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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 19, 20213 min read
“Strength of Portuguese People”: 70% Fully Vaccinated
Marta Temido, Minister of Health (Photo by Andre Luis Alves/Global Imagens) Portugal accomplished its goal of...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 18, 20213 min read
Portugal Achieving Vaccine Goals
The vaccine age qualification has been lowered to 12. (Photo by Antonio Cotrim/Lusa) Portugal is well on its way to accomplishing its...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 12, 20211 min read
Skintight Car: "You Can Make It"
The driver of this Ferrari Roma made a painful misjudgment on an Italian street this week. (Photo on YouTube) Streets...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 10, 20213 min read
Pedrogao Grande Fire’s “Trial of Shame”
Most of the fatalities occurred on this road as residents tried to flee the fire. The president of the municipality of Oliveira do...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 9, 202113 min read
How Black U.S. Skyjackers Flew Into 50 Years of Calm in Portugal, Guinea-Bissau and France
In Miami, an FBI agent in swimming trunks carried a $1 million ransom in a heavy suitcase to a position under the open door of the...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 2, 20214 min read
Portugal Seeks Immigrants to Boost Population
"In the interior territories, we will manage to stop the loss of population," said Ana Abrunhosa, the Minister for Territorial Cohesion. ...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jul 29, 20214 min read
Portugal’s €615 Million Plan for Forest Fire Management
2017 was Portugal's worst year for fires: 520,000 hectares burned (Photo by Lusa) The Portuguese government agreed to a transformational...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jul 26, 20219 min read
Voting Rights Hysteria or Common Sense
"The vote is precious," said the late Congressman John Lewis. (Photo by the Los Angeles Times) Voting is compulsory in the democracies of...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jul 19, 20214 min read
Vaccines: Let's Not Give Up On Each Other
In response to a recent piece of mine on COVID-19, an English immigrant thanked me for telling her how to get a vaccine in Portugal,...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jul 13, 20215 min read
Unknown Owners of 50% of Portuguese Land Hinder Fire Prevention
"Buçaco forest demands a whole vocabulary which, once spoken, tells us that there's still everything left to say. You don't describe...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jul 5, 20214 min read
Portugal’s Urgent Race: Vaccine vs. Virus
In the spring, the youngest returned to school first The highly transmissible Delta variant has pushed Portugal onto the fourth wave of...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jul 2, 20215 min read
Compulsion to Farm: An Art Form
Linda Goode Bryant's urban farm exhibit at Gagosian in New York in Social Works, a show curated by critic Antwuan Sargent that considers...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 28, 20211 min read
Some Get Vaccine Cash; Most Just Wait for Vaccines
Our climb up this mountain of COVID-19 is not personal, nor is it local or national. We are all scaling the same mountain of COVID-19....
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 26, 20213 min read
Portugal: Vaccine Age Drops As Infected Get Younger
The country is in a state of calamity; restrictions vary regionally. (Photo by AFP) Age eligibility for a COVID-19 vaccine...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 25, 20214 min read
Portugal: Why Foreign Residents Should Vote -- Chega
(Photo by Rodrigo Antunes) Now is the time for foreign residents to register at their junta de freguesia (parish) to vote in Portugal’s...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 20, 20211 min read
My Father, Grandfather and I
My grandfather, Joseph "Daddy Joe" Horatio Kirkwood was one of two right-hand men of Robert Turton, the first millionaire in Belize. My...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 16, 20213 min read
Pedrogao Grande Fire 4 Years Ago: 11 on Trial Now
Most of the deaths occurred on National Road 236-1, which connects Castanheira de Pera to Figueiró dos Vinhos. ...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 14, 20215 min read
Bloomsday: Heady With Joyce
The author, dressed for the occasion, at the turn of this century Bloomsday is June 16th. A commemoration of the Irish writer, James...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 13, 20214 min read
"Minari": Peppery, Bitter and Resilient
The soil's rich color, "that's why I picked this place," says Jacob (Steven Yuen). "Because of the dirt color?" his wife, Monica (Yeri...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 11, 20214 min read
Portugal: What You Are Asked at Vaccine Centers
Before getting the vaccine, patients complete a 12-point health questionnaire at the firefighters (bombeiros) station in Oliveira do...
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