The coordinator of Portugal’s Left Bloc, Francisco Louçã, last night thanked the 550 thousand Portuguese who voted for the Bloco in yesterday’s parliamentary elections, thus ensuring that it would more than double its parliamentary representation.
The coordinator of Portugal’s Left Bloc, Francisco Louçã
“Never before has a party achieved such an increase in percentage terms. The Left Bloc has shown that being a left alternative and fightback can defeat an absolute majority [of the Socialist Party].”
The Left Bloc will now be represented in parliament by 16 MPs.
Statement by the Secretariat of the Fourth International Executive Bureau
July 2026
“Popular mobilisation is crucial in a country that has endured repeated crises, a blockade and the deterioration of public services in recent years, and it gives full meaning to the saying ‘Only the people can save the people’. ”
In order to detrermine its position for the 2027 presidential elections, the NPA-l’Anticapitaliste held a national conference on 27 and 28 June 2026. This conference brought together delegates representing the activists of the NPA-l’Anticapitaliste, who had debated and voted in the general assemblies held throughout June.
MIHANDS has always been fueled by people, not deep pockets. Because we lack the massive financial reserves and pre-staged stockpiles of larger international agencies, our response standard operating procedure is a race against time to mobilize—gathering our volunteer network, fundraising, and sourcing materials from scratch whenever a crisis hits.