Portugal

Portugal
Capital city	Lisbon
Location	Europe
Leader	President of Portugal
Type	nation state
Member of	EU, European Defence Union, Eurozone, Global Health Security Agenda, International Criminal Court, International Energy Agency, NATO, OECD, UN
Subpage	•Portugal/Ambassador •Portugal/Deep state •Portugal/Leader of the Opposition •Portugal/Member of Parliament •Portugal/Military •Portugal/Minister •Portugal/President •Portugal/Prime Minister
Politically very controlled country, with a duopoly between socialist parties. Refused a War on Drugs, with successful results.

Portugal is a nation state in South West Europe, bordering on Spain.

Assassination

Considerable evidence suggests that the CIA assassinated the Portuguese Defense minister in the 1980 Camarate air crash, because he was planning to expose the October surprise.

Forum Portugal Global

The Forum Portugal Global (FPG) is an association with an extremely low online profile, consisting of Portuguese companies that wish to promote Portuguese participation in the Trilateral Commission.

Drug Policy

In the face of high rates of opioid in usage 2001, Portugal decriminalised all drugs. Subsequently "drug-related death, incarceration and infection rates plummeted". It also started the world's first national needle-exchange programme.

 

An event carried out

Event	Location	Description
Evacuation from Afghanistan	Afghanistan	The evacuation of foreigners from Afghanistan, one of the largest airlifts in history

 

Events

Event	Description
1980 Camarate air crash	A covert assassination of Adelino Amaro da Costa, to cover up the October surprise conspiracy.
Bilderberg/1999	The 47th Bilderberg, 111 participants
Bilderberg/2023	The 69th Bilderberg Meeting, held in Lisbon, with 128 guests on the official list. The earliest in the year since 2009.
Casa Pia	VIPaedophile in Portugal
Le Cercle/2000 (Lisbon)	Largely unknown Cercle meeting
Lisbon Treaty	The constitutional basis of the European Union

 

Groups Headquartered Here

Group	Start	Description
Autonomous University of Lisbon	13 December 1985	In operation since 1985
Banco Espírito Santo		Espírito Santo family bank, with a heavy Bilderberger influence
Banco de Portugal	19 November 1846	The national bank of Portugal, swallowed by the Euro-system since 1998.
Catholic University of Portugal	1967	Portuguese catholic university with reputation of being an "elite university".
Forum Portugal Global	17 September 1996	Portuguese subgroup of the Trilateral Commission.
Gulbenkian Foundation	18 July 1956	Philanthropic foundation with Bilderberg habit.
ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon	1972	Portuguese public tertiary education institution.
Lusíada University	1986	Portugese private university, with branches in Angola.
NOVA University Lisbon	1973	Public university in Lisbon, Portugal
Portugal/Military
Social Democratic Party (Portugal)	1974	One of the two major parties in the Portugal. Like with many Portuguese parties, the name is confusing. It is in fact a liberal-conservative party.
Technical University of Lisbon	1930	a Portuguese public university created in 1930
University of Coimbra	1290 JL	One of the oldest universities in continuous operation in the world,
University of Lisbon	1911	The largest university in Portugal.
University of Porto	1911	Second largest university in Portugal.

 

Citizens of Portugal on Wikispooks

Title	Born	Died	Description
'Raoul'			Little known Portuguese spook who worked for The Cabal as handler for James Earl Ray.
Jose Pedro Aguiar-Branco	18 July 1957		Single Bilderberger Portuguese Defense minister. Potential leader of the Social Democrats, but failed to gain position.
Maria Luís Albuquerque	16 September 1967		Portuguese Minister of Finance 2013-15 who introduced "reform" program in agreement with big banks, including Morgan Stanley. Attended Bilderberg 2016. Joined Morgan Stanley board in 2022.
Clara Ferreira Alves	2 August 1956		Portuguese journalist who attended the 2011 Bilderberg. Member of the CIA-close German Marshall Fund
Luís Amado	17 September 1953		Portuguese politician who attended the 2012 Bilderberg
Joaquim do Amaral	13 April 1945		Portuguese politician who attended the 1999 Bilderberg. Party-supported candidate for President in 2001, losing to fellow Bilderberger Jorge Sampaio.
Luis Mira Amaral	4 December 1945		Portuguese manager and politician who attended the 1995 Bilderberg meeting.
Paula Amorim	21 January 1971		Portuguese businesswoman in the energy sector and part of one of the richest families in Portugal. Bilderberg/2018.
Miguel Stilwell de Andrade	6 August 1976		CEO of Portuguese electric utilities company. Strongly committed to net zero, urging "audacity and an acceleration of the energy transition rather the pausing or pursuing a path of moderation". Attended 2023 Bilderberg meeting.
José Luis Arnaut	4 March 1963		Double Bilderberg Portuguese corporate lawyer and politician
Kaúlza de Arriaga	18 January 1915	2 February 2004	Portuguese soldier politician who attended a November 1977 meeting of Le Cercle with his aide
Francisco Balsemão	1 September 1937		>30 Bilderbergs, Bilderberg Steering committee, Prime Minister of Portugal
Estela Barbot	19 May 1959		Portuguese executive who is heavily involved in the Trilateral Commission and its Portuguese subgroup the Forum Portugal Global. She is a member of the The Club of Rome and attended Bilderberg for the first time in 2019.
António Barreto	30 October 1942		Portuguese sociologist and politician who attended Bilderberg/1992.
José Manuel Barroso	23 March 1956		Portuguese deep state actor, Bilderberg Steering committee, President of the European Commission, WEF GLT 1993
Leonor Beleza	23 November 1948		Portuguese politician who attended the 2007 Bilderberg as Chairwoman of the health sector Champalimaud Foundation, next Bilderberg in 2025
António Borges	18 November 1949	25 August 2013	Portuguese banskter. Managing Director and International Adviser of Goldman Sachs. While Vice Governor of the Banco de Portugal, Borges took a leading role in the liberalization of Portugal's financial system. Attended Bilderberg/1997 and Bilderberg/2002
Roberto Carneiro	10 May 1947		Portuguese politician who attended the 1992 Bilderberg meeting
Maria Carrilho	25 November 1943	6 February 2022	Portuguese pro-EU and pro-NATO politician and academic. Attended Bilderberg/1995.
Vitor Constancio	12 October 1943		Portuguese central banker. Vice President of the European Central Bank, 3 Bilderbergs
Adelino Amaro da Costa	18 April 1943	4 December 1980	Portuguese Minister of Defence who died in the 1980 Camarate air crash.
António Costa	17 July 1961		Bilderberger Prime Minister of Portugal 2015-24. Resigned after corruption probe, then promoted to President of the European Council.
Carlos Costa	3 November 1949		Made Governor of the Bank of Portugal in 2010 7 June 2010 - Present
Miguel Horta e Costa	28 July 1948		Portuguese banker
Vasco Pereira Coutinho	13 May 1952		Portuguese businessman who attended the 1998 Bilderberg
José Manuel Torres Couto	1 February 1947		Portuguese politician and trade union leader.
João Cardona G. Cravinho	19 September 1936		Portuguese government minister who attended the 1999 Bilderberg
Alexandre Ribeiro da Cunha	13 January 1915	1983	A Portuguese diplomat who went to a meeting of Le Cercle in US in December 1973.
José Cutileiro	20 November 1934	17 May 2020	Attended the 1995 Bilderberg as Secretary General of the Western European Union
Joao Estarreja			Unidentified "in attendance" at the 1999 Bilderberg
Elisa Ferreira	17 October 1955		Appointed European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms by Ursula von der Leyen in December 2019. In 2020 was helping to fight Covid with emergency spending
Jose Medeiros Ferreira	1942	18 March 2014	Portuguese politician
Isabel Furtado			Portuguese businesswoman who attended the 2022 Bilderberg
Isabel Gil	22 July 1965		Attended the 2024 Bilderberg as rector of the Catholic University of Portugal.
Bernardino Gomes	1944	2016	Transatlantic Portuguese deep state actor and very close collaborator of Mário Soares. Attended 1983 Bilderberg.
José Luis Gomes			Unidentified Portuguese guest "in attendance" at the 1981 and 1983 Bilderbergs
Teresa Patrício Gouveia	18 July 1946		Portuguese politician who attended Bilderberg/2000, then became Foreign Minister. Gulbenkian Foundation
Eduardo Marçal Grilo	8 February 1942		Portuguese politician. Attended the 1999 Bilderberg. From 2000 director of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
António Guterres	30 April 1949		Bilderberger US Secretary general, particularly aggressive promoter of COVID jab mandation
Teresa Heinz	5 October 1938		Inherited $500 million fortune after husband died in aircraft accident, later married John Kerry.
Aga Khan IV	13 December 1936	4 February 2025	Ultra-rich leader of religious sect with own secluded pleasure island.
António Leite	3 March 1962		Portuguese economist who in 2010 wrote book criticizing "our financial irresponsibility and the succession of mistakes that have created an economy incapable of growing and modernizing". Selected to attend Bilderberg/2011.
Manuela Ferreira Leite	3 December 1940		Attended the 2006 Bilderberg conference as non-executive administrator of the Portuguese Banco Santander Totta, and the 2009 Bilderberg as President of the Social Democratic Party (which despite its name it is a liberal-conservative party).
Ernani Rodrigues Lopes	20 February 1942	2 December 2010	Portuguese politician & economist responsible for the accession talks to the EU. Attended Bilderberg/1985.
Pedro Santana Lopes	29 June 1956		Became Prime Minister of Portugal a month after attending the 2004 Bilderberg
Paulo Macedo	14 July 1963		Portuguese manager and "independent" politician who was Minister of Health when he attended the 2014 Bilderberg meeting.
Rui Machete	7 April 1940		Had a 20 year break between minister positions.
Margarida Marante	29 June 1959	5 October 2012	Portuguese political journalist who who was very close to Mário Soares. Went to the 1996 Bilderberg.
Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins	23 September 1952		Portuguese Bilderberg lawyer/politician
Rogério Martins	30 September 1928	2017	Portuguese industrial manager for Siemens and parliamentarian who attended the 1982 and 1983 Bilderberg meetings
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