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At Aljubarrota in 1385: How Farmers, Soldiers and Nobles Defended Portugal's Border
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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Aug 148 min read


Portugal: Protest for Life, Against Savannah Lithium Mine in Barroso
Rivers of tears at the prospect of bulldozing and dynamiting an ecologically balanced landscape in a mural at the protest encampment in...

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Aug 103 min read


How to Stop the Madness of Nuclear Threat
Millions of U.S. schoolchildren saw this civil defense film as the cornerstone of the government's public awareness campaign. The...

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Aug 94 min read


Portuguese GNR Soldier Saves Chained Dog From House Fire
A Guarda Nacional Republicana soldier saved a dog that was chained in a burning house in the town of Vila Ruiva, Cuba Municipality, Baixa...

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Aug 11 min read


Portugal's North Wind Blows Good and Bad
The branches on the tops of eucalyptus trees act as windsocks, indicating high wind speeds and direction. When the Nortada blows, they...

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Jul 293 min read


Advocates of the Wild Antarctic Win Portugal's Gulbenkian Prize
Adélie penguins -- People do not live permanently in Antarctica. Those who spend time in the south polar region fall into two groups....

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Jul 2310 min read


Foreign Residents Urged to Register to Vote in Portuguese Local Elections
At a time when changes in immigration and nationality laws hang in the balance, f oreign residents are being reminded that they must...

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Jul 137 min read


500 Years Later, the Fireproofing Beaver Is Back in Portugal
Rewilding Portugal has confirmed the presence of a beaver in Douro International Nature Park: "It is a symbol of hope for nature." After...

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Jul 109 min read


Answered Prayers and an HIV 'Vaccine' 40 Years Later
David Kirby, 32, who suffered complications from AIDS, is in his hour of death in April 1990. His father, Bill, cradles his head while...

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Jul 15 min read


How a Portuguese Burial Law Triggered the Maria da Fonte Women's Revolt
The marble Maria da Fonte Sculpture, by Costa Mota (uncle), stands in the Jardim Teófilo Braga in Campo de Ourique, Lisbon. It represents...

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Jun 2312 min read


Portugal: Green Energy Plans in Sines Call for Destruction of Protected Cork Oaks
A cork oak is harvested after about 25 years. It grows a thin layer of bark every year. After the bark is removed, it takes about nine...

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Jun 155 min read


Tábua Mourns Eduardo Gageiro, Who Photographed Portugal's Pride and Shame
The portrait of dictator António de Oliveira Salazar was taken down from the headquarters of PIDE, the secret police, on April 25, 1974,...

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Jun 74 min read


Portugal's Mateus Rosé Was My First
(Photo from Reddit , 2023) In the heart of Portugal, white olive florets drift like snowflakes to the green and grayish hues of the mossy...

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May 293 min read


"Vivid Memories of the Future": The Bare Midriff and Me
The Vivid Memories of the Future collection was a tribute to couturier Madeleine Vionnet (1876-1975), who is credited with introducing...

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May 193 min read


"Home-Thoughts, from Abroad" by Robert Browning
Bluebells (Photo from Pixabay) Oh, to be in England Now that April's there, And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning,...

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May 121 min read


U.K. Applauded for Ban on Chinese Solar Panels Linked to Forced Labor
Human rights groups believe that China has detained more than one million Uyghurs against their will in “re-education camps”. There are...

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May 46 min read


Portuguese Street Artist Bordalo II Trashes Excess in Paris Exhibit
(From Bordalo II's website) Bordalo II remains true to his artistic mission of exposing the devastation and excesses of some lifestyles...

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Apr 272 min read


Pope Francis (1936-2025) Urged Dialogue About "Our Common Home", Earth
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis (2013-2025), riding the bus in Argentina (Photo from South St. Joseph blog,...

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Apr 215 min read


EU Fast-Tracks 4 Lithium, Copper Projects in Portugal
(From European Commission website) For the first time, the European Commission has adopted a list of strategic projects to boost domestic strategic raw materials capabilities: 47 projects of which four are in Portugal -- three for lithium and one for copper -- all of which will benefit from "simplified licensing provisions", according to the EC (March 25). The projects in Portugal are listed as Barroso lithium extraction by Savannah Lithium in Boticas, Vila Real District; Li

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Apr 157 min read


"Resist," Says Tribal Elder Leonard Peltier Freed After 49 Years
"Today I am finally free! They may have imprisoned me, but they never took my spirit! Thank you to all my supporters throughout the world...

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Apr 817 min read
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