Notes: the picture was created by weaving together two separate images from the public domain (via Wikimedia, as usual) and Windows Vista's promotional images. We are still very careful with copyrights.
In the political turmoil which followed the fall of the old regime, the communists seemed to be acquiring a dominant position and there was a very real risk that Portugal could end up aligned with the Eastern Bloc if they were not stopped
What will happen when all those loans for slop (Ponzi scheme) stop and companies' marketing budgets - which include media bribes for hype campaigns - are no more?