Paulo Alves is 52 years old and was elected Mayor of Monchique on 26 September 2021. Before that, he worked as a bank manager at Caixa Agrícola, Banco Espírito Santo and Novo Banco. ECO123 interviewed the new Socialist mayor and his deputy, Humberto Sério, at a business lunch invitation. Transparency note: lunch was paid for by the Council. Do you remember the forest fire in Monchique in August 2018? Paulo Alves: Yes, I remember it perfectly. It was more than four years ago. The trial at Portimão Court was cancelled before it even started. The investigating magistrate didn’t …
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