The third and final election of the weekend is in Portugal, where all 230 seats in the Assembly of the Republic are up. Portuguese elections are PR/MMD, with the district.
Today, Portugal will elect a new Assembly of the Republic, its 230 seat legislature. Just over two years ago, Antonio Costa's Socialist Party faced an early election caused by the.
Normally, I strive to post about any national election, only covering local and regional elections if there is some particular noteworthy significance. However, a reader emailed to request a thread.
One thing that I find fascinating is that for all the talk about western Europe being supposedly more progressive than the U.S., as the Americans get serious about reckoning with.
The daily horrors of the slave trade are just too much for us to quite comprehend. Here is a new discovery: In the early 15th century, Portuguese explorers like Henry.
One thing that is interesting in the United States right now is that unlike ever before in our history, at least nearly everyone left of center is willing to deal.
Circa 1377, the twenty year old man who would become King John I of Portugal begat a son with a woman who was either the daughter of a Jewish cobbler.
This is a guest post courtesy of Mr. Trend of Alterdestiny. Brazil’s House of Bragança (also spelled Braganza), which ruled Brazil from 1822 to 1889, was a unique experience in.
