Letter to Tempo English columnist Jennifer Lindsay

My name is Joaquim Moreira de Lemos, and I am, for three months now, the ambassador of Portugal to Indonesia. I was extremely pleased to read your article published in Tempo's June 24 edition about the Portuguese language's influence on Bahasa Indonesia. Of course I am familiar with this subject, but it is always a pleasure to know more and to deepen our information about it. I would like to thank