The definition of Manchurian Candidate is a person who has unknowingly been convinced to act toward some interest. The term was created by Richard Condon in his 1959 novel by the same name. The story in the novel has been used to make two movies, 1962 and 2004.
1 Their reaction is almost always one. 2  Portuguese are generally known as explorers, thanks to Vasco da Gama, Henry the Navigator, Bartolomeu Dias, Pedro Alvares Cabral and FernÃ£o de MagalhÃ£es, among others.  References to their wine (âportoâ), Fado music or sardines are also typical, as are their beaches.
Portugal and Spain Portugal was the first European country to trade in slaves from Africa, initially mainly to bring them back to Portugal (there were 32,000 African slaves in Portugal in the 16th century, working mainly in the fields and sugar plantations).ome, such as England, France and Portugal used slave labour in their colonies while others, such as the Netherlands, Norway and Denmark, were mainly active in the commercial trade and shipping, thus contributing to the trade by carrying slaves from Africa to the Caribbean and Latin America.