Showing posts with label Portugal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Portugal. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Portugal: Catholic clergy abused nearly 5,000 children since 1950, inquiry finds | Catholicism | The Guardian
Independent commission reaches conclusion after hearing evidence from over 500 survivors last year…
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Goa Inquisition - Wikipedia
The Goa Inquisition was the office of the Portuguese Inquisition acting in Portuguese India, and in the rest of the Portuguese Empire in Asia....
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa_Inquisition
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa_Inquisition
Thursday, April 27, 2017
In Portugal, Drug Use Is Treated As A Medical Issue, Not A Crime
Gandelina Damião, 78, is permanently hunched, carrying her sorrow. She lost three children to heroin in the 1990s.
A quarter century ago, her cobblestone lane, up a grassy hill from Lisbon's Tagus River, was littered with syringes. She recalls having to search for her teenagers in graffitied stone buildings nearby, where they would shoot up....
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/04/18/524380027/in-portugal-drug-use-is-treated-as-a-medical-issue-not-a-crime?ft=nprml&f=1001
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/04/18/524380027/in-portugal-drug-use-is-treated-as-a-medical-issue-not-a-crime?ft=nprml&f=1001
Sunday, May 29, 2016
This Country Just Ran For Four Days On Renewable Energy Alone
Last week, Portugal set a record for renewable energy use. Through a combination of hydroelectric, solar, and wind power, electricity use in the country was completely covered for four consecutive days.
The news was reported by the Portuguese Renewable Energy Association (APREN) in collaboration with ZERO System Sustainable Land Association. According to their measurements, from 6:45 a.m. on Saturday, May 7 to approximately 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday, May 11, Portugal was able to rely entirely on renewables for an impressive 107 hours, the longest the country has ever been able to go....
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/05/20/3780189/portugal-renewable-energy-record/
The news was reported by the Portuguese Renewable Energy Association (APREN) in collaboration with ZERO System Sustainable Land Association. According to their measurements, from 6:45 a.m. on Saturday, May 7 to approximately 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday, May 11, Portugal was able to rely entirely on renewables for an impressive 107 hours, the longest the country has ever been able to go....
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/05/20/3780189/portugal-renewable-energy-record/
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