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Portugal: Galp Drops Plans to Build Lithium Refinery
(From article by Monash University, Australia) Portuguese energy company Galp has decided not to proceed with its 1.1 billion-euro...
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Nov 2510 min read
Portugal's Assembly to Mark Contentious 1975 Failed Coup
The first of more than 30 "flash" messages which U.S. Ambassador Frank Carlucci sent back to Washington, D.C. on the November 25, 1975...
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Nov 202 min read
Portugal: Art From its Heart
The Other Worlds Artist Collective exhibit is at the Verdalhão Restaurant, Rua da Indústria, in Tábua, Coimbra District, until Sunday,...
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Nov 155 min read
Coimbra Exhibit: A Who's Who of Counterculture Art
Ouve-me ( Listen to Me ) (1979) by Helena Almeida is in the exhibit at Centro de Arte Visuais, Pátio da Inquisição, in Coimbra,...
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Nov 51 min read
Americans: How to Save Our Democracy
(Photo from Pixabay) When I was in the sixth grade at St. Ladislaus Elementary School, the class ate lunch at our desks. Volunteer "lunch...
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Nov 46 min read
Portugal's Protected Cork Oaks Must Be Cleared for Lithium-Battery Factory's High-Voltage Lines
Legislation imposes heavy fines for damage or improper management of cork oaks. For example, it is not permitted to fell cork oaks whose...
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Oct 284 min read
Portuguese Kids to Design Projects Detecting Fake News
"Beaches in the Algarve evacuated yesterday afternoon": Mirage wave scares bathers" -- Grupo Impresa CEO Francisco Pedro Balsemão said...
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Oct 189 min read
Portugal's First Woman Prime Minister: Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo
"An avowed Catholic and leftist, single and a feminist before her time, strong-willed and sweet, she left a mark on those who knew her,"...
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Oct 104 min read
Portuguese Modernist Almada Negreiros Represents in Spain
In a cultural initiative with Spain, Auto-Retrato em Grupo ( Pintura para o café "A Brasileira" do Chiado, Lisboa ), or Self-Portrait in...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Oct 32 min read
Autumn Migration: "Why Not Stay On?" From "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame
Four animal friends -- Mr. Water Rat, Mr. Mole, Mr. Badger and Mr. Toad -- protect each other in their adventures through Britain's four...
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Sep 265 min read
Portuguese Historic Famel Motorbike to Ride Into the Future
The esteemed Famel bike, which is found today in the garages of some owners and on the rural roads of others (Photo from Motos de...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Sep 205 min read
Portugal, Tábua Mourn Firefighters, Victims of Shocking Fires
(From left to right) Sónia Cláudia Melo, Paulo Jorge Santos and Susana Cristina Carvalho are the three volunteer firefighters from Vila...
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Sep 1510 min read
Portugal: Have Your Say on Galp-Northvolt Lithium-Conversion Factory
Lithium is never found in its elemental form in nature, according to Savannah Lithium's website. However, it occurs in more than 100...
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Sep 132 min read
Portuguese Pop Artist António Palolo in Coimbra Show
Sem Título (Untitled) When crossing the threshold of Centro de Artes Visuais, the gallery visitor vacates the everyday of Coimbra for the...
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Sep 81 min read
At 70, I've Earned My Stripes
At my desk An artist in her 40s, whom I had just met at a restaurant in Lisbon this summer, asked me my age. "Seventy in September," I...
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Sep 120 min read
East Indians as Indentured "Slaves" in Belize, Caribbean
(From left to right) My maternal great-Aunt Doris, my great-grandfather, who was from Madras, now Chennai, India, my great-Uncle Edward...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 189 min read
Exiled Afghan Musicians in Portugal Play Carnegie Hall
The Afghan Youth Orchestra at Carnegie Hall with its conductor, Tiago Moreira da Silva, in the back on the right with outstretched arms...
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Aug 159 min read
Joly Braga Santos' Opera Returns to Lisbon Stage 36 Years Later
In 1978, Joly Braga Santos directing a rehearsal at Lisbon's Nacional Teatro São Carlos (Photo by DR) Joly Braga Santos...
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Aug 63 min read
Village Bell Sounds Within Portuguese Souls
(Photo by António de Paiva) The chapel bell keeps time in the village, ringing out each hour, one chime at a time. Though this past...
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Jul 275 min read
Portuguese Saudade: "Meu Querido Mês de Agosto"
Who better than a Portuguese emigrant to sing about the anguish of leaving home and the bittersweet respite of spending the August...
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