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Mariana Mortágua shows how offshore accounts work and what they are used for. The video can be watched here (with English subtitles) and the interview read below.

Dilma, so different now that the times have changed, can now see that the “wretched democrats who do democracy by halves are allowing the coup that will destroy them." By Francisco Louçã.

At a stage where labour relations have changed to such an extent that private and public enterprises use temporary work agencies to hire permanent workers, this is an essential question to pose. By Isabel Pires.

The use of offshore accounts to hide money or pay less tax is much older and more widespread than people think. By Mariana Mortágua.

The connection between the spread of Zika and climate change is certain. By Ricardo Coelho.

The Angolan regime condemned 17 young activists for thinking differently, for daring to read books and having meetings, for daring to say that they want something other than what is established by others. By Helena Pinto.

The “Panama Papers” are merely the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the dark world of tax havens. By Pedro Filipe Soares.

Américo Amorim opted out of a salary as president of the company, but instead earned 131 million euros in dividends from Galp Energia, paid in the Netherlands and tax free. The members of the board of the company earned 6.6 million euros.

According to data from the Bank of Portugal, in 2015, Portugal lost over 864 million euros to tax havens. The “Panama Papers” research has revealed that 244 Portuguese companies are involved in the international corruption scandal and that the owner of the PT Portugal group, a telecommunications company, used an offshore account.

Two parliamentary motions condemning political oppression in Angola, presented by the Left Bloc and the Socialist Party were rejected by votes from the Communist Party (PCP), the Social Democrats (PSD) and the Social Democratic Centre (CDS). 

I am writing from Brussels, where the horrendous terrorist attacks took place. Please forgive my crudeness, but I am writing from Brussels just as I have written from so many other places where victims of terrorism die every day. By Marisa Matias.

On the 1st March, a new law granting same-sex couples the right to adopt came into effect. Finally Portugal has become more equal, and as a result it will be fairer and healthier. By Sandra Cunha.

Catarina Martins said in her intervention that "the deal with Turkey is the latest and most frightening step in this route". The leader of the Left Bloc criticised that "what is underway is a new attack on peripheral Eurozone countries in the name of recomposing European banks at the expense of public resources and democratic sovereignty".

Portugal is probably the country in Europe where people feel more the cold. The statement may appear bizarre, as Portugal is a country in the South. But, paradoxically, it is true, and whoever knows people in other countries knows it is so. By José Soeiro.

Everyone is saying it and no one can deny it: the adoption of State’s budget by socialists and left-wing parties is an historic event. By João Semedo.