US cancels programmes at Portuguese universities

The United States government has cancelled a programme at Portugal’s Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) that would have allowed it to have a space for promoting American culture on its premises, with the Portuguese institution being questioned about links to terrorist organisations, reports TPN/Lusa.

The president of IST, Rogério Colaço, told Lusa that he received communication of the cancellation on 5 March of the programme called ‘American Corners’ with “immediate effect”, and, on the same day, an inquiry with “quite inappropriate questions” about whether IST collaborated or not, or was cited or not, in accusations or investigations involving terrorist associations, cartels, human and drug trafficking, or organisations that promote mass immigration.

“Técnico responded that it would not respond to the questionnaire because it was not appropriate for a public higher education institution to be subject to public and legal scrutiny in a democratic country that is a member of the European Union,” stated Colaço.
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