Expression
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nṛ-deham ādyaṁ su-labhaṁ su-durlabhaṁ
plavaṁ su-kalpaṁ guru-karṇadhāram
~Srimad Bhagavatam
Echoes of the Past: The Santa Bernarda Caravel
Although originally built as a French fishing trawler in 1968, the Santa Bernarda was cleverly retrofitted for tourism to evoke the silhouette of a 15th-century Portuguese caravel. While her double-masted rig and wooden decks nod to the classic nautical traits of vessels from the Age of Discovery, she seamlessly blends these historical elements with modern engineering and contemporary navigation systems.
On June 15, 2025, hundreds of people gathered in solidarity in front of the A Barraca theater in Lisbon to condemn racism, xenophobia, and far-right violence. The demonstration was organized in response to a violent attack on June 10 by a neo-Nazi group against actor Adérito Lopes and other members of the theater company as they were preparing for a performance. Under the slogan "We don't want to live in a country of fear," protesters demanded justice, government intervention against hate crimes, and an end to fascist intimidation in Portugal. The demonstration brought together various anti-fascist, anti-racist, and activist groups who integrated the protest into a broader global struggle against oppression, linking the fight against domestic far-right violence with international resistance and solidarity for the Palestinian cause.
On the theater marquee, we can read "AMOR É UM FOGO...", i.e., "LOVE IS A FIRE...", the truncated line from the sonnet "Amor é um fogo que arde sem se ver" (Love is a fire that burns unseen) by Luís Vaz de Camões, Portugal's greatest epic poet.
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