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“Voting Paradox” in Portugal’s Snap Election Ahead
“Before 1974, the role of elections was to confirm the continuity of the ruling party, giving the international community the impression...

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Nov 23, 202310 min read


Rare Aurora Borealis in Portugal
The northern lights at the seaside city of Figueira da Foz (Photo by Miguel Marques) To capture the northern lights at a seaside city on...

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Nov 13, 20231 min read


Wild Boar Explosion: Portuguese City Wants OK to Shoot
About a dozen javalis in Abrantes city center (Video from Tomar na Rede) Wild boars are shaking up Portugal, presenting challenges...

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Nov 9, 202316 min read


Age of Portugal’s Beloved Bobi, World’s Oldest Dog, to Be Probed
"He was happy and, above all, made many people happy, especially his family." (Photo by Catarina Demony) Bobi, the only...

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Oct 31, 20233 min read


Belize and Regional Nations Urge Consistent U.S. Migration Policy
“If we work together, and we coordinate our efforts and bring all our resources . . . together, then we are able to take on any problem...

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Oct 27, 20238 min read


Purple . . . Rain . . . Olive Harvest in Portugal
Day 7 of a wet -- but mild weather – olive harvest in Oliveira do Hospital Municipality, Coimbra District

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Oct 26, 20231 min read


High Winds, Intense Rain Expected to Batter Portugal
(Photo @ Sara Matos/Global Imagens) A second low-pressure system is expected to clobber mainland Portugal on October 19, with strong...

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Oct 19, 20232 min read


Belize, Caribbean and Country Music: A 75-Year Love Affair
When the radio in New York would play “I found my thrill, on Blueberry Hill”, my mother and father would find their way to each other and...

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Oct 17, 20237 min read


Belize Plans $50 Million Sargassum-to-Fuel Plant
Belize Prime Minister John Briceño (left) met with several German government officials, including Dr. Tobias Lindner (right), Minister of...

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Oct 10, 20234 min read


“Recipe for a Hero”/”Receita para Fazer um Heroi” por Reinaldo Ferreira
Corporal Naama Boni, 19, enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces only seven months ago. She was among the 1,100 dead in three days after...

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Oct 9, 20231 min read


Controversial Zé Povinho and the 1910 Portuguese Revolution
The Sovereign! - Zé Povinho. Signed: Raphael Bordallo Pinheiro. "Album das Glórias", Volume I, Nº 32, Lisbon, September 1882. Before the...

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Oct 3, 20239 min read


Remembering the Unmistakable Botero in Lisbon: “Maternity”
Maternity is located at the top of Parque Eduardo VII, according to the news agency, Lusa (September 15). (Photo by Harvey...

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Sep 26, 20231 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...

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Sep 18, 202315 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...

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Sep 10, 20238 min read


Remembering the Dead at Portugal’s Unique Alminhas (Little Souls)
A votive candleholder left at a granite pillar "little soul" in Fiais da Beira, Oliveira do Hospital Municipality, Coimbra District (Photo by Cynthia Adina Kirkwood) As the winds blow cooler and brown leaves swirl on the ground, the season of remembering the dead approaches, teetering on the edge of collective memory. Thousands of alminhas , or “little souls”, populate Portugal. There are many styles, including small altars, niches, wooden shrines and granite monuments

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Sep 8, 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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Aug 31, 20236 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....

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 28, 20234 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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Aug 26, 202312 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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Aug 23, 20235 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...

@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 17, 20234 min read
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