Antiguan-Portuguese Relations

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Antiguan-Portuguese Relations
Antiguan-Portuguese Relations (North Atlantic)
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The Antiguan-Portuguese relations include the intergovernmental relationship between Antigua and Barbuda and Portugal . They have had direct diplomatic relations since 1983.

In 2016, five Antiguan citizens were registered in Portugal, four in the Porto district and one in the greater Lisbon area . In 2017, no Portuguese living in Antigua and Barbuda were registered with the Portuguese authorities.

history

Loading sugar in Antigua: the slaves for the plantation work on Antigua and Barbuda initially came mainly from the Portuguese slave trade

The islands of today's Antigua and Barbuda were discovered for Spain by Christopher Columbus in 1493 . According to the Treaty of Tordesillas , they fell into the Spanish sphere and thus became a Spanish , later British colony . As a result, the Portuguese rarely came here. However, a large number of slaves for the plantation economy on Antigua and Barbuda came via the Atlantic slave trade , which was long in predominantly Portuguese hands.

With the flight of the Jewish Marranos from Portugal at the beginning of the 16th century, many of these Sephardi went to Northern Europe. Groups of these Sephardic communities also migrated to the Caribbean in batches, especially in the 17th century. This is probably how Portuguese Marranos came to Antigua and Barbuda.

Antigua and Barbuda gained complete independence from Great Britain on November 1, 1981. On March 20, 1983, Antigua and Barbuda and Portugal entered into diplomatic relations. As the first Portuguese ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda , Pedro Martim da Cunha Vieira , Portugal's representative in Venezuela, was accredited on October 2, 1984 . Since then, Antigua and Barbuda has been part of the administrative district of the Portuguese embassy in the Venezuelan capital Caracas .

diplomacy

Antigua and Barbuda does not have its own embassy in Portugal; its European representation in London is responsible for the country. There are no Antiguan consulates in Portugal.

Portugal also does not have its own embassy in Antigua and Barbuda, which belongs to the administrative district of the Portuguese embassy in Venezuela. Portugal has an honorary consulate in the Antiguan capital of Saint John’s .

economy

Portuguese refinery in Leça da Palmeira : Fuels are the most important commodity between Portugal and Antigua and Barbuda

The Antiguan-Portuguese trade volume in 2016 was 552,000 euros ( 2015 : 556.00 euros, 2014 : 403,000 euros, 2013 : 295,000 euros, 2012 : 893,000 euros), with a trade surplus of 96,000 in favor of Antigua and Barbudas, compared to 462,000 in the previous year Euros in favor of Portugal ( 2014 : 401,000 euros).

In 2016, Portugal exported goods worth 228,000 euros to Antigua and Barbuda ( 2015 : 509,000; 2014 : 402,000; 2013 : 75,000; 2012 : 825,000), of which 24.1% were textile composites (especially ropes and cables), 23, 8% fuel, 16.4% minerals and ores, and 14.9% cork.

In the same period, Antigua and Barbuda delivered goods worth 324,000 euros to Portugal ( 2015 : 47,000; 2014 : 1,000; 2013 : 220,000; 2012 : 68,000), of which 78.4% was fuel and 21.6% was machinery and equipment.

Antigua and Barbuda thus ranked 169th as a buyer and 166th as a supplier for Portuguese foreign trade, while Portugal was 58th as a buyer and 59th as a supplier in Antiguan foreign trade.

The Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP does not have a branch in Antigua and Barbuda, the AICEP office in Caracas is responsible for this.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Overview of diplomatic relations with Antigua and Barbuda at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on September 7, 2019
  2. ↑ Official Portuguese Aliens Statistics by District , Portuguese Aliens and Borders Authority SEF, accessed on September 7, 2019
  3. ↑ Portuguese website on Antiguan-Portuguese migration , accessed September 7, 2019
  4. ↑ Christian-Jewish Relations: Marranos, Conversos & New Christians , article in the Jewish Virtual Library , accessed on September 7, 2019
  5. ↑ Fernando Cristóvão (Ed.): Dicionário Temático da Lusofonia. Texto Editores, Lisbon / Luanda / Praia / Maputo 2006 ( ISBN 972-47-2935-4 ), p. 58
  6. ↑ Overview of the Portuguese contact points in Antigua and Barbuda on the Internet portal of the Portuguese Foreign Ministry for Portuguese communities abroad, accessed on September 7, 2019
  7. ↑ a b c Bilateral economic relations between Portugal and Antigua and Barbuda , Excel file retrieval from the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP, accessed on September 7, 2019