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On this day, 48 years ago, the craziest moment in portuguese political history happened. A peaceful revolution brought 48 years of fascism to its end. Thanks to the men and women who made that day happen, democracy was achieved and freedom, at last, won. 25 de abril, sempre.
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While on a visit to the island of São Jorge in the Azores due to an unprecedented geoseismic crisis, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa tries a local hot sauce and is caught off guard by its spiciness (2022).
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President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa becomes the first world leader to go inside the trenches of the Ukraine War (2023)
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President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa steals a bunch of fries from a random person's plate when walking by a restaurant (2024).
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To celebrate the opening of the Vasco da Gama Bridge, then the longest bridge in Europe, a massive table is laid out and 17 thousand people are served free "Feijoada" (a traditional beans and pork dish), in an event that would be remembered as the "Mega-Feijoada" (1998).
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Amidst unprecedented political instability caused by Prime-Minister António Costa's decision to retain a controversial Minister who had resigned, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa casually walks around town eating ice cream (2023).
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Current Prime-Minister (then Mayor of Lisbon) António Costa (PS) is interrupted by a random pensioner who noticed that city hall forgot to add a drainage system to the new Marquês de Pombal roundabout, which made flooding inevitable (2012). Isn't it ironic?
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In the 50th anniversary of democracy, far-right party Ch*ga which has echoed the ideological beliefs that grounded Estado Novo, secures more than 40 seats in Parliament and positions itself as kingmaker in Portuguese politics. A crazy ass moment in the worst sense possible.
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The Portuguese Republic announces a three-day mourning period in remembrance of a foreign monarch, for some reason (2022).
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After a crazy ass election, (extremely) far-right party ADN, got more than 100.000 votes, in large part because people who wanted to vote for the winning coalition (AD) accidentally voted for them on account of their similar names (2024).
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Luís Montenegro, Leader of the Opposition and candidate for PM in the upcoming parliamentary elections, celebrates International Women's Day by thanking some guy (2024).
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Neste dia, presto homenagem a Albino Aroso, que tanto fez pela dignidade e emancipação das mulheres. O planeamento familiar e a redução drástica da mortalidade infantil têm a sua marca. Visionário e lutador, será sempre para nós a inspiração na defesa da igualdade de género.
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Journalists badger a pizza delivery man in front of the home of José Sócrates (PS), right after the former PM had been placed in house arrest (2015).
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Far-right and anti-migrant party Ch*ga elects José Dias Fernandes as MP representing Portuguese emigrants in Europe - even though he was an illegal immigrant for several years who was twice deported from France (2024).
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During an interview for her daytime talk show, TV host Cristina Ferreira tells Health Minister Marta Temido (PS) that her teeth are "not very aligned" and asks if it's because there's a lack of dentists in the national health system (2020).
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Former PSD president Rui Rio retweets the top 55 most beautiful women in the world, saying this was a subject he "really had to retweet" (2023).
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Current PM António Costa (then a 33-year-old mayoral candidate in the town of Loures) organizes a race between a donkey and a Ferrari to show how traffic had worsened in the area. The donkey would win the race but Costa would eventually lose to the Communist candidate (1993).
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On an interview with SIC, former PM Pedro Santana Lopes (PSD) is interrupted by a report on then Chelsea manager José Mourinho. Angry, Santana Lopes calls out the interviewer for interrupting him with football news and says that the country has gone crazy. He then leaves (2007).
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After Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro cancelled their meeting out of spite, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (PSD) goes for a swim at Copacabana Beach and claims that "in Brazil, there are no problems" (2022).
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Prime-Minister António Costa (PS) is surprised by a dancer during a state visit to Mozambique and gets to show off some of his moves (2022).
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President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa tries to speak what seems to be English (2022).
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President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (PSD) arranges the stones of the famous Portuguese pavement.
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President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (PSD) enters the closing ceremony of Web Summit, vigorously pulling founder Paddy Cosgrave toward him (2022).
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António Nogueira Leite (PSD), former Secretary of State for the Treasury and Finance, accidentally posts @DeInsonias ' NSFW edit of UN Secretary-General (and former Prime-Minister) António Guterres meeting with President Vladimir Putin of Russia (2022).
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"André Ve***ra, leader of far-right party Ch*ga, rides a bycicle into a morning show (2024)"
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Before announcing that his government had requested a bailout worth €78 billion from European institutions and the IMF to handle Portugal's worsening financial crisis, former PM José Sócrates is accidentally filmed while trying his best to look handsome for his speech (2011).
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Before his €30m transfer to Real Madrid from S.L. Benfica, Portugal's star left-back Fábio Coentrão pledges to vote for the Socialist Party in the upcoming parliamentary elections and incumbent PM José Sócrates (PS) publicly thanks him for his support (2011).
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On this day, 528 years ago, the Kingdom of Portugal and the Crown of Castile agreed to divide the newly discovered lands outside of Europe along a meridian west of the Cape Verde, effectively splitting the world, with the east belonging to Portugal and the west to Spain (1494).
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In a ceremony organized by the then Minister of Defense José Pedro Aguiar-Branco (PSD), the Portuguese Navy unveiled its brand new AR4 drone - 100% made in Portugal - only for it to crash after a 2-second flight (2014).
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Far-right MP Rita Matias (Ch*ga) blatantly plagiarizes a 2019 speech by Giorgia Meloni, the recently-elected Prime Minister of Italy (2021).
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President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa makes a comment about a random girl's cleavage (2023).
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During a new year's eve party with his fellow comrades, then presidential candidate and current Secretary-General of the Portuguese Communist Party Jerónimo de Sousa pops open a champagne bottle before giving those present a taste of his dance moves (1996).
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Mayor of Lisbon Carlos Moedas (PSD) spends the day parking scooters around the city (2023).
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Carla Alves (PS) resigns as Secretary of State of Agriculture 24 hours after taking office (2022).
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While on a visit to a local fair in the Beira Interior region of the country, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa goes wine tasting and is caught off guard by the strong ABV percentage (2022).
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Artist Manuel João Vieira is profiled and interviewed for the upcoming presidential election, for which he's running as an independent candidate with proposals such as a free Ferrari for all citizens, the end of taxation and arresting everyone at least once, among others (2010).
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While living in Portugal, Madonna tried to bring a horse into a palace for a music video. The popstar was barred from doing so by Basílio Horta (PS), Mayor of Sintra, who stated: "there are things money simply can't buy". Pissed off by his decision, she left the country (2019).
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Luís Montenegro (PSD), current leader of the Opposition in Parliament, has dinner with football super-agent Jorge Mendes, António Salvador (President of football club S.C. Braga), and the late, great Diego Maradona (2013).
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President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (PSD), then an eccentric candidate for Mayor of Lisbon, spends a day driving around tourists, day labourers late for their jobs, and even pregnant women as a local cab driver (1989).
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While Portugal's ban on abortion was still in force, a small ship flying the Dutch flag tried to enter Portuguese waters to provide the medical procedure for free, but was blockaded by two navy gunboats following orders from Paulo Portas (CDS-PP), then Minister of Defense (2004).
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For the first time in Portuguese history, the Prime-Minister resigns due to impending criminal investigations. Thank you for all the good times and crazy memories you left us, beloved Former Prime Minister António Costa ❤️
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While on vacation in the Algarve during his first year as President, Mário Soares (PS) is caught staring directly into a topless model's boobs with the First Lady standing right beside him (1986).
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President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa goes on a side-quest to Nestlé's factory and eats a bowl of porridge (2023)
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Minister of Finance Fernando Medina (PS) awkwardly drops the state budget while showing it off (2022).
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On his Instagram page, @SnoopDogg shares a meme edit of the crazy ass moment when President (and insane handshake expert) Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (PSD) aggressively pushed and pulled the young children he was greeting at the Palácio de Belém (2022).
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President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (PSD) attends the "royal wedding", in which the daughter of the pretender to a throne that hasn't existed since October 5, 1910, 113 years ago, was married.
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Carlos Moedas (PSD), the Mayor of Lisbon, posts a picture showing his excitement for Taylor Swift's concert in Lisbon, proudly wearing a Swiftie bracelet (2024).
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President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (PSD) throws the first pitch at a San Francisco Giants baseball game (2022).
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During a debate with a far-right candidate for the upcoming presidential election, stonemason and local politician Vitorino Silva (better known as Tino de Rans) pulls out a few rocks he took from the beach to make a point about the importance of equality and diversity (2021).
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Carlos @Moedas (PSD), Mayor of Lisbon, awkwardly promotes Web Summit on TikTok (2022).
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While presenting the government's budget proposal for 2019, former Finance Minister Mário Centeno (PS) says he'll be quick to answer the opposition's questions since he doesn't want to miss Benfica's match later that evening (2018).
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At this year's UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, former Minister of the Sea Ana Paula Vitorino (PS) and former Minister of the Environment João Matos Fernandes (PS) show off their dance moves to the sound of traditional African music (2022).
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While on an official state visit to São Tomé e Príncipe, then Prime-Minister Aníbal Cavaco Silva (PSD) casually climbs up a coconut palm tree (1990).
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In a follow-up to this post, it turns out that Mr. Dias Fernandes isn't the only newly-elected Ch*ga MP to have run into immigration-related problems: Marcus Santos, who was elected for Porto, was twice arrested and held in a federal prison in the US for immigration fraud.
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Far-right and anti-migrant party Ch*ga elects José Dias Fernandes as MP representing Portuguese emigrants in Europe - even though he was an illegal immigrant for several years who was twice deported from France (2024).
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Manuel Almeida (PTP), a martial arts expert, singer, and part-time politician, runs for the Mayor's office in Vila Nova de Gaia and promises the training of ninjas to assist local law enforcement (2013).
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Mayor of Lisbon Carlos @Moedas (PSD) shows off his office on TikTok (2022).
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Andr* V*ntura, the leader of far-right party Ch*ga, says that PSD, the main opposition party, is made up of "pussies" (2023).
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While on an official state visit to the Seychelles, then President Mário Soares joyfully rides on a giant tortoise (1995).
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MEP José Manuel Fernandes (PSD), who was nominated Minister of Agriculture, invites the cast of Morangos com Açúcar to the European Parliament and to film part of the soap opera in Brussels, at the expense of the Parliament's budget, with an unexpected feature at the end (2010).
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While on campaign for his party in the run-up for upcoming parliamentary elections, then Mayor of Gondomar Valentim Loureiro (PSD) accidentally chants the name of António Guterres (PS), who was the leader of the rival Socialist Party, instead of his town's name (1995).
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49 years ago, the Portuguese people won their freedom. Today, the president of the Parliament, Augusto Santos Silva (PS), reminded the far right of what democracy means. 25 de abril sempre. Fascismo nunca mais.
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Former MP Manuela Ferreira Leite (PSD), then the President of the Social-Democrats and the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, states that she doesn't believe reforms are possible in a democracy and proposes "six months without democracy to put everything in order" (2008).
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After historian and former MP Fernando Rosas (BE) compared him to dictator Antonio Oliveira de Salazar for praising complacency before austerity measures, former Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes (PSD) becomes visibly irritated and shouts: "Salazar is your aunt!" (2012).
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President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (PSD) films a video in support of Lista U, a candidate for the student association of a high school in Rio Maior.
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After being held up inside Parliament buildings for almost two days by workers during a massive strike in the height of the post-Revolution turmoil, then Prime-Minister José Pinheiro de Azevedo complains that he "doesn't like being kidnapped" and heads off for lunch (1975).
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At the Chega National Congress, a militant deliberately assumes that he is a fascist (2023).
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Then Prime-Minister José Sócrates (PS) wins the public contest for "Sexiest Man in Portugal", promoted by tabloid Correio da Manhã (2009).
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Rui Rio (PSD), former Leader of the Oposition who lost his bid in 2022, tweets that he doesns't need to read a book titled "How to Lose an Election" (2023).
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President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (PSD), then a candidate for Mayor of Lisbon, shows off his martial arts skills on the campaign trail (1989). He might not bring down the government, but his moves can definitely put down his enemies.
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After fainting during a speech at a University, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa addresses the media and says that he just spoke to PM António Costa (PS), delivering him some bad news: "I'm not dead yet" (2023).
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Sebastião Bugalho is named AD's frontrunner for the upcoming European elections. Here's a video of him going to spoiled-brat levels of crazy on TV, as he often does:
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Former MP @fmendesdasilva (CDS-PP) tells an internet troll that he should try to get laid (2023).
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Luís Montenegro (PSD), leader of the Opposition and PM candidate in the upcoming elections, gets slimed (2024).
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Following the celebrations of the 32nd anniversary of Ukraine's independence in Kyiv, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa delivers a three-minute speech in Ukrainian (2023).
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While running for Mayor of Lisbon, Carlos Moedas (PSD) joins a radio show and thanks host Manuel Acácio for the invitation. The host replies that he wasn't invited and simply joined the program as any other listener could. Moedas responds: “Yes, here I am, Manuel Acácio” (2021).
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On midsummer's day, troops led by a young D. Afonso Henriques rebelled against his own mother, Countess Theresa of Portugal, and her spanish lover. This moment - the Battle of São Mamede - was the turning point in Portugal's fight for independence (1128). Happy Mother's day!
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On a small islet off the coast of Madeira, a local man by the name of Renato Barros declares the independence of a new country, which he calls the Principality of Pontinha, and applies for its recognition by the United Nations (2007).
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We really don't know what to say about this (2023).
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Prime-Minister António Costa (PS) tries to illustrate how nothing is impossible by making a "cow" fly (2016).
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Former PM José Sócrates (PS) and Hugo Chávez try out one of Portugal's "Magalhães" laptops. Venezuela's former President agreed to purchase 1.5 million computers, which were fraught with technical problems. Nevertheless, it showed the "good friendship" the two leaders had (2008).
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On twitter, Coronel Rodrigo Sousa Castro, a "Capitão de Abril" who played a key part in the Carnation Revolution, calls out the controversial Major-General Jaime Neves for going to a strip club instead of contributing to the military operation that ended the fascist regime (2020)
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Former PM José Sócrates (PS) talks about the impact star player Eusébio and the 1966 World Cup match against North Korea had on his childhood, recounting how he celebrated Portugal's 5-3 victory in school, even though the game took place on a Saturday during summer break (2014).
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Recently-nominated Minister of Infrastructure @Joaogalamba (PS), who was Secretary of State for Energy at the time, goes off in the DMs of an anonymous Twitter account that had criticized the European Union's response to the invasion of Ukraine (2022).
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Football legend Eusébio endorses incumbent PM Aníbal Cavaco Silva (PSD) during the 1987 parliamentary elections.
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After former Left Bloc coordinator Francisco Louçã (BE) described his interventions during a parliamentary session as "tame", PM José Sócrates (PS) hits back and says that the MP's aunt is the one who's tame (2010).
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Small amounts of hash are found at Minister of Infrastructure João Galamba's (PS) house during an investigation into allegations of corruption (2023).
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After reports came out that Alberto João Jardim (PSD) was accumulating a pension with his salary, the then President of the Regional Government of Madeira addresses the press by calling journalists "bastards", before correcting himself and calling them "sons of a whore" (2005).
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Just a few hours after his remarks about a girl's cleavage, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa asks a woman if the chair she's sitting on can hold her weight (2023).
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MP Francisco Louçã (BE) states that MP Carlos Rodrigues (PSD) will address Parliament with a "dialect" from Madeira (referring to his difficult accent), to which Rodrigues quips back with a popular expression to poke fun at his colleague (2004). Happy Portuguese Language Day!
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A fully dripped out Pedro Santana Lopes (PSD), who would eventually become Prime-Minister, shows up at a cruise party organized by the Kapital nightclub (1996).
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Curiously, João Galamba is known for being the first male minister to use an earing @brunoaleixo
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After a visit to Aveiro and the nearby town of Ílhavo, then President Aníbal Cavaco Silva (PSD) jokes about eating "bacalhau" for both dinner and lunch, before proudly admitting he's a "great appreciator of bacalhau" and raising up the salt-dried fish with one hand (2010).
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Bishop Américo Aguiar, responsible for organizing Pope Francis' visit for the upcoming World Youth Day, claims he wished to be covered by the Government's proposed amnesty measures for petty crimes done by people aged between 18-30, as he has a lot of "small fines" to pay (2023).
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The Portuguese Ambassador to the United States of America is awkwardly forced to explain why Portugal decreed a two-day mourning period after Hitler died (1945).
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Famously, Bugalho accepted a challenge to swordfight to the death from @certezamente on Twitter, although we cannot confirm if this duel actually happened
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During a State visit to the US, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa asks then President Donald Trump if he knows Cristiano Ronaldo. Trump answers that he does and says the football superstar would win if he ran against Marcelo, who responds: "Portugal is not like the US" (2018).
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Then Prime-Minister Pedro Passos Coelho (PSD) sings Verdi's La Traviata (2012).
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In the lead-up to the upcoming parliamentary elections, a sweaty Paulo Portas, then leader of right-wing party CDS-PP and future member of government, shares a visibly uncomfortable ride with journalist Judite de Sousa and admits being a fan of musician Parov Stelar (2011).
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After being charged for embezzlement himself, Mayor of Marco de Canaveses Avelino Ferreira Torres (CDS-PP) comments on the arrest of António Pimenta Machado (then President of football club Vitória de Guimarães) for similar charges, describing it as a "filha da putice" (2002).
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To open the new headquarters of Associação Passa Sabi - a tenant's association in Lisbon's Bairro do Rego aimed at promoting the neighborhood's culture, diversity and sustainability - Mayor Carlos @Moedas shows off his dance moves to @mensagem_lisboa (2022).
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