I’m often criticised because I seem to always make detractions about my own country, Portugal. The fact I’ve left it to study abroad in the UK doesn’t help my patriotism either. And since I was gone away I tend to move quite a lot and each year I stay less and less time in my homeland.
I love Portugal , its people – warm-hearted, fun loving, true pure latino blood – however I don’t like at all the state of our society nowadays.
Being abroad most of the time doesn’t give much space to be in contact with the Portuguese daily life, and when I hear about it is on
the not so bright side. However I much admit I should look more into my roots, and what is happening around them.

Currently we are the poorest country in Western-Europe and one of the top penniless of all European Union. I left my country to arrive at the UK , where I had more privileges by being Portuguese than in my motherland. I didn’t have to pay fees, dentist, ophthalmologist, medicines, and was very much helped my a strange society.
Last year’s scandal about all the paedophiles that molested all those innocent children, being them people from the media, government and charity institutions made me feel sick!
To add to the state of affairs we protect the private corporate interests more than of our own people.
We are a true 3rd world industrialized “wanna-be” nation who thinks to be very smart, always looking at our past full of blood-shed, and feeling so proud about it!
The people leading our country always try to use their positions and influence to their own privilege, ignoring the entire society that day to day is more hungry, poor, and hopeless!
Since 1984 we don’t have anyone charged of corruption convicted at the country’s administrative level! We had to be formaly adverted by the European Parliament; stating that Portugal does not possess any proper system to fight back corruption.
Interesting…
We have a deficient economy and self-destructive governments, but ‘hey!’ we have no CORRUPTION! How strange is that?
Having said that, who are you and what have to done so far that allows you to judge me? And by the way… I never felt too much of your nationalism!