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Pedro Rodrigues
@pedrotrodrigues.bsky.social
Roaming hermit from 🇵🇹🇪🇺
Lived and worked in Lisbon, Cardiff, Malaga, London, Berlin, Beijing, LA, and Florida
Journalist, Writer, Int News Producer 📼
Last month's ICJ advisory opinion was a landmark decision for small island and African nations, by fundamentally transforming the current global landscape of climate finance accountability and flows for decades to come. High-profile climate strategists chime in:
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🌍 ‘Game-changer for the Global South’… but will the Global North pay up? | Viory
🌍 ‘Game-changer for the Global South’… but will the Global North pay up? For the first time in history, the International Court of Justice has issued a unanimous opinion on the biggest threat facing ...
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August 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
On the eve of the #Conclave, the question of who will replace Pope Francis is heard worldwide, but "the axis of the Catholic Church has shifted from the North to the South," advises Archbishop Palmer-Buckle. We find more about the top candidates from the Global South,
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Second Pope for the Global South? - Catholic leaders, theologians from Ghana, Guinea, DRC, Philippines on regional runners, riders to succeed Francis *FULL FOCUS* | Video Viory
Pope Francis heralded a paradigm shift for the Catholic Church as the first pontiff from the Global South, leading 1.4 billion believers worldwide. His legacy also changed the Church forever - appoint...
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May 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A lot has been said about the impacts of the US global tariffs, so I've produced a couple of features on how exporters are adapting and moving on.

Here, Port and Douro exporters compare the moment to a "dependency" hangover, and trace course to explore new markets

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'Great potential for growth!' - Portuguese winemakers 'pivot away' from US amid Trump tariffs *FULL FOCUS* | Video Viory
Portuguese winemakers are exploring new markets in Asia and South America due to US President Donald Trump’s 'reciprocal' tariffs.  Footage captured on Sunday features interviews with the head's of l...
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April 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Interesting story I've been working on lately - Global human rights experts decry the EU's plans for asylum seekers: establishing "return hubs" in third countries #migration

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Global South sees it as return of colonialism! - Expert reaction, archive as EU plots third-country deportation hubs to outsource migration *FULL FOCUS* | Video Viory
The European Commission's plan for so-called 'deportation hubs', set up in third countries outside the bloc to increase removals - and effectively outsource the migration issue - has been met with an ...
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April 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Freshly published, a news video feature on the developing housing crisis in Portugal, which is expected to further intensify in 2025

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#Portugal
'It is impossible!' - US interest, foreign buyers price out locals, fuel housing crisis across Portugal | Video Viory
Locals in the Portuguese town Cascais condemned skyrocketing property prices, with foreign buyers and interest from the likes of the US blamed for fuelling a housing crisis - and even a rise in nation...
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February 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Take a peek inside the "banality of evil". Popularized by the movie ´Zone of Interest,' House 88, the former residence of the Nazi Commander of the #Auschwitz concentration camp Rudolf Hoss will be open to the public by the Counter Extremism Project. Powerful stuff,

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'Social media promotes edges of society' - Hoss house counter-extremism project warns of rising sectarian violence in Europe, US | Video Viory
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) commemorated the 80th Holocaust Memorial Day in Poland with the opening of 'House 88' to the public - and warnings that sectarian violence and antisemitism were on ...
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January 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Sharing an important story produced this weekend. The arrival of the first group of deportees from the US to Brazil. The migrants, who were released from handcuffs upon arrival on Brazilian soil, describe their own experience and the conditions they were submitted to

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'It felt like death... like torture' - Dozens deported 'in handcuffs' amid Trump's crackdown as Brazil demands inquiry into 'degrading treatment' | Video Viory
Around 88 Brazilian immigrants landed at the Confins International Airport, Minas Gerais State, on Sunday, having been deported from the United States under President Donald Trump's stringent immigrat...
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January 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
One of my favorite stories produced this week. Previously considered extinct in the region, Tapirs have been sighted for the first time in Rio de Janeiro in over 100 years. Poignant proof that ecosystem protection efforts can genuinely have a positive impact. #Brazil

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Defying extinction - Tapirs make remarkable return to the wild in Brazil after 100 years of absence | Video Viory
Previously considered extinct, tapirs have been sighted once again in the wild in the Rio de Janeiro region for the first time in a century, a remarkable outcome stemming from the government's intensi...
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January 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
For my friends in Portugal:

Estou a trabalhar numa história para televisão sobre a crise da habitação em Portugal, mais especificamente com foco nesta nova vaga de Americanos (e outros povos com bolsos fundos) a colher por inteiro o mercado imobiliário em localidades ao longo da costa.

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January 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I will start sharing a selection of the stories I'm producing on the regular here. An interview with NYU Professor of Atmosphere-Ocean Science Dr. David Holland on #Greenland climate future and geopolitical allure, from last week,

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'Like a massive aircraft carrier' - NYU Professor explains Greenland's geopolitical importance, climate change impact | Video Viory
Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere-Ocean Science at New York University, David Holland, suggested Greenland's geographical position explains a renewed interest of the world's superpowers speaking...
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January 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM