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21 Economy
Portugal's economy, under the influence of the European Economic Community (EEC), and later with the assistance of the European Union (EU), grew rapidly in 1985-86; through 1992, the average annual growth was 4-5 percent. While such growth rates did not last into the late 1990s, portions of Portugal's society achieved unprecedented prosperity, although poverty remained entrenched. It is important, however, to place this current growth, which includes some not altogether desirable developments, in historical perspective. On at least three occasions in this century, Portugal's economy has experienced severe dislocation and instability: during the turbulent First Republic (1911-25); during the Estado Novo, when the world Depression came into play (1930-39); and during the aftermath of the Revolution of 25 April, 1974. At other periods, and even during the Estado Novo, there were eras of relatively steady growth and development, despite the fact that Portugal's weak economy lagged behind industrialized Western Europe's economies, perhaps more than Prime Minister Antônio de Oliveira Salazar wished to admit to the public or to foreigners.For a number of reasons, Portugal's backward economy underwent considerable growth and development following the beginning of the colonial wars in Africa in early 1961. Recent research findings suggest that, contrary to the "stagnation thesis" that states that the Estado Novo economy during the last 14 years of its existence experienced little or no growth, there were important changes, policy shifts, structural evolution, and impressive growth rates. In fact, the average annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate (1961-74) was about 7 percent. The war in Africa was one significant factor in the post-1961 economic changes. The new costs of finance and spending on the military and police actions in the African and Asian empires in 1961 and thereafter forced changes in economic policy.Starting in 1963-64, the relatively closed economy was opened up to foreign investment, and Lisbon began to use deficit financing and more borrowing at home and abroad. Increased foreign investment, residence, and technical and military assistance also had effects on economic growth and development. Salazar's government moved toward greater trade and integration with various international bodies by signing agreements with the European Free Trade Association and several international finance groups. New multinational corporations began to operate in the country, along with foreign-based banks. Meanwhile, foreign tourism increased massively from the early 1960s on, and the tourism industry experienced unprecedented expansion. By 1973-74, Portugal received more than 8 million tourists annually for the first time.Under Prime Minister Marcello Caetano, other important economic changes occurred. High annual economic growth rates continued until the world energy crisis inflation and a recession hit Portugal in 1973. Caetano's system, through new development plans, modernized aspects of the agricultural, industrial, and service sectors and linked reform in education with plans for social change. It also introduced cadres of forward-looking technocrats at various levels. The general motto of Caetano's version of the Estado Novo was "Evolution with Continuity," but he was unable to solve the key problems, which were more political and social than economic. As the boom period went "bust" in 1973-74, and growth slowed greatly, it became clear that Caetano and his governing circle had no way out of the African wars and could find no easy compromise solution to the need to democratize Portugal's restive society. The economic background of the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was a severe energy shortage caused by the world energy crisis and Arab oil boycott, as well as high general inflation, increasing debts from the African wars, and a weakening currency. While the regime prescribed greater Portuguese investment in Africa, in fact Portuguese businesses were increasingly investing outside of the escudo area in Western Europe and the United States.During the two years of political and social turmoil following the Revolution of 25 April 1974, the economy weakened. Production, income, reserves, and annual growth fell drastically during 1974-76. Amidst labor-management conflict, there was a burst of strikes, and income and productivity plummeted. Ironically, one factor that cushioned the economic impact of the revolution was the significant gold reserve supply that the Estado Novo had accumulated, principally during Salazar's years. Another factor was emigration from Portugal and the former colonies in Africa, which to a degree reduced pressures for employment. The sudden infusion of more than 600,000 refugees from Africa did increase the unemployment rate, which in 1975 was 10-15 percent. But, by 1990, the unemployment rate was down to about 5-6 percent.After 1985, Portugal's economy experienced high growth rates again, which averaged 4-5 percent through 1992. Substantial economic assistance from the EEC and individual countries such as the United States, as well as the political stability and administrative continuity that derived from majority Social Democratic Party (PSD) governments starting in mid-1987, supported new growth and development in the EEC's second poorest country. With rapid infrastruc-tural change and some unregulated development, Portugal's leaders harbored a justifiable concern that a fragile environment and ecology were under new, unacceptable pressures. Among other improvements in the standard of living since 1974 was an increase in per capita income. By 1991, the average minimum monthly wage was about 40,000 escudos, and per capita income was about $5,000 per annum. By the end of the 20th century, despite continuing poverty at several levels in Portugal, Portugal's economy had made significant progress. In the space of 15 years, Portugal had halved the large gap in living standards between itself and the remainder of the EU. For example, when Portugal joined the EU in 1986, its GDP, in terms of purchasing power-parity, was only 53 percent of the EU average. By 2000, Portugal's GDP had reached 75 percent of the EU average, a considerable achievement. Whether Portugal could narrow this gap even further in a reasonable amount of time remained a sensitive question in Lisbon. Besides structural poverty and the fact that, in 2006, the EU largesse in structural funds (loans and grants) virtually ceased, a major challenge for Portugal's economy will be to reduce the size of the public sector (about 50 percent of GDP is in the central government) to increase productivity, attract outside investment, and diversify the economy. For Portugal's economic planners, the 21st century promises to be challenging. -
22 Emigration
Traditionally, Portugal has been a country with a history of emigration to foreign lands, as well as to the overseas empire. During the early centuries of empire, only relatively small numbers of Portuguese emigrated to reside permanently in its colonies. After the establishment of the second, largely Brazilian empire in the 17th century, however, greater numbers of Portuguese left to seek their fortunes outside Europe. It was only toward the end of the 19th century, however, that Portuguese emigration became a mass movement, at first, largely to Brazil. While Portuguese-speaking Brazil was by far the most popular destination for the majority of Portuguese emigrants in early modern and modern times, after 1830, the United States and later Venezuela also became common destinations.Portuguese emigration patterns have changed in the 20th century and, as the Portuguese historian and economist Oliveira Martins wrote before the turn of the century, Portuguese emigration rates are a kind of national barometer. Crises and related social, political, and economic conditions within Portugal, as well as the presence of established emigrant communities in various countries, emigration laws, and the world economy have combined to shape emigration rates and destinations.After World War II, Brazil no longer remained the favorite destination of the majority of Portuguese emigrants who left Portugal to improve their lives and standards of living. Beginning in the 1950s, and swelling into a massive stream in the 1960s and into the 1970s, most Portuguese emigrated to find work in France and, after the change in U.S. immigration laws in the mid-1960s, a steady stream went to North America, including Canada. The emigration figures here indicate that the most intensive emigration years coincided with excessive political turmoil and severe draft (army conscription) laws during the First Republic (1912 was the high point), that emigration dropped during World Wars I and II and during economic downturns such as the Depression, and that the largest flow of Portuguese emigration in history occurred after the onset of the African colonial wars (1961) and into the 1970s, as Portuguese sought emigration as a way to avoid conscription or assignment to Africa.1887 17,0001900ca. 17,000 (mainly to Brazil)1910 39,0001912 88,000 (75,000 of these to Brazil)1930ca. 30,000 (Great Depression)1940ca. 8,8001950 41,0001955 57,0001960 67,0001965 131,0001970 209,000Despite considerable efforts by Lisbon to divert the stream of emigrants from Brazil or France to the African territories of Angola and Mozambique, this colonization effort failed, and most Portuguese who left Portugal preferred the better pay and security of jobs in France and West Germany or in the United States, Venezuela, and Brazil, where there were more deeply rooted Portuguese emigrant communities. At the time of the Revolution of 25 April 1974, when the military coup in Lisbon signaled the beginning of pressures for the Portuguese settlers to leave Africa, the total number of Portuguese resident in the two larger African territories amounted to about 600,000. In modern times, nonimperial Portuguese emigration has prevailed over imperial emigration and has had a significant impact on Portugal's annual budget (due to emigrants' remittances), the political system (since emigrants have a degree of absentee voting rights), investment and economy, and culture.A total of 4 million Portuguese reside and work outside Portugal as of 2009, over one-third of the country's continental and island population. It has also been said that more Portuguese of Azorean descent reside outside the Azores than in the Azores. The following statistics reflect the pattern of Portuguese emigrant communities in the world outside the mother country.Overseas Portuguese Communities Population Figures by Country of Residence ( estimates for 2002)Brazil 1,000,000France 650,000S. Africa 600,000USA 500,000Canada 400,000Venezuela 400,000W. Europe 175,000 (besides France and Germany)Germany 125,000Britain (UK) 60,000 (including Channel Islands)Lusophone Africa 50,000Australia 50,000Total: 4,010,000 (estimate) -
23 cause
1. n1) (общее) дело2) причина, основание; повод3) юр. судебное дело, судебный процесс•to harm the cause of peace — наносить ущерб / вред делу мира
to sell out one's cause — предавать свое дело
- cause of national liberationto serve a cause — служить какому-л. делу
- causes of war
- committed to the liberal cause
- economic causes
- efficient cause
- formal cause
- internal cause
- just cause
- legitimate cause
- lost cause
- national cause
- noble cause
- primary cause
- prime cause
- probable cause
- remote cause of smth
- social cause 2. vвызывать; порождать; быть причиной, быть поводомto cause turmoil — вызывать смятение / сумятицу
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24 lucha
Del verbo luchar: ( conjugate luchar) \ \
lucha es: \ \3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativoMultiple Entries: lucha luchar
lucha sustantivo femenino ( para conseguir algo) struggle; la lucha contra el cáncer the fight against cancerb) (Dep) wrestling;
luchar ( conjugate luchar) verbo intransitivo lucha por la paz to fight for peaced) (Dep) to wrestle
lucha sustantivo femenino
1 (combate) fight
lucha libre, wrestling
2 (trabajo, esfuerzo) struggle: hubo una lucha interna para cambiar a los dirigentes del partido, there was internal turmoil regarding replacing party heads
lucha de clases, class struggle
luchar verbo transitivo to fight wrestle Locuciones: luchar con uñas y dientes, to fight nail and tooth ' lucha' also found in these entries: Spanish: antiterrorista - cuartel - duelo - pelea - abandonar - armado - continuo - cooperar - desigual - equilibrado - guerrilla - implacable - llave - pugna - sostener English: all-in wrestling - battle - charity - class struggle - contest - desperate - fight - grim - struggle - throw - tug-of-war - tussle - war - wrestling - warden -
25 turbulent
I Adj. turbulent, hectic* * *turbulent; tumultuous* * *tur|bu|lẹnt [tʊrbu'lɛnt]1. adjturbulent, tempestuous2. advturbulently* * *tur·bu·lent[tʊrbuˈlɛnt]I. adj turbulent, tempestuouswir haben ausgiebig gefeiert, es war ein \turbulentes Wochenende we celebrated long and hard, it was a riotous [or tumultuous] weekenddie Wochen vor Weihnachten waren reichlich \turbulent the weeks leading up to Christmas were really chaoticII. adv turbulently\turbulent verlaufen to be turbulent [or stormy]auf der Aktionärsversammlung ging es sehr \turbulent zu the shareholders' meeting was [a] very stormy [or tempestuous] [one]* * *1.Adjektiv (auch Physik, Astron., Met.) turbulent2.adverbial (auch Physik, Astron., Met.) turbulently* * *A. adj turbulent, hecticB. adv:es ging turbulent zu things got quite hectic ( oder heated)* * *1.Adjektiv (auch Physik, Astron., Met.) turbulent2.adverbial (auch Physik, Astron., Met.) turbulently* * *adj.turbulent adj. adv.turbulently adv. -
26 nation
n1) народ, нация2) страна, государство•- agricultural trading nationto proclaim the equality of nations and their right to self-determination — провозглашать равноправие наций и их право на самоопределение
- aid-giving nation
- allied nation
- antihitlerite nations
- bankrupt nation
- captive nation
- civilized nation
- colonial nation
- community of free sovereign nation
- creditor nation
- debtor nation
- democratic nation
- developed nation
- developing nation
- dominant nation
- dominating nation
- emerging nations
- enslaved nation
- equal nations
- equality of nations
- EU nations
- exile nation
- exporting nation - friendly nation
- G-7 nations
- G-8 nations
- Gulf nations
- impoverished nation
- independent nation
- industrialized nation
- integration of nations
- lagging nation
- leading western nations
- maritime nation
- member nation
- mercantile nation
- MFN
- most-favored nation
- nation is in turmoil
- nation is polarized
- nation of beggars
- needy nation
- neutral nation
- nonaligned nation
- noncombatant nation
- nonnuclear nation
- North Atlantic nations
- nuclear nation
- nuclear-supplying nation
- oil-exporting nation
- oil-rich nation
- open to all nations
- oppressed nation
- oppressing nation
- oppressor nation
- peaceful nation
- peace-loving nation
- powerful nation
- pro-western nation
- rainbow nation
- re-emergence of the country as an independent nation
- seafaring nation
- signatory nation
- smaller nation
- socialist nation
- sovereign nation
- subject nation
- trading nation
- uncommitted nation
- underdeveloped nation
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27 innerlich
I Adj.1. MED. internal2. Gefühle etc.: inner; (innerlich veranlagt) introspective; (gefühlsmäßig, gefühlsbetont) emotionalII Adv.2. betroffen etc.: inwardly; (deep down) inside; (insgeheim) secretly; innerlich lachen laugh to o.s.* * *intrinsic (Adj.); internal (Adj.); inner (Adj.); inward (Adj.); interior (Adj.); inwardly (Adv.); within (Adv.)* * *ịn|ner|lich ['Inɐlɪç]1. adj1) (= körperlich) internal2. adv1) (= im Körper) internallydieses Medikament ist innerlich anzuwenden — this medicine is to be taken internally
2) (= gemütsmäßig) inwardly, insideinnerlich gefestigt sein — to have inner strength
ein innerlich gefestigter Mensch — a person of inner strength
innerlich schäumte er vor Wut — inwardly or inside he was boiling with rage
* * *1) (in one's thoughts; secretly: He was inwardly pleased when she failed; She was laughing/groaning inwardly.) inwardly2) (being within, especially in the mind: his inward thoughts.) inward* * *in·ner·lich[ˈɪnɐlɪç]I. adj1. MED internal2. PSYCH innerII. adv1. (im Inneren des Körpers) internallyetw \innerlich verabreichen to administer sth internally2. PSYCH inwardly\innerlich war er sehr aufgewühlt he was in inner turmoil* * *1.1) inner; (von außen nicht erkennbar) inward2) (im Körper) internal <use, effect>2.1) inwardlyinnerlich lachen — laugh inwardly or to oneself
2) (im Körper) internally* * *A. adj1. MED internalB. adv1. MED internally;innerlich (anzuwenden) PHARM for internal use (only)innerlich lachen laugh to o.s.* * *1.1) inner; (von außen nicht erkennbar) inward2) (im Körper) internal <use, effect>2.1) inwardlyinnerlich lachen — laugh inwardly or to oneself
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28 Wallung
f1. des Wassers etc.: seething; fig. surge of emotion; jemanden oder jemandes Blut in Wallung bringen fig. make s.o.’s blood boil2. MED. hot flush* * *Wạl|lung ['valʊŋ]f -, -en1) (geh)in Wallung geraten (See, Meer) — to begin to surge or seethe; (Mensch) (vor Leidenschaft) to be in a turmoil; (vor Wut) to fly into a rage or passion
jds Blut or jdn in Wallung bringen — to make sb's blood surge through his/her veins
* * *Wal·lung<-, -en>▶ jdn in \Wallung bringen to make sb's blood surge/sb seethe▶ in \Wallung geraten to fly into a rage* * *Wallung f1. des Wassers etc: seething; fig surge of emotion;jemandes Blut in Wallung bringen fig make sb’s blood boil2. MED hot flush* * *-en f.flush n.
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