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Lithium Mining in Portugal: EU Update
The Lusorecursos Portugal Lithium mine could jeopardize the survival of the protected endangered Iberian wolf in the country’s only U.N....

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Sep 20, 202511 min read


U.S. Filmmaker Ken Burns: "The Revolution Was Our Civil War"
The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis (1820) is an oil painting by John Trumbull. It depicts the successful siege of Yorktown, Virginia, by...

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Sep 17, 20257 min read


Portugal's Years 1-6 Students Start School Without Smartphones
(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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Sep 11, 20259 min read


What Portugal Learned From the Deadly Great October and Pedrógão Fires of 2017
Domingos Xavier Viegas coordinated reports on the Pedrógão Grande fire in June and the Great Fire of October 2017 at the Center for...

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Sep 3, 202516 min read


Portuguese Eduardo Serra (1943-2025) Realized Film Directors' Visions
Cinematographer Eduardo Serra made movie-goers cringe while watching British director David Yates' Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,...

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 24, 20255 min read


Wynton Marsalis Compares Jazz With Democracy
Jazz's "ethical framework of reference is about achieving balance. That's what the American Constitution struggles with: how you you...

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Aug 22, 20254 min read


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 14, 20258 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...

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 10, 20253 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 9, 20254 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...

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 1, 20251 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...

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jul 29, 20253 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....

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jul 23, 202510 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 13, 20257 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...

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jul 10, 20259 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 1, 20255 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...

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 23, 202512 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 15, 20255 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 7, 20254 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...

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
May 29, 20253 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 19, 20253 min read
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