Home » Minor signs Japan joint venture Minor International has revealed plans to launch three of its brands in Japan It is forming a joint venture with local partner Royal Holdings Minor currently has more than 560 hotels and resorts across 65 countries, as well as an even larger portfolio of restaurants. In Europe, it has Spanish subsidiary NH Hotels a Tokyo listed hotel and restaurant operator It operates the Richmond Hotel brand with 43 hotels across Japan setting a target of reaching 21 hotels open by 2035 The aim will be to grow via an asset light route partnering with Japanese landlords and real estate developers who either already have The two groups already have a successful track record of working together having jointly established and grown the presence of the Sizzler food brand in Japan “This partnership represents a significant milestone in our journey to bring world-class hospitality to Japan combining our deep understanding of the Japanese market with Minor Hotels’ proven expertise in luxury hospitality,” said Masataka Abe president and representative director of Royal Avani is currently represented as a brand at 44 properties in 25 countries, with a strong presence in Minor’s home market, Thailand. New developments include Avani Mooloolaba Beach Hotel in Australia, a resort in Ho Tram, Vietnam and a new urban hotel in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City Tivoli, originally a Portuguese brand, is expanding its portfolio of luxury hotels internationally. 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There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Read today's Portuguese stories delivered to your email Alentejo and Ribatejo Tourism makes investments in a network of literary hotels The Regional Tourism Authority (ERT) of Alentejo and Ribatejo intends to create a network of literary hotels in the area and market the 16 literary tourism routes currently available in the region At the opening ceremony of the LiterÁREA - Alentejo and Ribatejo Literary Tourism Festival underlined the potential of these two initiatives there are already 12 hotels that have the theme of literature as an important aspect of their communication the ERT will assist these hotels in offering literary tourism as a “way of theming themselves and differentiating themselves from the competition” throughout the year of 2025 “We are going to create a network with a constant annual program with links to gastronomy and the theme of wine” José Santos further shared that “We are focused on having more and more culture in the value proposition of tourism in Alentejo and Ribatejo because we believe that this is a great potential both regions have” This role of hotels as “promoters of local and cultural development is very interesting” adding that the network’s goal is to include even more hotels Turismo do Alentejo e Ribatejo will concentrate on organising the offer around the literary tourist routes established by local governments or associations in this region The goal is to take the 16 literary tours that are already available "to the commercialisation level” These itineraries will be accessible throughout the LITERÁRIA festival Some of these vehicle and pedestrian itineraries need reservations or planning while others can be followed “in a ‘self-guided’ style meaning that visitors can complete them on their own “There are already some travel agencies that are interested in selling these itineraries” We appreciate that not everyone can afford to pay for our services but if you are able to we ask you to support The Portugal News by making a contribution – no matter how small You can change how much you give or cancel your contributions at any time Send us your comments or opinion on this article Reaching over 400,000 people a week with news about Portugal Resorts & Spas is proud to announce an exciting upcoming addition to the brand's portfolio in Portugal As part of Anantara's strategic expansion across Europe Anantara Royal Vila Viçosa will launch in 2024 as the second Anantara property in Portugal Located in the emerging tourism region of Alentejo the small town of Vila Viçosa is known as the "Princess of Alentejo" and is considered one of the most charming jewels of the area an outdoor and indoor swimming pool and multiple dining options including a stylish restaurant and bar a private fine dining area and a wine cellar a fitness room and three conference rooms will also be part of the resort's amenities The project is a strategic partnership between the Portuguese Group Investaureum and Anantara with the aim of transforming a former monastery in Vila Viçosa which is an iconic and prestigious building from the 15th century Anantara will be bringing its experience-led authentic luxury to this beautiful property The interior design will be led by the award-winning global architecture urbanism and design studio Broadway Malyan with the aim of keeping the history of the existing building front of mind and respecting the vast history and heritage of Vila Viçosa to create a truly relaxing and sophisticated retreat Anantara Royal Vila Viçosa will be spread over three floors The redesign will seek to highlight the characteristics of the original spaces of the former convent and will contribute to the development and growth of this idyllic location in southern Portugal Hotel website Brand OwnerMinor International (MINT) Resorts & Spas announced the upcoming addition to the brand’s portfolio in Portugal As part of Anantara’s strategic expansion across Europe Anantara Royal Vila Viçosa will launch in 2024 as the second Anantara property in Portugal the small town of Vila Viçosa is known as the “Princess of Alentejo” and is considered one of the most charming jewels of the area with the aim of transforming a former monastery in Vila Viçosa urbanism and design studio Broadway Malyan with the aim of keeping the history of the existing building front of mind and respecting the vast history and heritage of Vila Viçosa Anantara Royal Vila Viçosa will be spread over three floors co-founder and Managing Partner of Investaureum Group “The Investaureum Group is proud to partner with Minor Hotels and the Anantara brand It is a real pleasure to embrace this project not only due to the beauty of the property but also giving the opportunity to highlight Investaureum as a developer and promoter where the refurbishment and legacy of heritage buildings combined with the social responsibility and investment in regions of low population density Anantara debuted in Europe in 2017 with the launch of a tranquil oasis on the Portuguese Southern coast The brand has continued its expansion in Europe with properties including Anantara Palazzo Naiadi Rome and Anantara New York Palace Budapest with further openings to come later in the year.= Click here to join your colleagues and stay up to date on the latest hotel news and trends Copyright © Hotel News Resource & Nevistas | All rights reserved Metrics details Marcescent forests are ecotones distributed across southern Europe that host increased levels of biodiversity but their persistence is threatened by global change Here we study the range dynamics of these forests in the Iberian Peninsula (IP) during the Late Quaternary a period of profound climate and anthropic changes We modeled and compared the distribution of eight oak taxa for the present and two paleoclimatic environments Presence records were combined with bioclimatic and topographic data in an ensemble modelling framework to obtain spatial projections for present and past conditions across taxa Substantial distribution shifts were projected between the three studied periods Results were congruent with paleoclimatic records of the IP and showed that range shifts of these contact zones concurred with range dynamics of both Submediterranean and Temperate oaks the distribution ranges of hybrid oaks and marcescent forests matched throughout the late Quaternary This study contributes to unveil the complex Late-Quaternary biogeography of the ecotone belt occupied by marcescent forests and Improved knowledge of species’ responses to climate dynamics will allow us to anticipate and manage future range shifts driven by climate change This is especially important to transiently co-occurring oak species at the boundary of two biogeographic regions in Southern Europe This study aims to elucidate the late-Quaternary dynamics of the Temperate-Mediterranean transition in southern Europe by applying correlative SDMs to hindcast the past distribution of eighth oaks (seven marcescent and one deciduous) distributed across the Iberian Peninsula as model taxa Applied correlative species distribution models to identify the main climatic factors determining the current distribution ranges for each studied species; Hindcasted projections of each species’ past distribution and quantify distribution range shifts in response to climate changes; Tracked the distribution shifts of oaks distributed across the submediterranean belt in the Iberian Peninsula based on the SDM's and compare these shifts to those observed for temperate and mediterranea oak species; and Compared current and past distributional ranges of parental species with the known occurrence of hybrids to infer ancient contact zones and the persistence or turn-over of hybrid-species We further discuss the implications of our results for preserving the biodiversity of marcescent forests that occupy the Temperate-Mediterranean transition in southern Europe in the face of projected climate change Selected models showed high performance scores for all species (Table 1) Model performance values (for details see Material and Methods section: Modelling approach model fitting and evaluation) show that the lowest TSS values (True skill statistic bounded between [-1 with values closer to one depicting better models) corresponded to Q robur (0.98) which shows overall good to excellent model performance values closer to one depict better models) were always above 0.96 also suggesting an excellent performance of the models sensitivity and specificity scores (bounded between [0 confirming good and well-balanced performance of the models especially the precipitation of the warmest quarter (BIO_18) Winter cold temperatures also held substantial explanatory power especially the Annual mean temperature (BIO_01) the Mean Temperature of Coldest Quarter (BIO_11) Changes in predicted distributions (gained, lost, or stable) for Galliferae oak species for the studied periods: LGM-MH (left); LGM-Present (center); MH-Present (right). Maps were generated by JG and CVV in R v.4.0.3 (https://www.r-project.org) and assembled in ArcMap 10.5 (https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis). Changes in the predicted distributions (gained, lost, or stable) of hybrids (Q x marianica and Q. × coutinhoi) and Roburoid oaks (Q. estremadurensis and Q. robur) for the studied periods: LGM-MH (left); MH-Present (center); LGM-Present (right). Maps were generated by JG and CVV in R v.4.0.3 (https://www.r-project.org) and assembled in ArcMap 10.5 (https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis). Percentage of change (% change) of the predicted distributions (gained, lost, or stable) in the focal time frames: LGM-HM (left), MH-Present (center) and LGM-Present (right) (a) Broad taxonomic groups (Galliferae, Roburoid, and Total); (b) Individual species within the Galliferae group; (c) Individual species within the Roburoid group and the hybrid Q. x coutinhoi. Graphics were generated by JG and CVV in R v.4.0.3 (https://www.r-project.org). Complementarily, the hierarchical clustering analysis, reflects the similarity of species projections in the three studied periods (Supplementary Fig. S3) Our results reveal substantial distribution range shifts across Iberian Peninsula during the latest 20 ky for all studied species suggesting a rather dynamic transition zone between two major biogeographic regions in Europe (Eurosiberian and Mediterranean) changes in precipitation and temperature during the late Quaternary were the main drivers of inferred distributional ranges This also implies that future projected changes in precipitation regime and water balance will likely have strong effects on species ranges thus calling for improvements in regional and local scenarios based on global climate models from the inland towards the Atlantic and Cantabrian coasts This coastal expansion follows an increase in winter minimum temperatures while the inland retreats are a response to increasing summer drought (i.e lusitanica follow the same general pattern in populations where roburoid oaks are absent Our study suggests that conservation efforts should target Q estremadurensis because both taxa presently show a scattered (known and projected) distribution species distribution models prove useful to forecast the responses of these species to future climatic scenarios will contribute to prioritize conservation efforts Study area (Iberian Peninsula) in the European context (left) and with the boundary of the Atlantic region highlighted in blue (right) and major river basins and mountain systems Model development was based on regional/coarse-scale factors potentially influencing the target species distribution related to bioclimatic and topographic descriptors of the niche environmental space All bioclimatic data were later re-projected and re-sampled (average) to a common reference grid at 10 km spatial resolution (Datum WGS1984/UTM30N) For portraying the ‘static’ influence of terrain morphology wetness and its spatial heterogeneity on species distributions we used the Topographic Ruggedness Index (TRI; as a proxy of slope and terrain complexity) and the Topographic Wetness Index (TWI; as a proxy of soil moisture and flow accumulation) both calculated from the SRTM (v.4) elevation data at 100 m of spatial resolution we aggregated/upscaled TRI and TWI values from their original resolution using the average (TRI_AVG) and the standard-deviation (TWI_STD) To assess the importance of each variable in model fitting we used biomod2′s internal method that calculates 1 – Pearson’s correlation between reference predictions and predictions for a ‘randomized’ version of each variable The highest the score the greater is the influence of a variable in model predictions A value of zero assumes no influence of a given variable Variable importance scores were averaged across the top-performing models This allowed to identify differences and similarities of distributions between species through time The authors agree on sharing this study data and its deposit in public repositories Ecotones in vegetation ecology: Methodologies and definitions revisited Hybrid zones between two European oaks: A plant community approach Natural hybridization as an evolutionary process Ecotones at local to regional scales from around the world Grasslands of the Great Plains (Johnsen Pub Co Bioclimatology of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands In The Vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula (ed Marcescent forests of the Iberian Peninsula floristic and climatic characterization In Warm-Temperate Deciduous Forests around the Northern Hemisphere (eds Box foliar indumentum and epicuticular wax in the Mediterranean gall oaks Quercus subsection Galliferae (Fagaceae): Implications for taxonomy Why do beech and oak trees retain leaves until spring? 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All authors contributed and commented on the manuscript drafts The authors declare no competing interests Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78576-9 Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: a shareable link is not currently available for this article Sign up for the Nature Briefing: Anthropocene newsletter — what matters in anthropocene research Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker One of our 2023 Archaeology of Portugal Fellowship winners As Roman stone exploitation was not hitherto subject to any systematic analysis in what is now Portugal our understanding of what lithotypes were used and their respective sources was rather limited this project first aimed to determine possible main source areas for stones observed in Roman archaeological sites contrasting the characteristics of each lithotype with geological charts and the modern ornamental stone industry catalogues archive records and geological and archaeological databases mapping all the available evidence and defining areas of interest for subsequent fieldwork from a simple photographic register to pedestrian and aerial surveys in distinct areas of central and Southern Portugal The significant occurrence of a distinctly white fine-grained marble in various Roman sites presently located in lower Alentejo suggested a regional source the subsequent investigation resulted in the identification of a possible significant quarry in the area of Serra da Adiça Although the relative isolation of the site and the terrain did not allow thus far a ground analysis of these remains we nonetheless managed to survey the area using UAV equipment providing a clearer observation of the existing remains it was possible to discern an extensive extraction area currently covered by a dense vegetation canopy and a rather interesting area of stone debris apparently discarded in an organized manner along the perimeter possibly associated with a stone working area where the material extracted could eventually have been cropped and trimmed and prepared to transport The Estremoz Anticline has been frequently considered the most important marble quarry area in this part of the Roman world evidence for ancient exploitation has been relatively scarce While mapping all the available archaeological data possibly related to this activity was the first step in our study of this area a particular interest was devoted to the significative hydraulic structure known as Tanque dos Mouros A small paper on this was published last year we resurveyed all the previously known quarrying remains registering small evidence and larger areas with photogrammetry the surveys required targeted cleaning undertakings as some elements of interest were covered by vegetation recent soil deposits and modern quarrying debris Surveying the surrounding areas also revealed previously unknown elements particularly two well-preserved extraction areas collaborating with the local marble industry allowed us to track new evidence discovered during modern extraction works especially a quarry displaying an interesting set of marks evidencing the use of saws to extract stone blocks an exquisite technique not yet documented elsewhere in this region Integrating this data into a wider research framework and working with several colleagues some of the results obtained in the Estremoz Anticline will be published in an international peer-reviewed journal later this year Copyright © 2025, Archaeological Institute of America. All Rights Reserved. | Privacy Policy | Yelling Mule - Boston Web Design Search More results... ShareSaveCommentLifestyleTravelOff The Beaten Path In Portugal: Weird, Wonderful And Highly Specific Food FestivalsByAnn Abel Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights Ann Abel is a Lisbon-based writer covering luxury travel with a soulFollow AuthorJan 24 02:11pm ESTShareSaveCommentThis article is more than 2 years old.Sea urchin People don’t just talk about cherries but talk about cherries from a specific town relatively—it’s a small country) to eat those cherries it’s a good region to go beyond the usual Lisbon-Porto-Algarve route Although the formal proceedings—presentations award ceremonies—generally go down in Portuguese and generally the migas are paired with proteins = like spare ribs or lamb chops (March will see the seventh edition.) During the festival the local market will be taken over by pop-up snack shops educational talks and demonstrations with Portuguese and international chefs with investigations into the ecosystem and discussions around preserving biodiversity the organizers are expecting some 300 exhibitors not only cheese makers but also producers of sausages The conclusion is the presentation of what they call the largest fresh cheese in the world—weighing in at more than 150 pounds—which is served to guests with freshly made pumpkin jam artisan markets and entertainment for children a historic city near some of Portugal’s most beautiful historic villages in an area that happens to produce exceptionally fine cherries Along with lots of opportunities for eating concerts and a tourist train through the orchards the festival has a lineup of musicians from various genres who play for several hours each night on two stages Created by a pair of journalists from Portugal’s leading newspaper, the annual Festa do Tomate Coração de Boi honors the country’s best tomatoes—those funky vaguely heart-shaped ones—with a special lunch in one of the Douro Valley’s top wineries a serious competition (with other journalists winemakers and food producers as judges) and an awards ceremony and garden party with the biggest spread of tomato-centric appetizers I’ve ever seen The main weekend also includes an afternoon of workshops and tastings many restaurants in the region will promote dishes that showcase tomatoes with a particular focus on commemorating the day of St Martin with roasted chestnuts and the first young wines of the year’s grape harvest There’s also a market for local products—including embroidery made with chestnut back and baskets made with chestnut wood—exhibitions traditional folk singing and circus activities sort of like a DOC for wine) and are said to be uniquely flavorful Those organizers expect to have more than 90 exhibitors who will offer various traditional potato-based snacks and some new recipes The sweets-makers of the region are also out in force The oldest pharmacy in the history of Portugal has started the application process of being classified as heritage asserted the Diário da República newspaper The pharmacy celebrated its 110th anniversary on the 1 August in this context the Visitable Collection of Farmácia Monte was opened explained that in addition to being the oldest historic pharmacy in Portugal it is the first that offers the possibility of visiting a museum about the space The mayor added that the municipality is committed “to enhancing its cultural heritage” and if the application is approved the municipality intends to “integrate [the space] within the scope of Vila Viçosa's candidacy process for World Heritage status” Thank you to the municipalities of Vila Vicosa and Alandroal in creating these beautiful sanctuaries for these amazing elephants We all need to do our bit around the world to preserve and honor our wildlife friends because without animal conservation there won't be no human existence either Indigenous peoples appropriated liberal ideas circulating in the Americas and Europe in order to claim their rights a group of indigenous people of different ethnicities who lived in Vila Viçosa They made the long journey in order to petition Dom João VI (1767–1826) that he abolish compulsory indigenous labor in the province of Ceará Working within a system in which people received privileges in exchange for services rendered to the Crown in their luggage they carried letters patent issued decades earlier to prove their bond and allegiance to the Portuguese king representatives of ethnic groups such as the Guarani and Munduruku visited appropriated lands in São Paulo and the Amazon to present gifts to the colonizers with the aim of fostering more friendly relationships and game meat at the doors of houses and rubber plantations An account of these and other actions taken by such ethnic groups is one of the findings resulting from a research method established over the last decade researchers have begun to take new approaches to exploring the archives containing documentation from villages and the missives of provincial governments with the aim of understanding how the indigenous peoples viewed the coming of a new political order The studies have shown that native peoples were not alien to the political debate when interpreted in their own way and used to reclaim their rights and meet demands for better living conditions traditional historiography on Brazilian independence paid little attention to the indigenous issue from the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) although the issue is central to anthropology and ethnography analyses of these areas of knowledge considered each people within their specific cultural context The scenario began to change after the debates of the National Constituent Assembly in 1987 with the involvement of the indigenous movement and intellectuals such as anthropologist Manuela Carneiro da Cunha now a retired professor at the University of São Paulo (USP) and professor emeritus at the University of Chicago who advanced the development of what is now known as “new indigenous history.” “Carneiro da Cunha analyzed the historical documentation and identified two long-term trends within the relationship the state and colonists have had with the indigenous people: brute force and mildness These are trends that operate between opposition and complementarity with mildness being more associated with the Jesuits and brute force with the military,” says anthropologist Leandro Mahalem de Lima from the Center for Applied Microeconomics of the São Paulo School of Economics at Fundação Getulio Vargas in addition to conducting studies analyzing the specifics of each ethnic group researchers began to become concerned with understanding the role of indigenous people in historical processes related to colonization and national independence A scholar of the great catechizing missions in sixteenth-century Espírito Santo explains that some of these missions were elevated to the status of village during the period when Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo (1699–1782) some of the indigenous peoples had been living in these villages for centuries These natives participated in social struggles and were a subject of dispute among local elites Their history is yet to be written,” says Moreira the association between the nation’s independence and indigenous participation is still very rare if not categorically denied,” observes historian André Machado from the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) In an article about to be published in a collection edited by SESC (Social Service of Commerce) Machado mentions a critique that historian Alexandre José de Mello Moraes (1816–1882) wrote in the 1860s regarding the equestrian statue of Dom Pedro I installed in Tiradentes Square The monument portrays the monarch in the act of declaring independence surrounded by alligators and indigenous people written at the height of Indianism—a period when national literature idealized indigenous people—Mello Moraes asks: “What part did these Indians and those alligators play in the Independence of Brazil?” Machado includes this passage in his article to argue that the narrative regarding the supposed unimportance of indigenous participation in the nation’s break with Portugal lasted until recently who comes from the same indigenous group that shares his name “The participation of indigenous populations was omitted from historiographic production and the romantic view of the native peoples contributed to their invisibility,” notes Munduruku cites historian John Manuel Monteiro (1956–2013) noting that studies prior to the 1980s that focused on the history of indigenous peoples functioned as “chronicles of their extinction,” underlining that they would be exterminated or assimilated into the general population the 1988 Constitution made guarantees to these peoples regarding their rights to land and the right to maintain their traditions and cultures “It was the first time that the Brazilian state recognized itself as multiethnic and accepted the right of native populations to be different,” she says noting that the change contributed to expanding the scope of historiographical research Dias observes that current studies on the indigenous issue need to reinforce the dialogue with other historiographies each researcher seeks to see the protagonism of their own object of study In the case of Brazil’s independence and Africans and people of African descent in addition to the various rulers and colonizers we need to improve the connections between these historiographies and deepen our understanding of how these groups interacted.” Understanding the reasoning behind the opposition of certain peoples to the Independence especially considering the context of violence and forced labor to which they had been historically subjected is one of the questions that drive recent research “Wouldn’t it have been more likely for all the native groups to align themselves with independence movements due to the possibility of breaking with the previous regime such movements offered?” asks the historian Another insight these analyses provide is an understanding of how the “scenario of upheavals” experienced during the processes of independence in the Americas impacted indigenous perspectives National LibraryAn equestrian statue of Dom Pedro I is believed to be the first public sculpture in BrazilNational Library Answers to some of these questions were obtained during a study conducted with FAPESP support When studying the exploitation of indigenous labor during the colonial and imperial periods Machado recalls the “Just Wars,” a policy instituted in the sixteenth century that called for the extermination of indigenous people who refused to give up their lands and work for the colonizers he set in motion just wars against the Kaingang Indians who lived in Campo de Guarapuava Machado points out that there were laws prohibiting indigenous enslavement in the territories of the Portuguese and Hispanic Americas with strenuous working hours and frequent delays in payment in which enslaved subjects were considered not to have ownership of their persons and individuals received remuneration for the activities they were obliged to perform “That didn’t change with Brazilian Independence nation-states in the Americas recreated compulsory forms of indigenous work even where parliaments had extinguished it,” argues Machado citing as an example that half of the Bolivian state’s earnings in the nineteenth century involved the sale of goods that were produced from indigenous labor from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) recalls that indigenous labor was strategic for opening up avenues of navigation The knowledge that native populations had of the oceans was what led to the exploration for Caribbean pearls at the beginning of the colonization of the Americas “The most valuable pearls were found in the deepest areas and the indigenous people were forced to dive for hours In order to resist compulsory work under these conditions in Brazil the indigenous people would customarily inhabit more isolated regions and when located were tied to tree trunks or otherwise held captive until the recruiter captured the required number of individuals needed to form a work gang most of the economy depended on indigenous work which was essential for extracting raw materials from the forest Many of these goods were even destined for the foreign market as the researcher verified in collections such as the National Archives While analyzing other documents from the nineteenth century Machado found petitions written in Portuguese by indigenous leaders questioning the working conditions to which they were subjected They went to the Crown and made various types of requests the indigenes demanded the dismissal of the administrator of the Arsenal da Marinha one of the places where compulsory labor was most onerous the indigenous leaders used the liberal discourse prevalent in the Cortes of Lisbon to legitimize their demand stating that the administrator was a ‘despot’ and had come to office through the ‘defects of the Ancien Régime,’” says Machado The Cortes de Lisboa was the designation of the constitutional assembly that came to govern the Portuguese Empire in January 1821 A result of the Liberal Revolution of Porto the military movement known as “Vintism,” was launched in 1820 to demand the end of absolutism and the establishment of a constitutional monarchy in Portugal the freedom of indigenous workers was directly related to the idea of freedom promoted by the liberal movement in Porto according to which society should end the absolutist power of the monarchy,” says Machado Upon learning that the Lisbon Cortes prohibited the recruitment of citizens of the Portuguese Empire into compulsory labor the indigenous people moved closer to the liberals’ cause incorporating and resignifying the interpretation of these rights to argue that they should no longer be forced into these activities the ideas of the Liberal Revolution of Porto began to circulate in Pará at the same time the newspaper O Paraense began to publish in 1820 where it was also reported that the Cortes had abolished the imprisonment of citizens without trial The researcher found correspondence from 1823 that shows that a judge from Vila Nova Del Rey accepted the arguments of the indigenous people that they should not be captured and imprisoned to perform forced labor which aligned their discourse with the cause of the Vintists “Indigenous peoples interpreted political news on their own terms and made calculations about which actions would result in gains or losses for their communities went beyond a simple alignment with those who wanted to maintain ties with Portugal or those who wanted to break away,” Machado observes New York Public LibraryPainting by Jean-Baptiste Debret shows Guarani indigenous people serving in the Brazilian Imperial ArmyNew York Public Library from the Federal Institute of Piauí (IFPI) conducted research funded by FAPESP that was later honored by the Brasiliana Guita and José Mindlin Library at the University of São Paulo (BBM-USP) His work investigated indigenous policies and indigenous rights activists in Ceará by analyzing documents from the state’s Public Archive and the Archive of the House of Representatives he found texts in Portuguese produced by indigenous people showing that some inhabitants of towns and villages perceived the king as the ultimate protective entity against the landowners wishing to dominate their lands and abuse their labor “Portuguese constitutionalism was seen by certain groups as a disadvantageous change because it represented a strengthening of political power for provincial elites the indigenous people of Ceará tended to support the Prince Regent when the Lisbon Cortes imposed the return of Dom João VI to Portugal,” explains the researcher Costa points out that the 1824 Constitution does not directly mention indigenous people but established that all citizens born in Brazil were free and equal provincial governments began to consider laws to protect indigenous rights unnecessary which determined that indigenous village councils should also be composed of representatives of indigenous peoples In an ongoing study on the presence of indigenes on municipal councils in the villages of Ceará Costa found that they started to be referred to as naive and incapable after the Law of the Councils passed in 1828 which imposed a census limit on councilor positions “Less than ten years after the Independence the indigenous people lost their rights from the colonial period,” he notes adding that Ceará abolished the Directorate in 1831 observes that the fact that the 1824 Constitution did not even use the term “Indian” gave rise to a legislative vacuum It was within the framework of this legal vacuum that in 1935 provincial assemblies were established and the management of indigenous villages and the control of labor became the responsibility of the elites She says these same ruling class slaveholders disputed amongst themselves over the so-called “territorial assets,” an expression coined by geographer Antonio Carlos Robert Moraes (1954–2015) to designate areas of land not yet appropriated or colonized which the landowner elites reserved for their own expansionist boats with cannons bombed riverside villages in order to occupy their territories Rebel movements there also wanted to make the province independent from the government of Dom Pedro I who hired the English lord Thomas Cochrane (1775–1860) to lead squadrons of soldiers to impose order and repress opposition movements to force Grão-Pará to adhere to the Independence the church canon Batista Campos [1782–1834] leader of the opposition in the province—who was against compulsory labor—was tortured in the public square 256 of his allies were asphyxiated in the holds of a ship John Grenfell [1800–1869],” says Mahalem de Lima Years after independence from Portugal was achieved these tensions culminated in the outbreak of the Cabanagem a revolt that took place from 1835 to 1840 with enthusiastic participation from the indigenous population Using research conducted on riverside populations specifically at the confluence of the Tapajós the anthropologist mapped a kinship network that extends to more than 2,000 people and allows us to go back in time to the era of the Cabanagem “Mapping networks with the aid of computational tools opens up new possibilities for dialogue with written documental sources,” he notes He adds that one of the findings of this work is that the term cabano is commonly associated with the whites who arrived in boats “acabano com tudo” (destroying everything) Based on historical documentation on indigenous peoples in the region of the Madeira River which crosses the states of Rondônia and Amazonas from the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM) found that in the nineteenth century the advance of rubber extraction into the region occupied by the Munduruku and Parintintin peoples aroused different reactions from each ethnic group after a century of trade with the Portuguese “Historical sources from towns and villages stored in public archives reveal that some indigenous peoples left gifts In researching nineteenth-century manuscripts located in the São Paulo State Public Archives that were written by authorities from villages in different regions of the state to provincial governors identified two key moments in the relations between colonizers and the indigenous population Brazilians adopted a belligerent attitude toward indigenous people reacting violently to their presence on the borders of their territories documents show that people like the Kaiowá and the Guarani sought strategies to try to change this relationship leaving blankets and honey as gifts on these properties “It was precisely these indigenous initiatives in the state of São Paulo that led to the second moment and pressured São Paulo politicians to abolish the Just Wars,” she concludes recalling that the Just Wars were terminated in 1831 with the justification that a civilized government could not promote indigenous extermination Interpretações e alinhamentos dos povos indígenas na era das revoluções atlânticas Ameridian leaders in the construction of indigenous policies in Portugal and Spanish (16th–18th centuries) Dossier AMORORO, M. et al. (eds.). 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Read more >> Saraiva (below) November 2011:  “No matter what the future holds there will always be moonlight  Serra de Sintra and the Tagus flowing towards the sea”  – José Hermano Saraiva  (1917-2012) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wchZ6EYOqGA&feature=related[/youtube] Home » Horse Racing » The Candyman Is Wild About Okavango Andrew Fortune and Okavango stretch clear as Vila Vicosa (Mathew Thackeray) runs on for second (Pic – Candiese Lenferna) “I have brought my biggest string to KZN in the forty winters that Snaith Racing has been visiting here And every year I have had an experienced jockey like Anthony Delpech or Anton Marcus This season it’s Andrew Fortune – not that we are giving him all the Grade 1 rides either!” mused the SA Champion trainer after Nic Jonsson’s lightly raced Okavango strolled in to make it 3 wins from 7 starts and signal his claims as a low-key sophomore talent “I am just happy to be sitting at the Snaith table I know I will get some of the caviar – even if not as much as Richard Fourie,” laughed Fortune after he paid tribute to the exciting Michael De Broglio bred son of Master Of My Fate Okavango is a top division horse – he just needs some time and 400m further,” suggested the Candyman of the R420 000 BSA 2yo November Sale buy out of the top-notch Sportsworld mare While the weight of public money saw Okavango start at 5-10 he didn’t disappoint and is likely to follow the same route as last year’s Hollywoodbets Durban July winner He will likely side-step stablemate Eight On Eighteen in the Daily News and go via the Greyville 1900 and Cup Trial Muzi Yeni (black cap) punches Underworld out to hold off Andrew Fortune and Get Impressed (Pic – Candiese Lenferna) A stakes winner as a 2yo and a dual winner on the Fairview polytrack Hong Kong-based JP Cuvelier’s Querari gelding Underworld upped his game in good fashion with a well-earned victory in an A Stakes mile “I’m more Natalian than half the local trainers,” quipped Snaith as he played to the Hollywoodbets Greyville faithful a crowd he labelled the best racing fans in South Africa after saddling a popular exacta in the seventh race and with the arrival of the various Cape yards over the past few weeks the local racing has brightened considerably Bred by Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein Underworld was a R140 000 National 2yo Sale purchase and took his stakes earnings to R564 169 with his fifth win (7 places) from his 16 starts Get Impressed was possibly carrying more condition than his stablemate in his trainer’s estimation and should not be long in following up in similar company trainer Kumaran Naidoo enjoyed a birthday celebration of note when Muzi Yeni got the Talk Of The Town filly Street Talk home to beat the any-priced Echo The Sporting Post will not publish comments submitted anonymously or under pseudonyms.Please note that the views that are published are not necessarily those of the Sporting Post The Rafeef purple patch continued in the 2025 Champions Season opener at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday with another crackerjack performer in the shape of Mon Petit Cherie who won the World Sports Betting Gr2 Fillies Guineas A Transkei-born horseman who started as a Groom the groundbreaking Lunga learnt the ropes from top men like Mitch Wiese Better known as having raced iconic legend of the turf Pocket Power the affable Marsh Shirtliff is fast making a name for himself in the breeding fraternity On the eve of the launch of the 2025 Champions Season this coming Saturday South African horseracing awoke to a brand new chapter in its history on the Workers’ Day public holiday Loveisintheair is trending in the right direction and jockey Hugh Bowman hopes John Size’s 3yo gelding can make further headway when he lines up in the Class 4 The France Galop Cup Handicap at Happy Valley on Wednesday The most successful Inglis Australian Weanling Sale in history concluded at Riverside on Tuesday with a record individual top price Justin Snaith sends out Let It Be Said in the eighth and if Richard Fourie can switch him off early he should notch up his fourth career victory