Get Carl’s full news, weather & currency update every weekday morning at Carl Munson’s Portugal Club, plus deep language & culture immersion, and our 300+ Portugal-passionate community. From $4 a month, with a free 7-day trial: www.theportugalclub.com #GoodMorningPortugal #PortugalNews #Rossio #RenataCambra #HousingProtests #Netflix #OperationTap #Salazar #CocaCola #HeatherBinder #Portugal2026

Get Carl’s full news, weather & currency update every weekday morning at Carl Munson’s Portugal Club, plus deep language & culture immersion, and our 300+ Portugal-passionate community. From $4 a month, with a free 7-day trial: www.theportugalclub.com #GoodMorningPortugal #PortugalNews #HousingProtests #Lisbon #Porto #1755Earthquake #Emigration #Chega #AndreVentura #Sporting #Portugal2026

Get Carl’s full news, weather & currency update every weekday morning at Carl Munson’s Portugal Club, plus deep language & culture immersion, and our 300+ Portugal-passionate community. From $4 a month, with a free 7-day trial: www.theportugalclub.com #GoodMorningPortugal #PortugalNews #PresidentSeguro #HousingProtests #SandCity #Lagoa #Algarve #SandSculpture #ChineseCommunity #Portugal2026

Get Carl’s full news, weather & currency update every weekday morning at Carl Munson’s Portugal Club, plus deep language & culture immersion, and our 300+ Portugal-passionate community.  From $4 a month, with a free 7-day trial: www.theportugalclub.com #GoodMorningPortugal #PortugalNews #HousingProtests #Court #Lula #FlavioBolsonaro #BrazilElection #InheritanceLaw #Lisbon #Porto #Portugal2026

On Friday 23rd October 2026, Carl Munson’s Good Morning Portugal! news leads with the clocks going back on Sunday 25th October (02:00 mainland, 01:00 in the Azores), the conclusion of the Rossio housing protests by popular vote at half past midnight last night, and a massive citizenship-application backlog of 690,000 pending cases. There will be a march this weekend and a vigil in Marvila for an evicted mother with two children; the 55 people detained earlier in the week are due before a judge on 27 October. Other headlines include the government passing a law to unblock almost half a million “frozen” homes, and Portugal’s property wealth increasingly concentrated among the richest 10%. Weather stays cloudy, with Lisbon at 22°C and Faro 24°C. Carl is joined by Natasha Donn for the Portugal Resident news review at 09:15... #GoodMorningPortugal #PortugalNews #ClocksBack #Rossio #HousingProtests #CitizenshipBacklog #FrozenHomes #Marvila #PortugalResident #Portugal2026

On Wednesday 21st October 2026, Carl Munson’s Good Morning Portugal! news reports that Portuguese housing protests continue after a dawn police clearance in Lisbon that detained 55 people (later released under investigation). Despite the crackdown, demonstrators returned to Rossio and voted to reinstall tents, with the movement also gathering in Coimbra and Faro.  Other headlines include Coimbra hosting the GLEX Ignition Space Exploration event, Buçaco National Forest achieving therapeutic certification, registered unemployment falling, and the government confirming VASP’s victory in a newspaper-distribution tender.  Weather is rainy and windy on the Silver Coast, with Lisbon at 22°C and Faro 23°C. #GoodMorningPortugal #PortugalNews #HousingProtests #Rossio #Lisbon #Coimbra #Faro #Bucaco #GLEX #VASP #Portugal2026

On Tuesday 20th October 2026, Carl Munson’s Good Morning Portugal! news reports that police dismantled housing-protest camps in Lisbon and possibly Porto early this morning, with tents removed from public squares.  Other headlines include Cristiano Ronaldo being handed a 30-day suspension by the Portuguese Football Federation, Faro Council dropping an unused €16.4 million loan and planning a new investment package, calls for expanded waste treatment in the Algarve, and Volkswagen Autoeuropa workers rejecting a wage freeze.  Weather turns more autumnal and cloudy, with Lisbon at 20°C and Porto only 17°C.  Author Christopher L. Jones of Meet the Tugas joins. #GoodMorningPortugal #PortugalNews #HousingProtests #Lisbon #Porto #CristianoRonaldo #Faro #Autoeuropa #MeetTheTugas #ChristopherLJones #Portugal2026

Portugal protests stay peaceful, meet Ventura & cops rescue snake plus weather & currency On Monday 19th October 2026, Carl Munson’s Good Morning Portugal! news reports widespread weekend protests across Lisbon, Porto and other cities over rising costs and the housing crisis, with calls for better wages, improved public services, rent caps and an end to speculative investment.  The movement, backed by several opposition parties, plans a national day of action in November, and Carl notes that protests have so far remained peaceful compared with scenes from France. Porto’s housing protests have now entered their tenth day amid communication issues with police, while Chega admits a deficit to finance an emergency housing plan.  Other headlines include the Chega leader addressing the International Club of Portugal on 22 October, a strong London turnout of people interested in moving to Portugal, a €50 million Barraqueiro investment in 283 electric vehicles and charging points projected to cut 8,000 tonnes of CO₂ a year, and GNR officers rescuing a snake from protective netting.  Lisbon is forecast at 25°C. #GoodMorningPortugal #PortugalNews #HousingProtests #CostOfLiving #Porto #Chega #RentCaps #ElectricFleet #PeacefulProtests #Portugal2026 

Anger mounts in Spain as woman whose eviction ignited housing protests dies

MADRID, Spain – Tens of thousands of people marched across Spain on Oct. 3 demanding action on housing, one day