11 December 2014
Portuguese film director, Manoel de Oliveira, was awarded on Tuesday, December 10, the Légion d’Honneur (Grand Officier de la Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur) one of the highest honors bestowed by the Government of France. The ceremony, presided by France’s ambassador to Portugal, Jean-Francois Blarel, took place at the Museu da Fundação Serralves, in […]
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10 December 2014
Was he Portuguese? Peter Francisco was believed to have had almost superhuman strength. According to legend, George Washington said, “Without him we would have lost two crucial battles, perhaps the war, and with it our freedom.” Francisco, kidnapped and abandoned by pirates at the age of five, was raised outside Richmond, and after hearing Patrick […]
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10 December 2014
The 12 labor unions representing the workers at TAP Air Portugal are deliberating to stage a four-day general strike over the festive period, between Christmas and New Year. If not averted, the strike will be held on December 27, 28, 29 and 30. Poor working conditions, and the government plans to privatizing TAP Air Portugal, […]
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10 December 2014
An original poem by George Monteiro (*) Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830. One of the most celebrated American poets, she died on May 15, 1886. Dickinson’s first Brazilian translator, the poet Manuel Bandeira, said that the high quality of Dickinson’s poetry was that she wrote “like a man.” He meant it as a […]
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06 December 2014
The national union of civil aviation workers [Sindicato National do Pessoal de Voo da Aviacão Civil], the largest union representing workers at TAP Air Portugal, submitted a petition to the Portuguese parliament opposing privatization of the public company. Demanding a national referendum, “as to whether the Portuguese citizenry agree with the privatization,” the petition stated […]
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05 December 2014
By Len Port, Contributor(*) Unlike birds and other creatures that migrate in an orderly and timely way, the mass movement of humans is shambolic. We used to wander about freely hunting and gathering in small tribes. As human populations grew and greeds, as well as needs, became greater, the more developed tribes sent explorers forth […]
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