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São Tomé and Príncipe's army is a tiny force with almost no resources at its disposal and would be wholly ineffective operating unilaterally ; infantry equipment is considered simple to operate and maintain but may require refurbishment or replacement after 25 years in tropical climates ; poor pay, working conditions, and alleged nepotism in the promotion of officers have been problems in the past, as reflected in the 1995 and 2003 coups ; these issues are being addressed with foreign assistance aimed at improving the army and its focus on realistic security concerns ; command is exercised from the president, through the Minister of Defense, to the Chief of the Armed Forces staff ( 2005 )
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* Ribeira Afonso, a village in São Tomé and Príncipe.
Lula da Silva's recent visit to Africa included State visits to three Portuguese-speaking African nations ( Angola, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Mozambique ).
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** Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe
The Annobón population, native to Angola, was introduced by the Portuguese via São Tomé.
Ndongo would also engage in slave trading with the Portuguese, with São Tomé being a transit point to Brazil.
* Instituto Superior Politécnico, a university in São Tomé and Príncipe
* Java, São Tomé and Príncipe, a village in São Tomé and Príncipe
* 1975 – São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.
* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of São Tomé and Príncipe from Portugal in 1975.
* Air São Tomé and Príncipe's IATA airline designator
* São Tomé and Príncipe
** Heads of state of São Tomé and Príncipe
** Heads of government of São Tomé and Príncipe
** Colonial heads of São Tomé and Príncipe
* São Tomé and Príncipe
The discovery of Brazil in 1500 and the need for labor to work on the Portuguese plantations in Brazil, Cape Verde and São Tomé led Portugal to look for more slaves.
Map of São Tomé by Johannes Vingboons ( 1665 ).
Coat of Arms of colonial São Tomé and Príncipe
The islands of São Tomé and Príncipe were uninhabited before the arrival of the Portuguese sometime in 1469, 1470, or 1471.
The first successful settlement of São Tomé was established in 1493 by Álvaro Caminha, who received the land as a grant from the crown.
São and Príncipe's
ISBN 1-85065-589-8 – Overview of the decolonization of Portugal's African colonies, and a chapter specifically about São Tomé and Príncipe's experience since the 1970s.
Of São Tomé and Príncipe's total population, about 131, 000 live on São Tomé and 6, 000 on Príncipe.
In the 2005 fiscal year, military expenditures were $ 581, 729, about 0. 8 % of São Tomé and Príncipe's gross domestic product.
São Tomé and Príncipe's maritime capabilities are negligible and, from 2001, the coast guard force was moribund.
It was the capital of the Portuguese colony of São Tomé and Príncipe and, since São Tomé and Príncipe's independence in 1975, capital of the sovereign nation.
Água Grande has schools or collegiates ( colegio ), lyceums ( middle schools ), gymnasia ( high schools ), São Tomé and Príncipe's only hospital and airport, a stadium, churches, beaches, a port and a few squares ( praças ).
Trindade are linked with São Tomé and Príncipe's only highways linking to the capital city of São Tomé, another linking Neves and Santana and another linking to Guadalupe as well.
São Tomé and Príncipe's first match was against Chad in Gabon as part of the Central African Games.
She was governor of São Tomé and Príncipe's Central Bank from 1999 to 2005.
On May 23, 2006, Air São Tomé and Príncipe's only aircraft, a DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300, crashed in Ana Chaves Bay in the north east of São Tomé Island during a training flight.
São and army
From 1946 through 1985, the army was divided into four numbered armies: the First Army was centered in Rio de Janeiro, the Second Army in São Paulo, the Third Army in Porto Alegre, and the Fourth Army in Recife.
The Dutch and later the Portuguese attempted several times to conquer Palmares, until an army led by famed São Paulo-born Domingos Jorge Velho managed to destroy the great quilombo and kill Zumbi in 1695.
Forces commanded by King John I of Portugal and his general Nuno Álvares Pereira, with the support of English allies, opposed the army of King John I of Castile with its Aragonese, Italian and French allies at São Jorge place, between the towns of Leiria and Alcobaça, in central Portugal.
6 July 1922: The ' 18 of the Copacabana Fort revolt ' on their way to confront army loyalistsTheir early-morning rebellion was taken up by a garrison in São Paulo but not by others ; only " scattered units around Rio de Janeiro revolted: the Escola Militar, some elements of the First Infantry Regiment and the Battalion of Engineers, and the garrisons of Forts Copacabana and Vigia.
Two years later, on 5 July 1924, another group of army officers mounted a rebellion in São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul.
After release, Mascarenhas continued his career in the army and was put under arrest for a second time in 1932 when he proclaimed his support for a military and civil uprising against Vargas in São Paulo during 1932.
With the influential support and blessings of Anchieta and Nóbrega, he departed with an army from São Vicente and founded the ramparts of Rio de Janeiro, at the foot of Pão de Açúcar, in 1565.
In 1924 and 1925, he led army forces against a rebellion in the state of São Paulo.
EE-9 Cascavel, was developed in Brazil by Engesa, S. José dos Campos ( São Paulo ), according to specifications of the Brazilian army.
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