We can vote in the UN against South African apartheid or Portuguese rule in Angola, but we cannot even introduce a motion on the Berlin Wall -- much less, give the simple order to push the Wall down.

The Portuguese retained control until 1778, when the island, adjacent islets, and commercial rights to the mainland between the Niger and Ogooué Rivers were ceded to Spain in exchange of South America ´ s territory Sacramento ( Treaty of El Pardo ).

Then, due to displeasure at what he considered un-Christian life and manners on the part of the Portuguese which impeded missionary work, he travelled from the South into East Asia.

The Portuguese spearheaded the drive to find oceanic routes that would provide cheaper and easier access to South and East Asian goods.

The Netherlands revolt against Spanish rule facilitated Dutch encroachment of the Portuguese monopoly over South and East Asian trade.

After the Carnation Revolution in Lisbon on April 25, 1974, with the advent of independence and the start of the Angolan Civil War ( 1975 – 2002 ), most of the white Portuguese Luandans left as refugees, principally for Portugal, with many travelling overland to South Africa.

The U. S. Department of Transportation defines Hispanic as, " persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Central or South American, or others Spanish or Portuguese culture or origin, regardless of race.

The minority white population is primarily of South African, British, and German descent, with a few Portuguese.

* 1520 – After navigating through a strait at the southern end of South America, three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reach the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Europeans to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.

More recently, in the 18th century, the sweet potato was taken to New Guinea, having been introduced to the Moluccas from South America by Portuguese traders, representing the locally dominant colonial power.

The first Europeans to sight New Guinea were probably the Portuguese and Spanish navigators sailing in the South Pacific in the early part of the 16th century.

Typical " Pub Grub " served at a Portuguese pub in Johannesburg, South Africa

* South Africa has many potato chip flavors, including " fruit chutney ", " biltong " ( beef jerky ), " sausage ", " Worcestershire sauce ", " peri peri " ( Mozambican / Portuguese hot sauce flavor ) and tomato sauce ( ketchup flavor ) among many others.

A wholly landlocked area, Rhodesia bordered South Africa to the south, Bechuanaland ( later Botswana ) to the southwest, Zambia to the northwest and Mozambique ( a Portuguese territory until 1975 ) to the east.

With its strong control of the Red Sea, Suleiman successfully managed to dispute control of the Indian trade routes to the Portuguese and maintained a significant level of trade with the Mughal Empire of South Asia throughout the 16th century.

* November 28 – After navigating through the South American strait, three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reach the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Europeans to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific ( the strait was later named the Strait of Magellan ).

There was much sympathy for the Boers on mainland Europe and in October, President Kruger and members of the Transvaal government left Portuguese East Africa on the Dutch warship De Gelderland, sent by the Queen of the Netherlands Wilhelmina, who had simply ignored the British naval blockade of South Africa.

Although slavery had been legally abolished in Mozambique by the Portuguese authorities, at the end of the 19th century the Chartered companies enacted a forced labor policy and supplied cheap – often forced – African labor to the mines and plantations of the nearby British colonies and South Africa.

The largest coastal cities, the first founded or settled by Portuguese people since the 16th century, like the capital Lourenço Marques, Beira, Quelimane, Nampula and Inhambane were modern cosmopolitan ports and a melting pot of several cultures, with a strong South African influence.

The strong industrial and agricultural development that did occur throughout the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s was based on Portuguese development plans, and also included British and South African investment.

Three banks were in operation, the Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese, Barclays Bank, D. C. O., British, and the Banco Totta e Standard de Moçambique ( a partnership between Standard Bank of South Africa and mainland's Banco Totta & Açores ).

In Indian, South African, Malaysian and Singaporean English, the fruit is called brinjal, being derived directly from the Portuguese beringela.

The First Atlantic system was the trade of enslaved Africans to, primarily, South American colonies of the Portuguese and Spanish empires ; it accounted for only slightly more than 3 % of all Atlantic slave trade.

Meanwhile, with competition in the new joint Chinese and South Indian naval powers, Song and Chola, the thalassocracies of Indonesia were in rapid decline, though the Portuguese still encountered Javanese sailors in Madagascar in the.

On the coasts, the integration of the East Asians, Middle Easterns, East Africans ( Bantus ) and Europeans ( Portuguese ) gave birth to Antakarana Boina Menabe and Vezo ( West Coast ), Mahafaly and Antandroy ( South ), Antesaka Antambahoaka Antemoro Antanala Betsimisaraka ( East Coast ) kingdoms / tribes.

`` The established pattern of relative calm in the field of race relations has continued in all areas '', reported this group headed by Harold Colee of Jacksonville and including two South Floridians, William D. Singer and John B. Turner of Miami.

The railroad connected Lower Manhattan via the South Ferry to Greenport on the North Fork of Long Island, where a ferry connected to Stonington, Connecticut to a rail link that continued to Boston.

Phillip retired in 1805, but continued to correspond with his friends in New South Wales and to promote the colony's interests.

He continued to correspond with friends in New South Wales and to promote the colony's interests with government officials.

Once past the South Gate, the Cologne-Mainz road continued along what are now streets named Belderberg, Adenauerallee et al.

Because of continued pressure on space the decision was taken to move natural history to a new building in South Kensington, which would later become the British Museum of Natural History.

Although South Africa continued to provide developmental aid, it closed its consulate in Moroni in 1992.

Immigration continued to North and South America.

Their power continued to grow in the South ; more than 10 years after the end of the war, Democrats regained political power in every state of the former Confederacy and began to reassert white supremacy.

As the U. S. population continued to expand its frontiers westward, the Gulf Coast was a natural magnet in the South providing access to shipping lanes and both national and international commerce.

However, as Northcott was born in Victoria, it was not until Sir Eric Woodward's appointment by Queen Elizabeth II in 1957 that the position was filled by a New South Wales-born individual ; this practice continued until 1996, when Queen Elizabeth II commissioned as her representative Gordon Samuels, a London-born immigrant to Australia.

An able ruler, he continued to strengthen the position of his duchy within the developing Kingdom of Germany, frequently in conflict with his neighbors to the South, the dukes of Franconia.

Between the second and third tests, the one-day tournament continued, now with Cronje as captain, South Africa made the final series but lost it 2-1 to Australia.

Cronje started 1997-98 by leading South Africa to their first series victory in Pakistan, his batting continued to struggle with his biggest contribution being taking the wickets of Inzamam-ul-Haq and Moin Khan in the Third Test.

The Germans continued the policy of making Namibia a white settlement by seizing land and cattle, and even trying to export Herero labor to South Africa.

Many of the Wild Geese, expatriate Irish soldiers who had gone to Spain, or their descendants, continued on to its colonies in South America.

The party continued to struggle until the general election of 1989 when the again renamed party won its first seat in parliament, the Dáil, when Roger Garland was elected in Dublin South.

The loss of South Africa and the continued scramble for Africa stimulated the Dutch to secure unchallenged dominion over its colony in the East Indies.

As a popular actor in the 1860s, he continued to travel extensively to perform in the North and South, and as far west as New Orleans, Louisiana.

Having established itself in Europe, the movement continued to spread to other parts of the world including North America, South Africa, and Korea.

The International Court of Justice held that South Africa continued to have international obligations under the mandate for South-West Africa.

The colonial structures of Malawian labor export to South African mines continued after Malawi achieved independence in 1964.

Although the change of government in Zimbabwe in 1980 removed this threat, the apartheid regime in South Africa continued to finance the destabilization of Mozambique.

The epidemic began on March 5 and continued through April 28, wiping out approximately 15 % of the known population of manatees along South Florida's western coast.

As a result, Britain ( and Nova Scotia ) continued to trade with both the South and the North.