Since 1976, the founding date, the Azorean Autonomy has supported reams of parasites who have arrived here – and it cannot be said that they forced their way in because they were brought in by regional parties or figures under the most incredible pretexts, from skills that had never been seen before to God knows what else.
In truth, the real causes of the plight of many of these parasites are yet to be uncovered, although we can see them through the “work” done, a serious dive into the past, and extreme attention to what follows the passage through the new land of the patacas tree.
No matter how many lifetimes we live, we will never understand these things – above all because they call into question the old slogan (which we have adapted here, changing “administration” to “government”, if memory serves) that the Azores are governed by the Azoreans and also because they prevent the creation of local critical mass at important levels of the administration (governance) and lead good Azorean executives to discredit the system and choose to disappear inside or emigrate, looking for a place where their value and work are recognized and rewarded.
Let’s be very clear about this, on account of wokisms and other nonsense: We are one thousand percent in favor of immigration. How can a people of immigrants be against immigration? In fact, we need people regardless of color, creed, gender, etc. This note is really about parasites, those who embed themselves in the skin of the Azoreans and suck the life energy out of them. They’re no good!

In Diário Insular

Armando Mendes is a journalist with a doctorate in history and international relations and the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Diário Insular.

NOVIDADES will feature occasional opinion pieces from various leading thinkers and writers from the Azores to give the diaspora and those interested in the current Azores a sense of the significant opinions on some of the archipelago’s issues.

Translated to English as a community outreach program from the Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute (PBBI) and the Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures Department (MCLL).