Team UPC isn't too worried; all they're after is a bunch of kangaroo courts for plaintiff-friendly enforcement of millions of European Patents (broken windows theory)
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?