CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -13th Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) The CPLP Summit will take place on July 17th, in Luanda, Angola, coinciding with the date marking the 25 years since the CPLP was set up, on July 17th, 1996.

Detailed explanation-2: -CPLP was created in 1996, bringing together Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, and São Tomé e Príncipe. After achieving its independence in 2002, East Timor became its eighth member.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Lusophone world are countries that speak Portuguese as their official language and were colonized by the Portuguese. With 270 million speakers, Portuguese is the sixth most spoken language on the planet.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Portuguese language originated from Latin in the Western Iberian Peninsula. Roman soldiers and colonists introduced Latin in 216 BCE. The language extended to other regions by Roman soldiers, settlers, and merchants.

Detailed explanation-5: -Lusophone is a word that means “Portuguese-Speaking.” Luso refers to a tribe of people present in the western part of the Iberian Peninsula, Lusitani, during the centuries preceding the Common era (1). The word is applied to all countries where Portuguese is spoken.