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 November 2011
Cape Verde
Would you like to try the Cape Verdean famous dish, cachupa? Odair Varela explains the process of preparation in a photopost [pt]. For more on gastronomy from Cape Verde, visit the blog CV Na Pontu [pt].
16 November 2011
Brazil
A new movement called Gota D'Água (Drop of Water) [pt] has launched an online campaign to discuss Brazil's energy planning through the analysis of the Belo Monte dam project. The campaign includes a video featuring public figures and a petition, that has already gathered 1923 signatures, to be handed over to the government.
9 November 2011
Guinea-Bissau
The community radio Voz de Queléle (Voice of Quelélé) [pt], from the Quelélé neighborhood in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, launched a new blog in October 2011. The radio was created in 1994 and has played an important role especially in providing public health information to the community.
1 November 2011
26 October 2011
Angola
Brazilian lawyer and researcher Vanessa Bueno, based in Portugal, launched the blog O Direito Sem Fronteiras (Law Without Borders) [pt] where she gives tips and writes reviews about legal issues, especially for migrants between Portugal, Brazil and Angola. She has also created a group on Facebook aiming to promote debate.
24 October 2011
East Timor
The Movimento Kontra Deve (Movement Against Debt) and East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) have launched a joint petition to “For a Debt-Free Timor-Leste”. The Government of Timor-Leste is currently free of debt. Despite current substantial income from petroleum resources, the government has announced plans to begin borrowing.
It was mainly because of some disagreement between the two and also because Lijun knew...