HITJ highlights the extraordinary Portuguese international study program the Study in Portugal Network (SiPN) powered by the Luso-American Foundation (FLAD), with Executive Board Member Michael Baum and Education Director Ricardo Pereira. SiPN's founders talk about the many study opportunities in Portugal through this unparalleled study abroad program, the growth of international studies in Portugal; and FLAD's bi-national, cultural, educational, scientific, and diplomatic mission.
In their opening segment, Miguel and Gil talk about the SCU Toreense's recent unprecedented victory in the Taça de Portugal national soccer competition – the first time in the tournament's 100+ year history that a club outside of the First Division won the commpetition. They discuss the financial challenges facing lower division clubs in Portugal, and Gil's \"glory days\" as a young soccer player with C.F. Santa Iria de Azoia.
Recorded at FLAD in Lapa, Lisbon.
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