Ana Fonseca

International Development. Mountains fan. Hiking and trail running. Dog person. 🇪🇺🇵🇹

[UNOSSC @UNOSSC]

Read more about the Blue Economy Pilot Project, led by @unesco_iesalc, @UNOSSC and @camoes_ip, supporting knowledge exchange for the preservation of natural and cultural heritage across Angola, Chile, Jamaica and Portugal – https://t.co/0d4zrQBMAY

[UNOSSC @UNOSSC]

On Portugal Day, @UNOSSC congratulates the Government and people of Portugal. We recognize Portugal’s leadership in #SouthSouth and #TriangularCooperation, including through Camões, I.P., advancing knowledge exchange and sustainable development.

[Andrii Sybiha 🇺🇦 @andrii_sybiha]

Sincere congratulations to Portugal on being elected to the UN Security Council for 2027–2028.

Portugal is a trusted friend and principled defender of international law, peace, and security. Ukraine relies on defending these values together.

We look forward to working closely with Portugal to uphold the UN Charter, advance a just and lasting peace, and strengthen security and stability in Europe and around the world.

[Ana Fonseca @FFonsecaAna]

Ok, this is funny - brasileiro europeu 😅

[blog:leandronsp.com @leandronsp]

@realalexlains eu acho que tinha que mudar tudo, minha proposta é que no brasil falar-se-ia "brasileiro" (br-BR)

e em portugal o correto seria "brasileiro europeu" (br-EU)

assim teríamos os dois idiomas no app, seria a solução definitiva IMHO

[Ana Fonseca @FFonsecaAna]

@yashar 💔

[Ana Fonseca @FFonsecaAna]

@jmart @JakeAuch Perhaps most Dems are ok with both Cooper and Platner?

Besides, it’s a strange comparison, since one is running in Maine and the other in NC

[Geoff Duncan @GeoffDuncanGA]

Oddly enough @realDonaldTrump, losing by 50% still feels better than supporting you.

“Doing the right thing will never be the wrong thing”

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

[Rasmus Jarlov @RasmusJarlov]

I dont think US Americans understand how insanely repulsive this is. They dont even think of it. They dont understand that others love their countries as much as they love their own. They are deluded to think that they are exceptional and better than everybody and that everybody wants to be US Americans.

The reality is that this kind of threatening rhetoric of taking other countries makes people's blood boild and makes them hate the USA. The US Americans dont understand it, when they read how hated they are in the rest of the world, but this is why.

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

The relationship between Canada and Europe is rooted in a common history and shared values, and we’re building on that.

In a more divided world, we’re choosing partnership — in trade, defence, and security — to build a more prosperous and secure future together.

[Ana Fonseca @FFonsecaAna]

Money and power don’t buy taste

[Adrian Hilton @Adrian_Hilton]

The Oval Office has changed a bit since 1970.

[Portugal at the UN @Portugal_UN]

This #EarthDay, we are reminded: protecting our planet is protecting our future. 🌎🌳
🇵🇹 leads on climate action — investing in sustainable solutions and energy transition to deliver on our commitments.

We must turn ambition into action and build a safer, more sustainable world.

[Portugal at the UN @Portugal_UN]

At ECOSOC FfD Forum general debate, Portugal shared its contribution to Sevilla Commitment implementation:
➡️pilot study on Go Beyond GDP in its development cooperation
➡️advancing MVI operationalisation through retreat
➡️launching call to action on triangular cooperation data

[Portugal at the UN @Portugal_UN]

At #ECOSOC FfD Forum, Portugal stressed the need for a coherent, inclusive & rules-based financial system that supports sustainable development: stronger coordination, sustainable debt solutions, & renewed multilateralism so countries can invest in people, not just service debt.

[Portugal at the UN @Portugal_UN]

Portugal, @UNOSSC and @OECD, brought partners together at the #ECOSOC FfD Forum to advance delivery of the Sevilla Commitment through triangular cooperation—strengthening evidence, visibility and partnerships, on the road to the 10th International Meeting in Lisbon this fall.

[Jessica Riedl 🧀 🇺🇦 @JessicaBRiedl]

Even as a libertarian, I acknowledge that two of the most life-saving (and cheapest) federal activities have been NIH medical research and fighting AIDS in Africa. Millions of lives saved at a tiny cost.

So of course those are the two activities that Trump successfully targets.

[Jill Filipovic @JillFilipovic]

btw I am not "anti-Israel." I'm not an "anti-Zionist," depending on how we're defining the word Zionist (I am like many normie liberals against the settlements, the occupation, and the brutalization of Palestinians, but supportive of a democratic Jewish state). I am a boring-ass two state solution person who thinks both Israelis and Palestinians would be best served by each group coexisting in side-by-side countries. Palestinians are incredibly ill-served by the murderous tyrants of Hamas (to put it very mildly). But if you think Israel is being well-served by its current government... then yeah we very much disagree.

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

Dear friends: I don’t know any Catholic in the United States, from the most traditional to the most progressive, who does not have strong feelings about the comments from President Trump and Vice President Vance about Pope Leo XIV. These include not only President Trump’s initial disrespectful Truth Social post about the Holy Father, but also Vice President Vance’s similarly disrespectful comments about Pope Leo having to be “careful” when he speaks about theology.

Let me share some of my own feelings. First of all, it is shocking that a President and Vice President would treat such a good, holy and learned man with such disdain. Imagine telling a man with the Holy Father’s learning and experience (and authority) that he doesn’t understand theology sufficiently. What’s more, imagine attacking him as, ridiculously, “weak on crime” or somehow not understanding foreign policy.

Second, I’m edified by Pope Leo’s charitable and courageous response to all this. Charitable because he has not responded in any way other than with charity and respect. As some of you may know, I know the Holy Father slightly, thanks to our being seated together at the Synod for two weeks, and know him to be a kind, reserved, discerning and highly intelligent person. In a word, holy.

But courageous too: as we have seen during his time in Algeria and Cameroon, Pope Leo has not shied away from continuing to preach the Gospel, and speaking out in favor of peace (and yes, he understands St. Augustine’s concept of the “just war”) and against, as he said today, tyrants and those who would use God’s name to support violence of bloodshed.

So, where will this all end? It’s hard to say. But I would imagine that now that the taboo has been broken, politicians will continue to denigrate him and thus try to persuade people, without saying it explicitly, to think that the Pope’s words do not need to be listened to.

But this will be in vain for two reasons. First, Pope Leo is clearly fearless. A few hours after he was elected as pope, I spoke with a fellow Augustinian priest who had known “Bob” for decades. “He’s a great listener, very kind and much loved.” Then he paused. “But he’s no pushover.” But the main reason that the Pope’s words will be heard is less about Robert Prevost’s own many virtues but something else: the Vicar of Christ will be heard because he is preaching the Gospel. As Jesus told his disciples, “Heaven and earth may pass away, but my words will never pass away.” So, in these strange times, fear not.

[Archbishop of Canterbury @ArchbishopSarah]

I stand with my brother in Christ, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, in his courageous call for a kingdom of peace.

As I prepare to visit Rome later this month to meet and pray with Pope Leo, I am mindful of his call to keep our eyes open to the suffering of the world, and our gaze fixed on our crucified and risen Lord Jesus Christ – the image of the invisible God, in whose image and likeness every human being is made. In him, we recognise that we are children of the one Father and members of a single human family. Prayer is not an escape from the world, nor a turning away from injustice; rather, it is a turning towards God in the midst of it, confronting evil, seeking God’s will, and becoming instruments of transformation and peace.

Read my full statement here https://t.co/TDyRiJY8NS

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth. #ApostolicJourney #Cameroon https://t.co/bKteFZ3iWE

[Ana Fonseca @FFonsecaAna]

Brought to you by the party of ‘family values’ and ‘free speech absolutists’.

[Rich Raho @RichRaho]

“The Trump administration has abruptly canceled an $11 million contract with Catholic Charities to shelter and care for migrant children who enter the U.S. alone…” https://t.co/qezHSFOnJe