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Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa addresses the country after hosting a meeting of the Council of State at the Belem presidential palace in Lisbon, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Antonio Costa resigned while his government is involved in a widespread corruption probe. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Portugal’s president dissolves parliament and calls an early election after prime minister quit

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More than a dozen ambulances queue waiting to hand over their COVID-19 patients to medics at the Santa Maria hospital in Lisbon, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. Portugal's COVID-19 surge is continuing unabated, with a new record of daily deaths, hospitalizations and patients in intensive care. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Center-right incumbent wins Portugal’s presidential election

By BARRY HATTON - Associated Press

Cars drive past election campaign billboards for presidential candidates Marisa Matias, left, and Andre Ventura, right, in Lisbon, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Portugal holds a presidential election on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021 and the moderate incumbent candidate is widely seen as the sure winner. But an intriguing question for many Portuguese is how well a brash new populist challenger fares in the ballot. Mainstream populism is a novelty in Portugal. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

In Portugal presidential race, how high can a populist fly?

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FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday June 17, 2020, Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa after addressing the media at the Belem presidential palace in Lisbon. The office of the Portuguese president said Tuesday Jan. 12, 2021, that Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has tested positive for coronavirus although the veteran politician has no symptoms for the COVID-19 disease. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, FILE)

Portugal’s president awaits virus advice in self-isolation

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FILE - In this Sunday, July 14, 2019 file photo, Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa leaves after a lunch at the Elysee Palace that followed Bastille Day parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris. The office of Portugal's 71-year-old president said Sunday March 8, 2020 that he has canceled all public activities and will stay at home amid the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)

Portugal’s president self-isolates amid virus outbreak

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