The big thing of 2007 in Portugal, particularly on the TV channel RTP is the selection of the biggest Portuguese personality of all time of all things. They had a list of more than 100 people on their web site during December and now, in the past 2 days, they've revealed who are the 100 that were most voted on, and the 10 that received the most votes and that will be the 10 from which people will vote to be the top. Here is the link to the 90 most voted - unfortunately, they don't have them in order: http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/grandesportugueses/bio_resultados90.php Here is a link to the top 10: http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/grandesportugueses/finalistas.php Now, this is all voted on on people's own opinions, and that's fine, but me, having lived there for a little while, listened to my family, and just my own personal knowledge of Portuguese culture, I have a few comments of my own.... 1. How is it possible that a politician that ran a fascist government...
Let's go for at least four medals in London, Portugal! I hope we reach a new medal high in these Olympics. I'm sure we've got a fantastic team this time around, all ready to bring home the gold, silver and bronze. Here is a link to the Portugal profile on the official Olympics site. We usually do better in the Athletics portion, but maybe this time around we will surprise people. According to the Olympics site, we have 80 athletes competing, although some say a bit less. Here is a link to the Wikipedia page showing results, etc. Another great article about the Olympics hopes for Portugal in London 2012 - here's an excerpt: This year, the triple jump Olympic champion will not be able to attend the Olympics in July due to injuries. Staying in Portugal with him are the injured Naide Gomes, Francis Obikwelu and Rui Silva, the latter two having won silver and bronze respectively in the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Vanessa Fernandes, who represented Portugal in...
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