@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Eucalyptus: A Plague to Most, Profit to Few
Armando Carvalho removed eucalyptus trees from his family’s 12 hectares of land in Santa Comba Dao, where the Great Fire of October 2017...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Jun 1, 2022
- 7 min
Pedrogao Chief: "A Scapegoat"; I Could Be Next, Say Firefighters
An honor guard of about 200 commanders and firefighters greeted Commander Augusto Arnaut on his morning arrival at the Leiria courthouse...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- May 23, 2022
- 3 min
EDP Defense Says Pedrogao Land-Cleaning Plan Expired 5 Years Before Fire
“The road of death” in the Pedrogao Grande fire The two electricity firm employees should be acquitted, argued the lawyer for E-REDES, in...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- May 23, 2022
- 6 min
Portugal’s COVID-19 Variant: A Wake-Up Call
Graça Freitas, director of DGS (General-Directorate of Health), by the internationally acclaimed political cartoonist Andre Carrilho...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- May 19, 2022
- 5 min
Pedrogao: State Wants Jail for Fire Chief, EDP Employee, 3 Ascendi Workers
The Public Ministry asked that Augusto Arnaut, commander of the Volunteer Firefighters of Pedrogao Grande, serve more than five years. ...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- May 17, 2022
- 1 min
How to Make Elderflower Cordial: A Taste of Summer
An elderflower head: Elderflowers are considered to be a sign of summer in some countries. It is easy to make a cordial of elderflower, a...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- May 13, 2022
- 3 min
Biggest Fish Caught in Tagus River: 2.17-Meter Predator
Joao Lobo Cristino donated his European catfish to the Center for Marine and Environmental Sciences (MARE) for study of the invasive...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- May 9, 2022
- 10 min
Old Belize-Guatemalan Land Dispute Nears End
Source: World Politics Review (May 23, 2019) Three years ago, the International Court of Justice began deliberating Guatemala’s claim...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- May 3, 2022
- 3 min
Portugal to Hire 500 More Specialized Firefighters
The government authorized the creation of 100 new Permanent Intervention Teams in fire departments on mainland Portugal. Each team will...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Apr 29, 2022
- 8 min
Pedrogao Fire’s “Communication System Failures”
Constança Urbano de Sousa, the Minister of Internal Administration, at the time of the catastrophic 2017 fires (Photo by Manuel De...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Apr 21, 2022
- 9 min
Covas do Barroso Sues State Over Lithium
David Archer, chief executive officer of Savannah Resources, which has a contract, recently contested, for one of the most advanced...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Apr 19, 2022
- 1 min
Kiss of Judas Metes Out Death
Every year in my village, The traitor, Judas, must pay for his kiss. He and his wife hang from the chapel belfry, Swinging effigies...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Apr 12, 2022
- 1 min
Interior of a Church in Portugal (1954, Sabine Weiss)
“I photograph to preserve the ephemeral, fix chance, to keep in an image what will disappear: gestures, attitudes, objects which are...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Apr 11, 2022
- 4 min
On Manners, Corruption, and War in Ukraine
The medieval city of Viseu ((pronounced vee say oo) sits in the center of Portugal surrounded by mountains and rivers. On a Friday night,...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Apr 4, 2022
- 3 min
Pedrogao Ex-President Appeals “Inhumane” Sentence
Alzira Luiz in front of her house in Rapos, Castanheira de Pera, which was destroyed by the fire and still was being rebuilt in September...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Apr 4, 2022
- 4 min
Pedrogao Trial: “Fires Aren’t Fought But Prevented”
Most of the deaths occurred on National Road 236-1, which connects Castanheira de Pera and Figueiro dos Vinhos. Portugal has an...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Mar 30, 2022
- 8 min
Radon Cancer-Risk Reduction Plan Awaits OK
MAP OF SUSCEPTIBILITY TO RADON -- Parishes with more than 10% high-risk area are considered highly susceptible (Elevado) (1,812...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Mar 28, 2022
- 9 min
Prince William’s Regret Over Slavery Isn’t Enough
Prince William danced in the Garifuna village of Hopkins, Belize. The Garinagu (plural of Garifuna) are descendants of an...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Mar 22, 2022
- 12 min
Lithium Mine Threatens Way of Life
For three years, many in Montalegre , Portugal, have opposed the proposed mine with protests, petitions and links with other groups. At...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
- Mar 16, 2022
- 4 min
Orange “Rain of Clay” Sky in Portugal Expected in Caribbean
Dust from the Sahara Desert in North Africa traveled first to Spain on March 14 and, then, to Portugal on the following day, painting the...
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