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How to Save Portugal From “Demographic Suicide”
Portugal has the third oldest population, after Japan and Italy. (Photo by Ana Baiao) Portugal’s fast-aging population shocked experts...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Dec 19, 2021
- 4 min
Van-Leo's Iconic Photography in Cairo Over Four Decades
South African dancer, Teddy Lane, has Vaseline on his cheeks and forehead, and a black velvet cloth behind his head to accentuate his...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Dec 13, 2021
- 5 min
Portugal: Children COVID-19 Vaccines Start This Weekend
A three-month program for voluntary vaccination of children 5 to 11 years old against COVID-19 is scheduled to start on the weekend of...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Dec 10, 2021
- 11 min
Mark Bradford’s Art Giving Shelter in Portugal
The artist with one of his pieces inspired by the medieval tapestries, The Hunt of the Unicorn (Photo by Rui Duarte Silva) Creative...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Dec 7, 2021
- 3 min
Pedrogao Fire: “Failure of Strategy”
The former director of the Civil Protection Agency testified that there was a “delay in setting up the command post” in the horrific...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Dec 3, 2021
- 4 min
Belize Giving Away $60,000 in Vaccine Raffles
Mr. Sidney Russell rounding up his horses and cattle on his land at Bermuda Landing When visiting Bermuda Landing many years ago, my...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Dec 1, 2021
- 3 min
Pedrogao’s “Out-of-the-Ordinary” Fire Conditions
Two schist stones that saved several in the fire became a memorial to 11 villagers and a “monument to life” in Nodeirinho one year later....
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Nov 27, 2021
- 4 min
Portugal Ramps Up COVID-19 Boosters, Restrictions
Prime Minister Antonio Costa said that he “regretted” the increased deaths and hospitalizations. As the number of new COVID-19 infections...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Nov 25, 2021
- 3 min
Pedrogao Housing Trial: “Giant With Feet of Clay”
"People in shock, traumatized, lost and confused” “A giant with feet of clay”, a defense attorney called the trial of alleged...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Nov 22, 2021
- 18 min
Portugal: Have Your Say on Lithium Mining by December 10
(Photo by Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg) A few years from now, frolicking in the snow of the Serra da Estrela (mountains) could become a...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Nov 18, 2021
- 2 min
Pedrogao Housing Trial: "Clean Hands" of 2 Ex-Officials
The Pedrogao Grande fire housing trial is looking for scapegoats, the defense lawyer said in his closing arguments on November 18. Bruno...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Nov 14, 2021
- 5 min
Belize's COVID-19 Vaccine Rate Doubles
When I would get frustrated at accomplishing a task, my mother would say to me in Belizean Kriol, “When yuh nuh have Mami, use Daddy.” In...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Nov 11, 2021
- 2 min
Pedrogao Fire Rebuild: State Wants Jail for 2 Ex-Officials
Pedrogao Grande ex-President Valdemar Alves (Photo by Fernando Fontes/Global Imagens) The prosecution asked for the imprisonment of...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Nov 9, 2021
- 2 min
Why an Olive Branch Is Sign of Peace
The tree outside my back door I look upwards only during the olive harvest. Standing under the silvery green leaves of a tree, it seems...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Nov 9, 2021
- 3 min
Pedrogao Trial: Fire Chief Did All He Could, Expert Says
The June 2017 fire devastated Escalos Fundeiros village in Pedrogao Grande municipality. An expert witness in the Pedrogao Grande fire...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Nov 4, 2021
- 3 min
Pedrogao’s “Tunnel of Flames” Caused by System Failure
Most of the deaths occurred on National Road 236-1, which connects Castanheira de Pera and Figueiro dos Vinhos. ...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Oct 30, 2021
- 5 min
Journalist Who Filmed Santa Cruz Massacre Dies
“When the Indonesians began shamelessly killing, stabbing, beating, of course, I had to film.” Max Stahl, a British journalist who filmed...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Oct 23, 2021
- 5 min
Taboo Artist Paula Rego’s Show at Tate Sold-Out
In Time – Past and Present, she takes classical painting and structure and symbols, and she subverts them to reflect the female...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Oct 20, 2021
- 7 min
Portugal Lauds WW II Consul Who Saved Thousands of Jews
Aristides de Sousa Mendes and a telegram from dictator Salazar (Courtesy of Sousa Mendes Foundation) Portugal honored Aristides de Sousa...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Oct 14, 2021
- 6 min
Belize PM Begged Father-in-Law to Get Jab
Before You Relax, Get Vax, says Belize. COVID-19 is infecting the young and the old. The COVID-19 song challenge pushed up the calypso...
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