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	BRANCO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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	Ministério das Relações Exteriores (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The former Minister of External Relations, Rafael Branco, held the position of CPLP Assistant Executive Secretary until May 2000, when he took a position in the government of Sao Tome.
		Bilateral dialogue is very positive, as confirmed in November 2000, when the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sao Tome and Principe, Joaquim Rafael Branco, visited Brazil, with an agenda that included topics on bilateral relations.
		Very much aware of the potentialities of Brazilian institutions, Rafael Branco had been to Brazil before, in the capacity of Assistant Executive Secretary to the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP).
	www.mre.gov.br /ingles/politica_externa/relacoes/africa/saotome.asp?imprime=on (1293 words)

	afrol News: Election campaigns in Sao Tomé get turbulent
		The electoral campaign thus was expected to become a smearing campaign between the MLSTP and the block supporting President Menezes.
		MLSTP spokesman Joaquim Rafael Branco yesterday started the campaign freshly, saying the other parties were launching "personal and insidious attacks" on his party.
		Branco's party was coming to grip with the newest poll, showing that the MLSTP was set to obtain the same number of votes as the opponent party block, thus maintaining the disturbing political equilibrium on Sao Tomé and Principe.
	www.afrol.com /News2002/stp002_election_campaign.htm (600 words)

	Sao Tome e Principe Homepage
		Meanwhile, Mozambique's President Joaquim Chissano, the current head of the African Union (AU), was scheduled yesterday to join talks with President Olusegun Obasanjo and De Menezes in Abuja.
		Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano, who is the current chairman of the African Union, on Thursday urged the international community to take all measures necessary to end the coup d'etat in Sao Tome and Principe.
		Washington, DC Rebel soldiers, believed to be led by Major Fernando "Cobo" Pereira, in the tiny African country of Sao Tome and Principe toppled the government in a coup at dawn on Wednesday, July 16.
	www.stome.com /coupetat/allafrica18.html (4726 words)

	It's Happening Global Discussion Forum - View Single Post - Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Nigerian Government, which is a partner in the oil project, said it condemned "unequivocally" the coup which violated the democratic process and the principle of the African Union (AU).
		Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano, the AU's chairman, appealed for a speedy return to "constitutional order" and a grouping of former Portuguese colonies has also condemned the coup.
		Mr Branco is considered a key member of the government as he handles the oil portfolio.
	www.itshappening.com /showpost.php?p=377526&postcount=18 (648 words)

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	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In June the minister of planning and finance, Carlos Quaresma Batista da Sousa, was dismissed and assumed fully the position of governor of the central bank, a post which he had held in an acting capacity since December 1994.
		The finance portfolio was assumed by the minister of economic affairs, Joaquim Rafael Branco.
		Coup Attempt on 15 August 1995 a group of some 30 soldiers, led by five junior officers of the armed forces, seized control of the presidential palace.
	saotome-principe.tripod.com /history.html (4918 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Sao Tome coup condemned (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Mozambique's President Joaquim Chissano has flown to Nigeria for talks with President Obasanjo on possible military intervention to restore the ousted government, according to Reuters news agency, quoting a senior aide to Mr Chissano.
		Mr Joaquim Chissano, who is also chairman of the 53-member African Union, said Sao Tome's neighbours wanted a quick return to order.
		The prime minister was apparently hospitalised after suffering a mild heart attack during a gunfight at her home, according to sources quoted by French news agency AFP.
	newsblaster.cs.columbia.edu /archives/2003-07-18-08-25-37/web/NBproxy.cgi?sentence=455 (679 words)

	The Scotsman - International - São Tome coup linked to oil reserves (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The apparent coup leader, Major Fernando Pereira, declared a state of emergency on radio and told members of the government to gather at the police headquarters.
		Among those held were the prime minister, Maria das Neves, and key officials such as the public works minister, Joaquim Rafael Branco, who is responsible for the oil reserves that will determine the country’s economic future.
		The prime minister was taken to hospital with heart problems, but was stable and under military guard.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /international.cfm?id=775192003 (479 words)

	Inter Press Service News Agency
		Their offer came just one day after Mozambique's President Joaquim Chissano, who is also chairperson of the 53-member African Union (AU), flew to Nigeria for talks with President Olusegun Obasanjo on possible military intervention on the islands.
		We cannot educate our children, our living condition is poor with virtually no affordable social services,” Rafael, a small-scale cocoa farmer told IPS in a recent interview in Sao Tome.
		Sao Tome's army numbers 200, not enough to constitute a battalion, but had had an experience with a coup in the past, though unsuccessful.
	www.ipsnews.net /africa/sendnews.asp?idnews=19307 (552 words)

	THISDAYonline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Joaquim Rafael Branco said he believed the committee will tackle the assignment with same vigour they exhibited in negotiating the treaty for the JDZ.
		Branco noted that he was hopeful that the committee's assignment would be a success..
		Earlier the D-General-General of the National Boundary Commission, Alhaji Dahiru Bobbo said the committee will commence work immediately in order to conclude its assignment and report back to the Joint Ministerial Committee within the stipulated three months time limit.
	www.thisdayonline.com /archive/2001/05/01/20010501news20.html (242 words)

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		News reports from the mountainous and densely forested island, 240km west of Gabon said Major Fernando Pereira, the head of the military training school, had seized power and arrested leaders of the country's elected government.
		Those detained included Prime Minister Maria das Neves, Defence Minister Fernando Daqua and Rafael Branco, the Minister for Natural Resources, who was responsible for negotiating the development of Sao Tome's large but still untapped offshore oil reserves.
		Foreign Minister Mateus Meira Rita, who was in Portugal at the time, told journalists in Lisbon that mercenaries who had once fought in Angola for South Africa's Buffalo Batallion, and leaders of the Christian Democrat Front, a small party with no parliamentary representation, were behind the coup.
	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=35430&SelectRegion=West_Africa (809 words)

	Branco, Joaquim Rafael - Government minister of São Tomé and Principe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Branco, Joaquim Rafael - Government minister of São Tomé and Principe
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	Rantburg: Cry Havoc and Let Slip the Blogs of War... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Portuguese ambassador is due to meet the coup leaders later on Wednesday to discuss their grievances and Sao Tome’s foreign minister, speaking from Lisbon, said his government wished to open a dialogue.
		Portugal is calling for condemnation of the coup by its other ex-colonies and Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano has already appealed for a speedy return to "constitutional order".
		Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano, the head of the African Union, on Wednesday condemned the military coup in the west African island nation of Sao Tome and Principe.
	www.rantburg.com /index.php?HC=1&D=2003-07-16 (13215 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Sao Tome ministers released
		Full talks are expected to start on Monday, when a South African official joins the international team led by Angolan Interior Minister Osvaldo Serra Van-Dunem.
		The released men, including Oil Minister Joaquim Rafael Branco, shook hands with the mediators, as they emerged after five days in jail.
		There are now hopes that President Rodriquez de Menezes, who was visiting Nigeria when the coup was staged, might be able to return.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/3082567.stm (441 words)

	All Bishops of Mozambique [Catholic-Hierarchy]
		Bishop Augusto César Alves Ferreira da Silva, C.M., Bishop Emeritus of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal
		Bishop Joaquim Rafael Maria d'Assunçâo Pitinho, O.F.M. †, Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde
		Bishop Joaquim de Nossa Senhora de Nazareth Oliveira e Abreu, O.F.M. †, Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
	www.catholic-hierarchy.org /country/bmz.html (344 words)

	May 2000
		Saint Helena: Former governor (1991-95) Alan Hoole (also governor of Anguilla, 1995-96) dies after falling from a steep hillside.
		São Tomé and Príncipe: Joaquim Rafael Branco becomes foreign minister.
		Dominican Republic: Former provisional president (1965) José Rafael Molina Ureña dies.
	rulers.org /2000-05.html (749 words)

	News -- African powers push Sao Tome coup leaders to quit
		Mozambique's President Joaquim Chissano, chairman of the 53-member African Union, flew to Nigeria on Thursday for talks with Obasanjo on possible military action.
		Pereira has promised to set up a governing council to usher the country to elections, though he has given no details.
		Diplomats from the U.S. and Portuguese missions were trying to negotiate the release of ministers detained by coup leaders, including Prime Minister Maria das Neves and Public Works Minister Joaquim Rafael Branco, responsible for oil reserves.
	odili.net /news/source/2003/jul/18/65.html (620 words)

	VOANews.com - Soldiers Seize Power in Sao Tome and Principe
		Soldiers in the tiny West African island nation of Sao Tome and Principe have staged a coup, detaining government officials and the country's first female prime minister.
		Maria das Neves was taken away by mutineers along with Oil Minister Joaquim Rafael Branco.
		President Fradique de Menezes is currently in Nigeria on a private visit.
	globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2003/07/mil-030716-voa04.htm (241 words)

	NZOOM - ONE News - World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The military was reported to have taken control of television and radio stations, which were silent, as well as the central bank.
		Lusa said Prime Minister Maria das Neves had been arrested in the poor but potentially oil-rich country, along with other ministers including Public Works Minister Joaquim Rafael Branco, who is responsible for the country's vital oil reserves.
		The agency said the coup was lead by Major Fernando Pereira, head of Sao Tome's military training centre.
	onenews.nzoom.com /onenews_detail/0,1227,206093,00.html (412 words)

	From Avalon to Iberia: The Contemporary Literary Returns of King Arthur in the Languages of Spain
		Edited by Rafael Conte (Madrid: Cátedra-Letras Hispánicas, 1994).
		In this essay Cunqueiro claims that Tristam and Isolda love story in not Celtic in origin but Persian, and that was taken into Europe by means of the Arab invasions.
		Cándido Branco e o Cabaleiro Negro (Vigo: Xerais, 1992).
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	The Agonist: Troops Overthrow Sao Tome Government, Residents Say
		Reuters: Soldiers toppled the government of tiny West African nation Sao Tome and Principe at dawn Wednesday while the president of the potentially oil-rich island state was out of the country, residents said...
		...Soldiers said they had detained Prime Minister Maria das Neves, who suffers from a heart condition, and other ministers including Public Works Minister Joaquim Rafael Branco.
		Branco is responsible for the vital oil reserves that will determine the country's future, in a region taking on increasing strategic significance as the United States tries to secure new oil sources and decrease its dependency on Middle Eastern crude.
	www.agonist.org /archives/005242.html (116 words)

	Coup in Island State With Big Oil Reserves [Sao Tomé and Principé] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The initial feud between Sao Tome and Nigeria over who owned the offshore reserves gave way to squabbling between political parties in Sao Tome over how to develop the industry and where the benefits should be applied.
		"We want to learn lessons from other Africa countries that have suffered because of oil," Rafael Branco, the deposed oil minister, told The AP in January.
		Earlier today, Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano, the new chairperson of the African Union, told reporters in Maputo that he condemned the coup in Sao Tome and demanded "quick restoration of constitutional legality".
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/947616/posts (3318 words)

	Weekly Round-Up - IRINWA-19: 12-May-00
		The defence team contends, among other things, that Senegal has no jurisdiction over crimes committed in Chad.
		The hearing began on Thursday and continues on Tuesday 16 May. SAO TOME: New Foreign Minister President Miguel Trovoada of Sao Tome and Principe this week swore in Joaquim Rafael Branco as foreign minister in country's third cabinet reshuffle in about 17 months, news organisations reported.
		Branco on Monday replaced Paulo Jorge, who resigned more than a month ago.
	iys.cidi.org /humanitarian/irin/wafrica/00a/0018.html (2071 words)

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		Film Title: Photo Op, President Reagan receives diplomatic credentials from Ambassadors Hamdoon of Iraq, Branco of Sao Tome, Rowling of New Zealand, Palomo of Guatemala and Garwe of Zimbabwe.
		Sound Type: SD Personages: President Reagan, Nizar Hamdoon, Joaquim Rafael Branco, Sir Wallace Rowling, Eduardo Palomo, Edmund Richard Mashoko Garwe, Howard Teicher
		Film Title: Photo Op, Meeting with Bipartisan congressional leadership.
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