Le Portugal dOutremer dans le monde daujourdhui

This film which was to be directed by PascalAngot is characteristic of the communication war in these times of violent military conflicts It presents a panorama of the benefits of the singular Portuguese presence which harmoniously rubs shoulders with peoples and cultures Macao its cathedral junks and casinos the dances of the Timorese Cape Verde and its morna the Tchiloli Theatre of São Tomé the riches of Angola and the development of Mozambique And several sequences expose at length the Portuguese military power especially in GuineaBissau and Angola while a part of these countries is actually under control of the separatists The film is punctuated by the words of Prime Minister Marcelo Caetano who replaced Salazar in 1968 These terrorist movements did not appear spontaneously they originate in a neighbouring territory and they would have disappeared if the help of the neighbouring powers had stopped The people of our territories are fighting them