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Pedrógão Grande Fire’s “Trial of Shame”
Most of the fatalities occurred on this road as residents tried to flee the fire. The president of the municipality of Oliveira do...

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Aug 10, 20213 min read


How Black U.S. Skyjackers Flew Into 50 Years of Calm in Portugal, Guinea-Bissau and France
In Miami, an FBI agent in swimming trunks carried a $1 million ransom in a heavy suitcase to a position under the open door of the...

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Aug 9, 202113 min read


Portugal Seeks Immigrants to Boost Population
"In the interior territories, we will manage to stop the loss of population," said Ana Abrunhosa, the Minister for Territorial Cohesion. ...

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Aug 2, 20214 min read


Portugal’s €615 Million Plan for Forest Fire Management
2017 was Portugal's worst year for fires: 520,000 hectares burned (Photo by Lusa) The Portuguese government agreed to a transformational...

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Jul 29, 20214 min read


Voting Rights Hysteria or Common Sense
"The vote is precious," said the late Congressman John Lewis. (Photo by the Los Angeles Times) Voting is compulsory in the democracies of...

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Jul 26, 20219 min read


Vaccines: Let's Not Give Up On Each Other
In response to a recent piece of mine on COVID-19, an English immigrant thanked me for telling her how to get a vaccine in Portugal,...

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Jul 19, 20214 min read


Unknown Owners of 50% of Portuguese Land Hinder Fire Prevention
"Buçaco forest demands a whole vocabulary which, once spoken, tells us that there's still everything left to say. You don't describe...

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Jul 13, 20215 min read


Portugal’s Urgent Race: Vaccine vs. Virus
In the spring, the youngest returned to school first The highly transmissible Delta variant has pushed Portugal onto the fourth wave of...

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Jul 5, 20214 min read


Compulsion to Farm: An Art Form
Linda Goode Bryant's urban farm exhibit at Gagosian in New York in Social Works, a show curated by critic Antwuan Sargent that considers...

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Jul 2, 20215 min read


Some Get Vaccine Cash; Most Just Wait for Vaccines
Our climb up this mountain of COVID-19 is not personal, nor is it local or national. We are all scaling the same mountain of COVID-19....

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Jun 28, 20211 min read


Portugal: Vaccine Age Drops As Infected Get Younger
The country is in a state of calamity; restrictions vary regionally. (Photo by AFP) Age eligibility for a COVID-19 vaccine...

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Jun 26, 20213 min read


Portugal: Why Foreign Residents Should Vote -- Chega
(Photo by Rodrigo Antunes) Now is the time for foreign residents to register at their junta de freguesia (parish) to vote in Portugal’s...

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Jun 25, 20214 min read


My Father, Grandfather and I
My grandfather, Joseph "Daddy Joe" Horatio Kirkwood was one of two right-hand men of Robert Turton, the first millionaire in Belize. My...

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Jun 20, 20211 min read


Pedrógão Grande Fire 4 Years Ago: 11 on Trial Now
Most of the deaths occurred on National Road 236-1, which connects Castanheira de Pera to Figueiró dos Vinhos. ...

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Jun 16, 20213 min read


Bloomsday: Heady With Joyce
The author, dressed for the occasion, at the turn of this century Bloomsday is June 16th. A commemoration of the Irish writer, James...

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Jun 14, 20215 min read


"Minari": Peppery, Bitter and Resilient
The soil's rich color, "that's why I picked this place," says Jacob (Steven Yuen). "Because of the dirt color?" his wife, Monica (Yeri...

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Jun 13, 20214 min read


Portugal: What You Are Asked at Vaccine Centers
Before getting the vaccine, patients complete a 12-point health questionnaire at the firefighters (bombeiros) station in Oliveira do...

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Jun 11, 20214 min read


Portugal's Epic (Os Lusíadas) by Camões: Navigators, Kings and Gods
ARMcollective's cover of The Lusiadas (Canto VII). The canto is prefaced with a synopsis by writer Jose Luis Peixoto. Imagine medieval...

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Jun 10, 20213 min read


Portugal: Fewer Rules, More Vaccines
Vice-Admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo took over the helm of the vaccine rollout in February. (Photo by Lusa) Most of Portugal...

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Jun 9, 20213 min read


Portugal: 45+ Can Book Vaccines Online
(Photo by Ricardo Lopes) People 45 years of age and older can sign up online for a COVID-19 vaccine appointment, according to SIC...

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Jun 7, 20212 min read
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