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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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Aug 17, 20234 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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Aug 15, 202313 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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Aug 8, 202310 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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Aug 1, 20236 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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Jul 25, 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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Jul 18, 20234 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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Jul 12, 20233 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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Jul 6, 20232 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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Jun 28, 20235 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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Jun 26, 20231 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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Jun 23, 202311 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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Jun 16, 20232 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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Jun 13, 20234 min read


Cleopatra: Unpacking Egypt's Afrocentric Debate
(Photo from The Caravan) This article by Nadine Samy was published in The Caravan (May 31), a student publication of the American...

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Jun 7, 20235 min read


Portugal: Savannah Lithium Mine Gets OK, But Opponents Say People, Nature Not for Sale
Boticas (Photo by Expresso) A municipal president in Vila Real District reacted with “sadness and worry” and many residents with...

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Jun 3, 20234 min read


Portugal Needs to Upgrade Tourism
"Tourism 2.0 must be based on products with greater added value (and greater productivity). More sophisticated products than sun and...

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Jun 1, 20234 min read


Neo-Gothic Cathedral Honors Modern Salesman
The Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City, New York (Photo by Angelique Henriquez) A towering Gothic Revival building,...

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May 28, 20234 min read


Portugal Breaks Out in Latest “Fast & Furious”
Velocidade Furiosa 10 opened on May 18 in Portugal. (Video by MEDIA) While looking for locations of the action film, Fast X: Fast &...

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May 21, 20232 min read


Subway Death of Schizophrenic Fuels Political Madness
Jordan Neely is pictured before going to see Michael Jackson's This Is It at the Regal Cinemas in New York’s Times Square in 2009. ...

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May 16, 20238 min read


Grace Bumbry: American "Venus" Diva (January 4, 1937 – May 7, 2023)
Grace Bumby "maintained a bit of a Carmen-esque spirit offstage. She dressed as Bizet's heroine in a promotional campaign for Lamborghini...

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May 15, 20233 min read
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