... E OS PORCOS COMUNAS DO "NEW YORK TIMES" QUE NÃO SE CANSAM DE ENLAMEAR O SANTO NOME DO AMADO COELHO NEM DE DESFAZER O NÓZINHO NA GRAVATA DA IMAGEM DE PORTUGAL "LÁ FORA"!... (o JMF vai espumar outra vez...)

Foto de Maurício Lima

"For a time, Portugal was seen as a role model in the grinding crisis. In return for an international bailout, its government cut services and raised taxes while its citizens patiently endured the hardships. But that ended in 2012, when the government appeared to make one demand too many. After Prime Minister Passos Coelho offered a plan to shift the burden of social security payments from employers to workers, tens of thousands took to the streets. Although the measure was meant to lower labor costs, the protest from workers was so ferocious that Mr. Coelho was soon forced to withdraw it".