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    Portugal Introduction - 2004

    https://immigration-usa.com/wfb2004/portugal/portugal_introduction.html
    SOURCE: 2004 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Background:
      Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil as a colony. A 1910 revolution deposed the monarchy; for most of the next six decades, repressive governments ran the country. In 1974, a left-wing military coup installed broad democratic reforms. The following year, Portugal granted independence to all of its African colonies. Portugal is a founding member of NATO and entered the EC (now the EU) in 1986.


      NOTE: The information regarding Portugal on this page is re-published from the 2004 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Portugal Introduction 2004 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Portugal Introduction 2004 should be addressed to the CIA.

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