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Anyone concerned about the economic crisis looming in Portug

Portia1

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Time of past OR future Camino
Frances 2009, Portuguese 2012
Frances 2016, 2019
As Portugal and others seem to be heading for bankruptcy, anyone concerned about safety issues on the Camino?
 
Ideal sleeping bag liner whether we want to add a thermal plus to our bag, or if we want to use it alone to sleep in shelters or hostels. Thanks to its mummy shape, it adapts perfectly to our body.

€46,-
Not really.
Thieves are thieves, no matter the times.
Honest people are honest people.
It's the same all over the world - hard times -
Anyway, my answer is no.
 
...and ship it to Santiago for storage. You pick it up once in Santiago. Service offered by Casa Ivar (we use DHL for transportation).
Portugal is not alone in its economic pressures:

Moody's warns it may downgrade Spain
Posted by Colin Barr
December 15, 2010

It looks like Europe is about to get interesting again, and not in a good way.

Moody's warned Wednesday it may downgrade Spain's credit rating, citing its heavy refinancing needs in coming months, the weakening state of its small banks and the debts run up by local governments.

The comments sent European stocks modestly lower and weakened the euro against the dollar. It fetched $1.33 Wednesday morning, down from $1.34 a day earlier.

The move comes as investors continue to edge away from the bonds issued by weaker European governments such as Spain and Portugal on fears that the euro zone will break apart. Spain sold 2.5 billion euros in bonds on Tuesday, but had to pay a full percentage point more than it did a month ago for the privilege.

Rising borrowing costs threaten to strangle any chance of a recovery in an economy already dazed by 20% unemployment in the wake of a housing and construction boom that was perhaps, proportionally, three times the size of the one in the United States.
Poor does not mean criminal, however, so do not expect a crime wave. I must admit that I always put on my pack cover before going into a Spanish bus station. There was just something about the look on the loiterers' faces that made me wary.
 

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