CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD

Kariba has spent 40 years in European zoos. Born in Zimbabwe, her family was lost to an ivory cull in the mid-1980s. She was sent to a zoo in Germany. In 2012, she was moved to Pakawi Park in Belgium, where she found companionship with Jenny, who was retired from circus life. When Jenny died in 2022, Kariba was left alone again. Now, Pangea plans for her to become the first elephant at its sanctuary in Alentejo, Portugal, next year. (Photo by Pakawi Park) In t

A Portuguese Inquisition public sentencing, auto-da-fe, in Lisbon (The National Library of Israel) For eight years, the Portuguese Brazilian psychoanalyst has lived in Portugal with her husband, who is a Portuguese citizen, and with whom they have a daughter born in the country. She could apply for nationality through several channels but wanted to do so only through one. "I want to apply for Portuguese nationality because I am a descendant of Sephardic Jews

Photo of author picking olives in the rain (Photo by Cynthia Adina Kirkwood) Such a pleasure to pick olives in a harvest, where accountability is in the crop itself. Plump and healthy fruit promises to yield delicious oil. There are the riper black and sepia olives, deep reds, many with variegated colors, and the younger pale green ones, which give a peppery taste to the oil. In Oliveira do Hospital Municipality, standing under the silvery green leaves of a tree, it seems li

Descendants of Portuguese Sephardic Jews would lose easier access to becoming Portuguese citizens as reparations for the Portuguese Inquisition in which the sentencing, the auto-da-fe, was pronounced in public session, cloaked in solemnity, in places where a great number of the public could be present, such as town squares. A sermon preceded the reading of the sentence, followed by a procession of great circumstance, leading to the place of execution of the sentence. In Coimb

Jamal Galves feeding a rescued manatee calf (Photo from Clearwater Marine Aquarium) Wherever he goes, Jamal Galves said that he carries his country, Belize, and his people. He was true to his word when he ascended a London stage to accept an award for his more than two decades championing the endangered and gentle Greater Caribbean Manatee, of which Belize is home to its last stronghold. "It is not just about the award. It's about the opportunity and the platform that it cre

Francisco Pinto Balsemão with stacks of sections of the weekly, Expresso , which he founded in 1973. (Photo by Alberto Frias) When I heard the news of the death of Francisco Pinto Balsemão, I was having breakfast today while listening to RTP Antena 2 on the radio. He died on October 21 at age 88. Such sad news. I never met Francisco Pinto Balsemão. However, I feel that the journalist comes into my home every Friday with the latest edition of his Expresso . As an

Amended Foreigners' Law restricts family reunification (Photo from Pixabay ) After two weeks of speculation following Parliament's approval of an amended Lei de Estrangeiros (Foreigners' Law) , President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa signed the immigration-tightening bill which marks a departure from Portugal's immigration policy. "For a long time, the parliamentary majority -- and theoretically the country's majority -- was on a certain wave. That wav

(Photo from Foundation for Fresh Produce) Vai à mercearia e compra ameixa seca. P´ra o intestino a ameixa é levada de breca! O mal do Ocidente -- quem há que não o sinta? -- é não ter a tripa sempre limpa. Com seus altos valores, o Ocidente dá demais ao dente, dá por demais ao dente. Põe-me os olhos nos povos que só comem arroz: dão melhores guerrilheiros do que nós. Um saquitel de arroz, uma biciclet´, arma na bandoleira -- e lá vai o viet. "Noss povo", ao contrario, come o

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(Photo by Karolina Grabowska/Pixabay) Portugal has banned the use of smartphones in public and private schools, Years 1 through 6,...

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Portuguese and English armies defeating a French vanguard of the King of Castile in the Fernandine Wars. On the far right, King Fernando...

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