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‘It’s glottophobia’: Brazilians in Portugal battle for linguistic recognition

Brazilian speech therapists say struggle for acceptance is part of wider prejudice embedded into Portuguese society Not long after she started studying to become a nurse in Portugal, Iracema Ferreira began bringing a dictionary to her classes as a retort to accusations she was…

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