Barbadian-Portuguese relations

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The BARBADIAN-Portuguese relations include the intergovernmental relationship between Barbados and Portugal . They have had direct diplomatic relations since at least 1990.

The country name Barbados dates back to 1536 when the Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive here. Today's bilateral relations are good, but poorly developed. In Portugal, Barbados is best known as a holiday destination, and there are international cruise routes between Barbados and Lisbon.

In 2016, 5 Barbadian citizens were registered in Portugal, 4 of them in the Porto district . In 2010, no Portuguese living in Barbados were registered with the Portuguese authorities.

history

The Portuguese navigator Pedro Campos was the first European to sight what is now Barbados on a trip to Brazil in 1536. He named the island Os Barbados ( Portuguese for "The Bearded"), referring to the freely hanging roots of the local fig trees.

According to the Treaty of Tordesillas , Barbados fell into the Spanish sphere and became a Spanish and later a British colony .

Portuguese gravestones can also be found in the Jewish Sephardic Cemetery in Bridgetown

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 how Portuguese Marranos came to Barbados. Portuguese gravestones can still be seen in the Jewish cemetery in Bridgetown, most of which go back to the Portuguese Marranos.

After Barbadian independence in 1966, Barbados and the colonial Estado Novo regime in Portugal did not enter into diplomatic relations. Even after the Carnation Revolution in 1974 and Portugal's increasing orientation towards the west after 1976, the states hardly converged due to the lack of points of contact.

As the first Portuguese ambassador to Barbados , Duarte Fonseca de Sá Pereira de Castro , Portugal's representative in Venezuela, was accredited on January 31, 1990 . Barbados has since been part of the administrative district of the Portuguese embassy in the Venezuelan capital Caracas .

diplomacy

Portugal does not have its own embassy in Barbados, which belongs to the administrative district of the Portuguese embassy in Venezuela. Portugal has a consulate in the Barbadian capital Bridgetown , in the Cherry Tree House on Chelsea Road.

Barbados also does not have its own embassy in Portugal; its representation in Brussels is responsible for the country. There are no Barbadian consulates in Portugal.

economy

Glass factory in Figueira da Foz : Glassware, along with building materials and paper and cardboard goods, are Portugal's most important export goods to Barbados, where cork is also processed and then re-imported.

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

In 2016 Portugal exported goods worth 0.906 million euros to Barbados ( 2015 : 1.628 million; 2014 : 1.612 million; 2013 : 0.888 million; 2012 : 0.985 million), of which 42.5% were minerals and ores ( mainly glassware and building materials), 28.2% metal goods (mainly silos), 20.7% paper and cellulose and 7.5% cork.

In the same period, Barbados delivered goods worth EUR 0.038 million to Portugal ( 2015 : EUR 0.00; 2014 : EUR 2.491 million; 2013 : EUR 4,000; 2012 : EUR 3,000), 97.1% of which is wood and cork ( mainly processed cork products) and 2.9% hand-painted products.

In terms of Portuguese foreign trade, Barbados was 161st place as a buyer and 166th as a supplier, in Barbadian foreign trade, Portugal was ranked 108th as a buyer and 53rd as a supplier.

Sports

Badminton and tennis are comparatively popular in both countries. However, athletes from both countries rarely met outside of Olympia . The Barbadian and Portuguese Davis Cup teams have not yet met (as of November 2017), and there has been no winner from Barbados at Portugal International in badminton.

The Barbadian national soccer team and the Portuguese national team have not yet met either (as of November 2017).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Overview of diplomatic relations with Barbados at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on May 4, 2019
  2. ↑ Official Portuguese Aliens Statistics by District , Portuguese Aliens and Borders Authority SEF, accessed on December 31, 2017
  3. ↑ Portuguese website on Barbadian-Portuguese migration , accessed December 31, 2017
  4. ^ History of Barbados on the Barbadian tourism website www.funbarbados.com, accessed December 31, 2017
  5. ↑ Christian-Jewish Relations: Marranos, Conversos & New Christians , article in the Jewish Virtual Library , accessed on December 31, 2017
  6. ↑ Fernando Cristóvão (Ed.): Dicionário Temático da Lusofonia. Texto Editores, Lisbon / Luanda / Praia / Maputo 2006 ( ISBN 972-47-2935-4 ), p. 58
  7. ↑ Entry of the Portuguese consulate in Bridgetown on www.embaixadas.net, accessed on December 31, 2017
  8. ↑ a b c Bilateral economic relations between Portugal and Barbados , Excel file retrieved from the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP, accessed on December 31, 2017
  9. ↑ Overview of the Barbadian-Portuguese encounters on www.daviscup.com, accessed on December 31, 2017