Portugal

Portugal Struggles To Avoid 2nd Bailout

Tue, 07 May 2013 09:11:00 +0000

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DAVID GREENE, HOST:

Europe is debating whether austerity - with its deep budget cuts and tax hikes - is the right cure for the continent's debt crisis. But in Portugal, one of the first countries bailed out by the European Union, the austerity drive goes on.

Portugal's Monster: The Mechanics Of A Massive Wave

Scott Neuman — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:29:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOHDZpPvbIc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dgdj570e3I

The Fake Economist Who Conned A Nation

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:27:00 +0000

The UK Independent writes:

As an ex-presidential consultant, a former adviser to the World Bank, a financial researcher for the United Nations and a professor in the US, Artur Baptista da Silva's outspoken attacks on Portugal's austerity cuts made the bespectacled 61-year-old one of the country's leading media pundits last year.
The only problem was that Mr Baptista da Silva is none of the above.

A Sweet Bread, A Wash Basin And A Shot Of Whiskey

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:28:00 +0000

For the holidays, why not give a gift that tastes like a cloud? Portuguese Sweet Bread may be as close as you can get, according to Marilynn Brass, one-half of the cookbook duo the Brass Sisters.

Marilynn and her sister Sheila — co-authors of Heirloom Baking with the Brass Sisters — collect stories as well as recipes. On Thursday's All Things Considered, they explain that the story that goes with this airy treat, recounted to them by their friend David Lima, is a keeper.

Tough Cuts In Portugal May Be Exacting High Toll

Lauren Frayer — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:27:00 +0000

After a financial bailout earlier this year, fees in Portugal's health system have risen substantially. As a result, nongovernmental organizations say, the poor and elderly in Western Europe's poorest country can no longer afford essential care. Some Portuguese fear that austerity measures are threatening not only their livelihoods, but their lives.

Alfredo Silva, 67, showed up at an anti-austerity protest in Lisbon last month dressed as a skeleton. He says the costume shows the effect of Portugal's $100 billion bailout on retirees like him.

"I blame the IMF," he says in Portuguese.