Portugal was one of the poorest nations in the world in the early 20th century. A poor, backwards region in a more prosperous country was called “The Portugal of <country name>.”
Portugal got out of its funk when a vaguely fascist dictator took over. Salazar.
He sacrificed prosperity and liberty to achieve stability, which was a good deal because Portugal didn’t have much prosperity or liberty.
The last of Portugals overseas (non-Atlantic) territory’s was ceded to China in 2000.
It’s been a long, strange trip for Portugal, but they haven’t been a wealthy empire since they gifted Mumbai to the British.
Portugal got out of its funk when a vaguely fascist dictator took over. Salazar.
He sacrificed prosperity and liberty to achieve stability, which was a good deal because Portugal didn’t have much prosperity or liberty.
The last of Portugals overseas (non-Atlantic) territory’s was ceded to China in 2000.
It’s been a long, strange trip for Portugal, but they haven’t been a wealthy empire since they gifted Mumbai to the British.