Background and figures as recorded in the CIA World Factbook.
A global maritime power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence of Brazil, its wealthiest colony, in 1822. A revolution deposed the monarchy in 1910, and for most of the next six decades, repressive governments ran the country. In 1974, a left-wing military coup ushered in broad democratic reforms. The following year, Portugal granted independence to all its African colonies. Portugal is a founding member of NATO and entered the EC (now the EU) in 1986.
Source: CIA World Factbook — a work of the US government, in the public domain
20 on file. Listed because operations, tax and reporting are usually organised at this level rather than nationally.
| Name | Type | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Évora | District | PT-07 |
| Portalegre | District | PT-12 |
| Viana do Castelo | District | PT-16 |
| Castelo Branco | District | PT-05 |
| Guarda | District | PT-09 |
| Bragança | District | PT-04 |
| Vila Real | District | PT-17 |
| Braga | District | PT-03 |
| Faro | District | PT-08 |
| Beja | District | PT-02 |
| Setúbal | District | PT-15 |
| Lisboa | District | PT-11 |
| Santarém | District | PT-14 |
| Leiria | District | PT-10 |
| Coimbra | District | PT-06 |
| Aveiro | District | PT-01 |
| Porto | District | PT-13 |
| Madeira | Autonomous region | PT-30 |
| Azores | Autonomous region | PT-20 |
| Viseu | District | PT-18 |
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Roarcry · the church
A donation to the congregation. It is not repaid, earns nothing, and carries no claim on anything. Roarcry is not a registered 501(c)(3), so give as a gift rather than for a write-off.
A gift named for Portugal is a restricted gift: recorded against Portugal and spent there. If it cannot be spent there within a year it is pooled into the general fund and spent wherever it is needed most. That is a term of the gift, said here so that giving is agreeing to it.
Investment Fund, LLC · the issuer
A subscription for Class B units. It is at risk, it is not tax-deductible, it is not a donation, and you can lose all of it. Open only to verified accredited investors.
One fund covers every country on the map, on one set of terms. No country has its own vehicle, its own minimum or its own return.
The church is not the issuer, not a guarantor and not a party to any subscription. No donation to the church confers any interest in the fund.
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