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Francisco José Viegas will succeed Pedro Mexia, who served as the Culture consultant for Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. Additionally, the Patriarchate of Lisbon calls for “wisdom to prevail” regarding religious freedom.
The writer served for one year as Secretary of State for Culture in the first PSD/CDS government led by Pedro Passos Coelho in 2011.
On Wednesday, during a trip to New York, USA, the Minister of Culture, Margarida Balseiro Lopes, took the opportunity to meet with several Portuguese and Luso-American artists.
More than 140 artists and other cultural professionals sent a letter to Margarida Balseiro Lopes calling for a long-term deposit in Belém to be included in the protocol currently under negotiation.
