to Spain (including Portugal and Brazil), significant legislative power and more. True, he does not utilize all his legislative and executive powers, that doesn't mean he doesn't have them. I guess you really don't know anything about him!

Happy Birthday Portugal! It was my father's birthday too.

FC PORTO <3

So para que saibam, também sou Português :)

Translation: So that you know, I am Portuguese too.

Chester: falar do FCPorto num post sobre o centenário da República!? Isso não!

Portu-who? And why do I care?

And for those about to be offended, i say that because if I announced my country's birthday, a bunch of politically-correct ass-munches would tell me how evil I/we are. So the hell with everyone else. Rot in hell! :P


(Waiting for the calls of "troll! troll!" becuase youngens can't grasp humor...)

Well, I joined int he celebrations of my country's birthday on here back on July 4th. I didn't hear a lot of people (just a few assholes) screaming how evil we were.

And Portugal is a fine country. I'd love to visit someday. I'm told it is very beautiful and full of history: the kind of place I'd love to visit.

It is Draugnar.
You should try it. Let me know if you travel here someday.

Krellin: keep up the good work...