http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2012/mar/23/photojournalist-lisbon-pictures#/?picture=387742613&index=6
TO SEE :8 Lisboa Strike Fotos.
Yesterday...some discouraged Portuguese joined a national strike against new austerity measures...that snarled traffic in Lisboa and shut ports.
But the protest was described as much smaller than past turnouts...with only sporadic clashes...and few arrests and injuries.
TO READ:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/22/us-portugal-strike-idUSBRE82L0Y120120322
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