On this day, 55 years ago, November 23, 1970 (October 25, 1970 in the lunar calendar), Portugal invaded Guinea. On November 23, 1970, Portugal invaded Guinea. Guinea (official name: Republic of Guinea, French: Républiquede Guinée) is a country located in West Africa, bordering the Ivory Coast in the southeast, Liberia in the south, Sierra Leone in the west, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal in the north, and Mali in the north and northeast. The Jer, Senegal and Gambia rivers originate in Guinea. Guinea originally refers to the entire region of Africa south of the Sahara Desert and north of the Gulf of Guinea. It comes from the Berber language, which roughly means "black country." Comment: If you fall behind, you will be bullied.