Beatriz Ramalho da Silva

Record sev­en can­di­dates run­ning, with two ex-PMs – Car­los Veiga and José Maria Neves – seen as the strongest con­tenders.

Me­dia and in­sti­tu­tion­al si­lence con­tribute to­wards cli­mate of im­puni­ty, ex­perts say.

How mu­sic shaped by slav­ery, epi­demics and mi­gra­tion trav­elled the world, nar­rat­ing sto­ries of suf­fer­ing and re­sis­tance.

Gov­ern­ment pro­pos­al to lift mora­to­ri­um rais­es con­cern among ac­tivists who fear a re­turn to 2012-2015 tim­ber felling.

In­tel­lec­tu­als such as Cor­nel West and Achille Mbe­m­be call on Por­tu­gal to act af­ter se­ries of racist at­tacks.