Portuguese transition to democracy — Portugal s experience with democracy before the Carnation Revolution of 1974 had not been particularly successful. Its First Republic lasted only sixteen years, from 1910 to 1926. Under the republic, parliamentary institutions worked poorly and… … Wikipedia
Portuguese Liga 2007-08 — The 2007 08 Portuguese Liga season was the seventieth since its establishment, and started on August 17, 2007. The fixtures (or schedule of games to be played) were announced in July 12 2007. F.C. Porto were the defending champions, having won… … Wikipedia
Geographic distribution of Portuguese — Portuguese is the official and first language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe. It is also one of the official languages of Equatorial Guinea (with Spanish and French), East Timor (with… … Wikipedia
Differences between Spanish and Portuguese — Although Portuguese and Spanish are closely related, to the point of having a considerable degree of mutual intelligibility, there are also important differences between them, which can pose difficulties for people acquainted with one of the… … Wikipedia
Museum of the Portuguese Language — The Museum of the Portuguese Language (Portuguese: Museu da Língua Portuguesa) is an interactive Portuguese language and Linguistics/Language Development in general museum in São Paulo, Brazil. It is housed in the Estação da Luz train station, in … Wikipedia
History of the Portuguese Communist Party — The History of the Portuguese Communist Party (Portuguese: Partido Comunista Português , pron. IPA2|pɐɾ. ti.ðu ku.mu. niʃ.tɐ puɾ.tu. ɣeʃ or PCP), spans a period of more than 85 years, since its foundation in 1921 as the Portuguese section of the… … Wikipedia
Timeline of Portuguese history (Second Republic) — This is a historical timeline of Portugal. NOTOC =Second Republic: Dictatorial Estado Novo=1926*May 27, The General Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa arrives at Braga with the purpose of initiating a Coup d état. *The Republican Government and… … Wikipedia
CARIBBEANS, SPANISH-PORTUGUESE NATION OF THE: LA NACION — Introduction Many of the Jews expelled from Spain in 1492 sailed to seek refuge in other Mediterranean lands. A group estimated at 50–100,000 crossed the frontier into Portugal where they joined a Jewish community that has been established for… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Indo Portuguese — Infobox Ethnic group group = Indo Portuguese poptime = 60,000 popplace = Lisbon, Porto langs = Portuguese, Gujarati rels = Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism related c = Non resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin, Desi, Anglo IndiansIndians in… … Wikipedia
Sonnets from the Portuguese — Sonnets from the Portuguese, written ca. 1845 ndash;1846 and first published in 1850, is a collection of forty four love sonnets written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The poems largely chronicle the period leading up to her 1846 marriage to… … Wikipedia