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Sep 15, 202410 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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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Sep 13, 20242 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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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Sep 8, 20241 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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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Sep 1, 202420 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 18, 20249 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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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 15, 20249 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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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 6, 20243 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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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jul 27, 20245 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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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jul 18, 20242 min read
Unforgettable: Rosinha's 1988 Olympic Gold for Portugal and Her Run With the 2024 Flame
The closing seconds of Rosa (Rosinha) Mota's winning marathon run at the 1988 Seoul Olympic games Portuguese Olympic champion Rosa Mota,...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jul 14, 20245 min read
Phoenix Mural of Oliveira Invokes Portugal's Great Fire of October 2017
"There is a before and after 2017," said Oliveira do Hospital President José Francisco Rolo. " It was a watershed in our lives." ...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jul 12, 20243 min read
Portuguese Police Destroy 8,000 Guns, Knives This Week, 300,000 in 12 Years
The PSP (Portuguese Public Security Police) promotes the licensing and collection of weapons through Mobile Assistance Units. ...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jul 10, 20242 min read
"Bronco Buster", U.S. Presidents Carry On
Hair Like Mine: President Barack Obama invites Jacob Philadelphia, 5, to touch his hair after the boy asked whether it was the same as...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 25, 20244 min read
Hawking “Fresh Sardines!” on Portuguese Coast
Varinas no novo mercado de peixe (Fishmongers at the new fish market) (Photo by Joshua Benoliel, 1912) Almada Virtual Museum from the...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 19, 20245 min read
Cristiano, Crystal and Clay: Portugal’s Finest Team Up
Captain of the Portuguese National Team, Cristiano Ronaldo, bought shares in two firms. He is flanked by examples of the companies’ work:...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 13, 20243 min read
Jacarandas Blaze the Way for Summer in Portugal
Eugénio de Andrade escreveu um poema: Não sei doutra gloria, doutro paraíso: à sua entrada os jacarandas estão em flor, um de cada lado./...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 6, 20248 min read
Belize Fighting Historic Wildfires Like Portugal’s
Teams from the Belize Defence Force and the National Emergency Management Organization along with villagers have been fighting wildfires...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 4, 202413 min read
Cannes’ Best Director Miguel Gomes Salutes Portuguese Masters
Grand Tour follows an Asian Grand Tour in the early 20th-century of Edward (Gonçalo Waddington), a civil servant of the British Empire,...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
May 27, 20244 min read
Portugal, Hollywood and Tolstoy’s Comets Collide
A stunning comet zoomed across the skies of parts of Portugal and Spain at 45 kilometers (28 miles) per second before burning up over the...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
May 23, 20243 min read
Portugal’s ‘Price Is Right’ Hits 4,000th Show
Presenter Fernando Mendes (Photo from Boa Onda, Correio da Manhã) The host of the television-ratings phenomenon, O Preço Certo, commended...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
May 16, 20244 min read
Fátima Lopes’ New Designs Strut Lisbon Catwalk
Fátima Lopes, third from left, with runway models (Photo from her Facebook page) She wowed Paris with her show-stopping gold and diamond...
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