Brazil's presidential first round is on Sunday, 4 October. Voters in Portugal cast ballots from 8:00 to 17:00 at three University of Lisbon buildings, at ISEP in Porto and in Faro. Here is what to bring and why voting is compulsory.
The heart Pedro IV left to Porto in 1834 is on view in the Lapa brotherhood's Great Hall until 16:00 on Sunday, free of charge. It was never shown in public until 2022, when it travelled to Brazil for the bicentenary.
The free status that gives Brazilian residents the same rights as Portuguese citizens: who qualifies, what it gives and withholds, and how to apply.
The Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro withdrew the honour on Thursday, 85 years after the Universidade do Brasil conferred it. The citation names censorship, repression, colonial policy and the academics the Estado Novo forced out. It landed in the same year as a propaganda pact.
Twenty-seven Portuguese startups landed at Web Summit Rio on Monday for the 8–11 June run, with €20 million in cumulative backing and 269 employees spread across Lisboa, Funchal, Aveiro and Mirandela — Startup Portugal and Unicorn Factory Lisboa anchor the fourth-consecutive Brazil push.
Portuguese wines hold roughly 18% of the Brazilian import market, third behind Chile and Argentina. The EU-Mercosur tariff schedule — 27% to 24% in May 2026 and to zero by 2034 — is forecast to push Portugal to 22% and past Argentina, with Cartuxa expecting 15% Brazil revenue growth.
The OAP and OAB met in Lisbon on Thursday 5 June 2026 to negotiate the resumption of the bilateral reciprocity instrument that Portugal terminated in 2023 — 4,039 Brazilian lawyers already practise in Portugal under pre-rupture inscriptions, 13% of the active 32,000-strong bar.
