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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Sep 18, 202315 min read
Museum of Carmen Miranda, the Most Famous Portuguese Woman, Reopens in Brazil
Carmen Miranda sings Tico-Tico no Fubá in the 1947 film, Copacabana, in which she co-starred with comedian and actor Groucho Marx. She...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Sep 10, 20238 min read
Portugal OKs 2nd Lithium Mine, But Opponents Say “We Won’t Stop”
The author lives in the foothills of the Serra da Estrella which, until February 2022, had been considered for lithium exploration. She...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Sep 8, 20236 min read
Remembering the Dead at Portugal’s Unique “Little Souls”
A votive candleholder left at a granite pillar "little soul" in a village of Oliveira do Hospital Municipality, Coimbra District ...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 31, 20236 min read
“If Ireland Did It, Why Can’t Portugal” Grow Into Economic Powerhouse
Convergence: Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in purchasing power parities -- It is curious that Ireland was as developed as the...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 28, 20234 min read
Belize Signs for $77 Million Solar Energy Loan From Saudi Arabia
Prime Minister of Belize, John Briceno (left), signed the agreement with Sultan Al-Marshad, the CEO of the Saudi Fund for Development....
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 26, 202312 min read
Controversial Kiss Could Mean 30 Months for Spain’s Ex-Football Head
At a congratulations lineup after Spain’s victory in the Women’s World Cup, the male president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 23, 20235 min read
Iberian Lynx Claws Its Way Out of Extinction in Portugal
One of the kittens who has been at the National Center for the Reproduction of the Iberian Lynx (CNRLI) in the Algarve (Photo...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 17, 20234 min read
Art, Film and Music at Lithium-Mine Protest in Portugal
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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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 15, 202313 min read
Lost Work of Apartheid Photographer, Ernest Cole, on Show
“I love this child, though she’ll grow up to treat me just like her mother does. Now, she is innocent.” (Photo @ Ernest...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 8, 202310 min read
Caribbean Bankers in Belize Strategize Global Financial Inclusion
The Central Bank of Belize hosted the 40th annual conference of the Caribbean Group of Banking Supervisors, whose members collaborated on...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 1, 20236 min read
How to Vitalize Portugal Interior’s Economy
(From Geo-Ref.net) Nearly 8,000 people have moved to Portugal’s interior with the assistance of two government programs. However, a...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jul 25, 20234 min read
Chinese Dissident Artist Ai Weiwei at Home in Rural Portugal
Ai Weiwei: Making Sense is a commentary on everyday objects and what they reveal about our changing values. The show is at the Design...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jul 18, 20234 min read
Portugal: Immortal Love of Pedro and Ines
Some say that Ines’ sudden and violent death rendered her stranded between worlds, searching eternally for her beloved in the Jardins da...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jul 12, 20233 min read
Portugal: Urgent Need for Young Farmers
In 2001, young farmers (40 years old and younger) represented 9.4% of the total number of farmers in our country. In 2021, this value...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jul 6, 20232 min read
ER of Portugal’s Largest Hospital: Empathy – Not Fear
After triage on arrival at Santa Maria Hospital in Lisbon, doctors diagnose conditions and order immediate tests, such as ECGs, X-rays...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 28, 20235 min read
Portugal Extends Lithium Mine Consultation to July 24
(From Lusorecursos website) Amidst the sustained controversy over lithium mining in Portugal, the revised plan of Lusorecursos for...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 26, 20231 min read
"The Lake Isle of Innisfree" by William Butler Yeats
Cynthia Adina Kirkwood, age 4, standing, in a family sailboat near St. George's Caye, Belize (Photo by Emanda Elizabeth...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 23, 202311 min read
Portugal: Race, Class Reckoning in U.S. Embassy Art Show
Hank Willis Thomas' For Freedoms (2016) is inspired by Norman Rockwell’s Saturday Evening Post illustrations of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 16, 20232 min read
Runaway Kangaroo Shakes Up Portuguese City
From the Vizela outback (By VMTV) An unexpected visit from an Australian native to the Portuguese city center of Vizela broke the...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 13, 20234 min read
Portugal: Ordinary House Hid Islamic Baths, Stately Home
The Islamic bathhouse at the Municipal Museum of Loulé (Photo by Loule Municipality) Near the city wall of Loulé, there was...
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