Farewell Mr. Cunhal...

Álvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal, born on November 10th, 1913, in Coimbra – Portugal, member of the Portuguese Comunist Party (PCP) since 1931 and its undeniable historical leader, died yesterday, June 13th, 2005.

A man’s beliefs or ideals should be no reason to make you closing your ears and eyes and not listen or see his thoughts and actions mainly if they became live on behalf of a [...]

Mr. Amaral, what's up now??

His historical party (CDS-PP, christian-democracy) might still partying… All because Freitas Do Amaral, Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs dared to make public his opinion about the several positions of the several members of EU regarding the European Constitution.

And the man was right though… After the Netherlands’ «NO» (did someone tell them what were they voting for?) it’s time for EU to stop and reformulate. And [...]

Habemus Papam !!

“The smoke appeared and the bells of Rome rang out to let the watching world know that a new Pope had been elected. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany was chosen by the College of Cardinals to lead the Roman Catholic Church. He is the 265th pope. The pontiff said his papacy’s goals would include the unification of all Christians and reaching out to [...]

France and the Non

First of all «promiscuity» it’s what comes up to my mind when we talk about the yesterday (May 29th) referendum in France. A party (Socialist) proposing both “yes” and “no” to the European Constitution? And part of those (the “no” ones) together with the ultra-fascist party of Mssr. Le Pen?

Furthermore, a considerable part of a nation, 55 %, going against a document (which it was [...]

Union? How much?

Hey you, guy from the North… How do you see those little fellows from the south? Hey you all in EU, are we in to fight Uncle Sam? Or are we in to achieve the top of supreme happiness based on an economic well being?

Be our guest… Space not reserved to Europeans mainly if the others have something to say!

Religiously...

Man, it’s a religious animal… What do you think about that? Is it painful for you to be listening to someone saying “I’m nihilistic”? Or do you take it as too naive when one says “If God exists why is war a «best seller» in the world?”…

Be our guest… All your beliefs, your doubts, your wandering thoughts about this matter, let them be known by [...]

Hello Guys,

This is the very first entry of this blog launched on May 26th, 2005.

And why is it written in English if this website is a Portuguese native one? Just because it’s open to the World and if you wanna make yourself understood by others then let others be able to decode your code… And, whether you like it or not (I do!!) , English it’s [...]