Filipe Luís Filipe Luís (b. 1963) runs the politics pages of Portuguese weekly Visão, and is a regular television commentator. He previously worked for O Clarim, a Macao Catholic weekly and the now defunct daily O Jornal. Updated: 14 April 2011
Spurred by the economic crisis, Angolans are eagerly buying up Portuguese firms, acquiring a wide range of businesses including banks, oil companies, media outlets and telecom operators. The trend is in part due to the lack of funds on one side and the abundance of cash on the other, but that is not the only explanation. 
The strings that will come attached to the bailout plan from the IMF and the EU leaves two solutions to the Portuguese: go back to the way they lived before the Union came along, or roll up their sleeves. An editorialist calls on his countrymen to make the effort, and to do it with optimism.