Portuguese Women — Poorly Rewarded for Good Education

by Isabel Nery, Visão, Portugal - In a single generation, Portuguese women cleared away obstacles impeding their ability to receive a genuine education. But they must still break through the glass ceiling in the public and private sector workplaces where...

Posted by Aralena Malone-Leroy on October 8, 2012 4:30 AM

Indignado Generation Finds Happiness Abroad

by Aleksandra Lipczak, Polityka, Poland - Thousands of young people, often educated, are leaving Portugal and Spain. Europe doesn’t need them while Africa and South America receive them with open arms....

Posted by Aralena Malone-Leroy on April 23, 2012 1:09 AM

Portugal: State Radio Silenced after Angola Opinion Piece

by Sara Moreira, Global Voices, Netherlands - The truth about the Angolan “petroligarchy”, in a country where the cornucopia of riches is restricted to some and more than half of the population lives in the most abject poverty, is a...

Posted by Aralena Malone-Leroy on January 27, 2012 1:12 AM

The Real IMF Assault

by Nomi Prins, Truthdig, USA - As newly resigned International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn (aka DSK) hunkers down in his jail cell, IMF news has fallen into two categories. The first involves salacious details of his alleged attempted rape,...

Posted by intern on May 23, 2011 2:24 PM

Portugal – Opting for the Shipwreck

by Teresa de Sousa, Público, Lisbon - His new austerity plan rejected by parliament, Portuguese PM José Sócrates has resigned on the eve of European Council in Brussels 24/25 March. With elections on the horizon, the country is headed for...

Posted by Aralena Malone-Leroy on March 25, 2011 4:31 AM