y NA October
2003)
election results: percent of vote by party - PSP 43.9%, PSD 32.3%, CDU
9%, PP 8.3%, The Left Bloc 2.4%; seats by party - PSP 113, PSD 83, CDU
17, PP 15, The Left Bloc 2

Judicial branch: Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal de Justica, judges
appointed for life by the Conselho Superior da Magistratura

Political parties and leaders: Popular Party or PP ;
Portuguese Communist Part/United Democratic Coalition or PCP/CDU
; Portuguese Socialist Party or PSP [Antonio
GUTERRES]; Social Democratic Party or PSD ;
The Left Bloc

International organization participation: AfDB, Australia Group, BIS,
CCC, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECE, ECLAC, EIB, EMU, EU, FAO, IADB, IAEA,
IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO,
IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LAIA
(observer), MINURSO, NAM (guest), NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer),
OECD, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIBH, UNMIK,
UNMOP, UPU, WCL, WEU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO, ZC

Diplomatic representation in the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Joao Alberto Bacelar DA ROCKA PARIS
chancery: 2125 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: (202) 328-8610
FAX: (202) 462-3726
consulate(s) general: Boston, New York, Newark (New Jersey), and San
Francisco
consulate(s): Los Angeles, New Bedford (Massachusetts), Providence
(Rhode Island)

Diplomatic representation from the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Gerald S. MCGOWAN
embassy: Avenida das Forcas Armadas, 1600 Lisbon
mailing address: PSC 83, APO AE 09726
telephone: (21) 727-3300
FAX: (21) 726-9109
consulate(s): Ponta Delgada (Azores)

Flag description: two vertical bands of green (hoist side, two-fifths)
and red (three-fifths) with the Portuguese coat of arms centered on
the dividing line

@Portugal:Economy

Economy - overview: Portugal is an upcoming capitalist economy with a
per capita GDP two-thirds that of the four big West European
economies. In 1999, it continued to enjoy sturdy economic growth,
falling interest rates, and low unemployment. The country qualified
for the European Monetary Union (EMU) in 1998 and joined with 10 other
European countries in launching the euro on 1 January 1999. Portugal's
inflation rate for 1999, 2.4%, was comfortably low. The country
continues to run a trade deficit and a balance of payments deficit.
The government is working to modernize capital plant and increase the
country's competitiveness in