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Portuguese media chilled by Angolan involvement

By Jean-Paul Marthoz/CPJ Senior Adviser
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos (left) and Anibal Cavaco Silva, president of Portugal, in Lisbon in 2009. (AFP/Joao Cortesao)

Portuguese journalists are increasingly concerned by Angola's growing investment and influence in their country. Buoyed by petrodollars and diamonds, powerful Angolan interests have been indulging in a buying spree in their former colonial power. Angolan capital invested in Portugal increased 35 times in the past decade, according to news reports. In a process often acidly described in Lisbon as a form of "reverse colonization," Angolans have gobbled up not only significant chunks of Portugal's banking, telecommunications, and energy companies, but also invested in the Portuguese media sector. 

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March 20, 2013 2:44 PM ET | | Comments (1) | Also in Português
Tags: Censored, Correio da Manhâ, Defamation, Expresso, Harassed, Isabel dos Santos, Jornal de Negocios, José Eduardo dos Santos, Killed, Legal Action, Newshold, People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola, Pineview Overseas, Radio e Televisâo Portuguesa, Sol, Visâo
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Portuguese police assault AFP photographer

(Reuters/Hugo Correia)
This combination of pictures shows a policeman beating Agence France-Presse photojournalist Patricia de Melo Moreira during a Portuguese general strike in downtown Lisbon yesterday, according to Reuters. The strikers were protesting economic austerity measures. A number of Melo's photos from the strike can be viewed on the Guardian's website.
March 23, 2012 5:37 PM ET | | Also in Português
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Attacked, Patricia de Melo Moreira
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