Um país de desconfiados

«Politically stable and free from civil unrest since the mid-1980s, Portugal is the highest-ranked southern European country in the Global Peace Index. Relations with neighbouring countries are very good and the level of violent crime is very low, although human rights accord less respect than the top-ranked eight countries in the index. Other measures of safety and security in society, such as the likelihood of violent demonstrations, the level of distrust in other citizens and the number of internal security officers and police per head of population are fairly low in global terms, but notably higher than the Nordic countries surveyed. Access to small arms and light weapons is heavily restricted.»