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The digital wind from Spain is not good; Portugal's blows better

This article provides an analytical comparison of the digital landscapes in Spain and Portugal, emphasizing that Portugal offers a more favorable environment for digital growth and investment.

Diário de Notícias7 Feb

Portugal

1802: Miguel, the future absolutist king who would seize the throne from his niece Maria II and fight the Liberal Wars of 1832–34, is born at the Palace of Queluz, son of João VI and Carlota Joaquina.
1969:The 1969 election under Caetano
Portugal holds its first legislative election under Marcelo Caetano. Although no opposition candidate is elected, the vote brings into the National Assembly the 'liberal wing' of Sá Carneiro, Pinto Balsemão and Miller Guerra, who would press for reform from within.
Read more Dictatorship and the Estado Novo, 1926–1974
1980: Marcelo Caetano, last Prime Minister of the Estado Novo, dies of a heart attack in Rio de Janeiro aged 74, in exile in Brazil since the Carnation Revolution.

Elsewhere

1863: Representatives of eleven London clubs and schools meet at the Freemasons' Tavern to found the Football Association, which went on to codify the rules of the modern game.

When did Portugal join the European Union?

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