Sara Moreira
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Portuguese Language Countries EditorOnce upon a time there was a Software Engineer who was not exactly very into the mechanization of an alienated humanity and decided to work exclusively on stuff that really matter instead. Ended up in Timor Leste for a while, founded Moving Cause, came back home to Portugal and is now mainly interested on Free Culture, Independent Media and Social Change.
For more info visit my blog [pt], follow me on twitter (@saritamoreira) and check my Linkedin profile.
[Também escrevo / traduzo no Global Voices em Português.]
Latest posts by Sara Moreira
17 January 2012
Brazil
On January 16, Portuguese-Brazilian independent media collective Passa Palavra (Word of Mouth) [pt] launched the website PassaPalavra.tv - an online channel that brings together independently produced audio-visual materials. Through sharing video, audio and image, the website aims to collaboratively report on “social struggles and denounce oppression and abuse by public and private authorities”.
15 December 2011
Brazil
Global Voices author from Brazil, Raphael Tsavkko writes about A new era of political activism for the ESPAS Conference on ‘Global Trends 2030′, organized by the EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS).
9 December 2011
Angola
In 2011 Angolan people has been persistent in demonstrating discontent against the reality lived in the country. In the beginning of December, in Cazenga's neighborhood in Luanda, protestors were peacefully marching and chanting [video], when police forces decided to violently break the demonstration.
8 December 2011
Brazil: The Death of Socrates, A Brazilian Idol
Sócrates, one of the greatest Brazilian soccer players, died at the age of 57 on December 4, 2011, a result of septic shock caused by excessive consumption of alcohol over the years. The blogosphere pays a last tribute to this soccer idol whose rare "critical thinking" made him a political leader in and out of the field.
5 December 2011
Malaysia
A Facebook group and a mapping website called “Portugality” have been created to explore the cultures that result from the “global cultural fusion started by Portuguese navigations of the XVth. century and lasting to this day in places like Brazil, Mozambique, East Timor or Malacca”.
2 December 2011
Sao Tome and Principe
The blog Viagem a São Tomé e Príncipe (Trip do Sao Tome and Principe) has made available a rich archive of photography that illustrates a range of aspects from the country, as for instance unique fruits and flowers, colorful markets and churches, street art and other artistic and cultural demonstrations.
people of maldives..you have to stop this civil war. its sad to see it...