Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo ou ops caminhos de cuidar o futuro by Teresa Joaquim

“…In this paper, I propose an examination of Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo (1930- 2004), the first woman to be prime minister of Portugal, as well as the first woman candidate for the presidency. …”
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Popularidade e economia no semipresidencialismo português by Wladimir Gramacho

“…<br>This article analyses the application of the punishment-reward function to the popularity of the president and prime-minister in Portugal, in the winter of 2006. The theory of the economic voting holds that the institutional context of citizenship may make it difficult to assign responsibility for the government's economic performance. …”
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Governança corporativa: um novo nome para antigas práticas? by Álvaro Ricardino, Sofie Tortelboom Aversari Martins

“…<br>In 1754, in an attempt to revert the serious economic crisis that hit the State of Grão Pará and Maranhão, located in the Northeast of Brazil, the Governor at that time, Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Furtado, asked his brother, the Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal, to make his best effort at the royal palace to approve a trading company aimed at transporting black slaves to be traded in that state, in order to substitute for indigenous workforce, which was little accustomed to this work. …”
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