From one of the world’s leading neuroscientists: a succinct, illuminating, wholly engaging investigation of how biology, neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence have given us the tools to unlock the mysteries of human consciousness. In recent decades, many philosophers and cognitive scientists have declared the problem of consciousness unsolvable, but Antonio Damasio is convinced that recent […]
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Book: ‘Feeling & Knowing: Making Minds Conscious’ by António Damásio – Editor’s Note
Posted on 10 November 2021.
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Opinion: What to expect of the snap election after voters have their say – By Len Port
Posted on 10 November 2021.
Portugal’s early general election could push the country in one of two very different directions. It could create greater national stability, or it could cause long-term political chaos. The minority center-left Socialist Party (PS) has been able to govern remarkably well since 2015, but the surprisingly durable alliance with the far-left has been finally shattered. […]
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Portugal: Portuguese troops suspect of illicit trafficking – United Nations
Posted on 10 November 2021.
Portuguese peacekeepers, deployed to the Central African Republic (CAR) on United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions, allegedly used military cargo planes to smuggle gold, diamonds and drugs, into Europe. Ten suspects have been arrested, after more than 300 officers raided nearly 100 homes across the country to collect evidence in Lisbon, Bragança, Porto de Mós, Entroncamento, […]
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Euthanasia: Parliament to legalize medical assisted suicide – Portugal
Posted on 05 November 2021.
Portuguese lawmakers voted today in favor of a revised bill to legalize euthanasia and medical assisted suicide, through lethal drugs, to the terminally ill and seriously injured patients. The bill, approved in a 138-84 vote with five abstentions, was sponsored by the ruling Socialist Party with the support of the left-leaning smaller liberal, political factions. […]
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Crisis: President dissolves Parliament and calls for general elections – Portugal
Posted on 04 November 2021.
The President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, announced today that he has dissolved Parliament and called for general elections to be held on January 30, after a lawmaker’s majority rejected the government’s 2022 budget bill last week. The rejection of the bill takes place after six years of a Socialist administration by Prime Minister […]
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COP26: How Portugal leads the way to avert a climate catastrophe – Glasgow, UK
Posted on 01 November 2021.
By Len Port The success or failure of the COP26 climate summit may depend largely on reaching agreement on the transition from fossil fuels to renewables, a process Portugal is making considerable progress on while major polluting countries are lagging far behind. The broadcaster France 24 has produced a series of special reports to coincide […]
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