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Traces of human activity trace back in portugal over 200,000 years. Traders arrived in in the area in the 12th century in search of precious metals.
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Benin was dominated by the dahomey in the 1600-1800's. The largest inhabitants were the adja people who moved east from togo.
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Although it used to be a monarchy portugal is now a republic and has a parlimentary system of government
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Benin is a republic which gained its freedom from france. The countries current president is a former banker named yayi boni
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Portugal has ben an ally of the united states. The united states work together with Portugal and Portugal allows the united states to use a nearby air force base
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Since the 1980s spain and portugal have shared the iberian peninsula, not allways agreeing on the border and rights to water and mineral usage.
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Since early 2004 Benin and nigeria have had many problems involving smuggling and illegal activities on there borders. Some believe that certain land area that Benin claim really belong to nigeria
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There has been a lot of political coruption in Benin in the past 5 years. Top government officials have embezzled money and often steal from the government
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Since Portugal is on the border with spain on one side and has ocean on the other it does not really struggle with border violence or the problems accompanying major borders.
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Smuggling and human trafficking is a major problem on the Benin border with nigeria. Gangs and citizens from each country are clashing resulting in border violence.
