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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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Jul 18, 20242 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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Jul 14, 20245 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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Jul 12, 20243 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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Jul 10, 20242 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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Jun 25, 20244 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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Jun 19, 20245 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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Jun 13, 20243 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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Jun 6, 20248 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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Jun 4, 202413 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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May 27, 20244 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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May 23, 20243 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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May 16, 20244 min read


Siza Vieira’s Scenic Viewpoint Opens Over Portugal’s Appalachian Trail
At Miradouro do Zebro, two round glass plates, on opposite sides of the circular platform, allow visitors to look at the rocks below...

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May 6, 20245 min read


5 Portuguese Shoot Winning Photos in European Contest
Luís Godinho, a native of Angra do Heroísmo, in the Azores, won the Reporting Golden Lens. Portuguese photographer André Boto was...

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Apr 30, 20243 min read


Soybean Oil Refinery to Crown Belize’s Success
(Photo by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, and Enterprise) “So confident is the farming community in the soybean success...

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Apr 21, 20243 min read


"March for Love" (4th of 4 screenplay acts)
For Freedoms (Hank Williams and Emily Shur in collaboration with Eric Gottesman and the Wyatt Gallery), 2018. A reimagining of Norman...

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Apr 12, 20241 min read


L.A. Schools Win Oscar on Watch of Portuguese Immigrant Alberto Carvalho
“My father had no education, but he was very intelligent, and he told me: ‘Alberto, no matter where you are, you are there.’ At the...

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Apr 11, 20246 min read


"March for Love" (3rd of 4 screenplay acts)
Corner altar at a San Francisco botanica (Photo by Wendy Goodfriend) She is nearly 40 and single. He is 23. She is keeping him a...

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Apr 5, 20241 min read


Cindazunda Guards Coimbra 1,600 Years On
Princess Cindazunda, the work of Pedro Figueiredo, is at the Praça do Arnado on Avenida Fernão de Magalhães, in Coimbra, Portugal....

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Apr 4, 20243 min read


"March for Love" (2nd of 4 screenplay acts)
Marcel Camus’ 1959 film brings the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to the 20th-century madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro....

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Mar 29, 20241 min read
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