Portuguese stage general strike against relentless austerity

By Axel Bugge and Andrei Khalip LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese trade unions staged a one-day general strike on Thursday against relentless austerity which has deepened the worst economic slump since the 1970s, but support outside the public transport sector was patchy and the government seemed unlikely to back down. Previous strikes and protests about the tough terms of Portugal's 78 billion euro ($100 billion) bailout by the European Union and IMF in 2011 have been largely non-violent, unlike unrest in Greece or more recently Brazil and Turkey. ...

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