Free from creditors' control, Portugal still struggles with austerity

One year after gaining freedom from the control of its international creditors, Portugal has succeeded in dramatically improving its economy, though most people are still struggling under the stringent austerity measures. In 2011, Portugal received a 78 billion euro (89 billion dollar) loan to save its failing economy, joining one of the EU's other struggling economies, Ireland, in being bailed out. In a sense, Portugal made the painful decisions that people in Greece, another eurozone coun