Luís Alberto Ferreira was hospitalized at São Francisco Xavier Hospital in Lisbon, receiving treatment for pneumonia, after being admitted to the hospital about two weeks ago due to a fall, according to Irene Bernardo.
The niece, who maintained a "strong bond" with Luís Alberto Ferreira, said that her uncle continued to follow the news with special interest and that, whenever possible, he was finalizing the two books he hoped to publish soon.
Regarding current events, Irene Bernardo said that the journalist expressed his concern about the election results in Portugal, particularly the rise of Chega, and that internationally he was apprehensive about the situation in Palestine and Ukraine.
In the "long conversations" she had with her uncle, Irene Bernardo witnessed his "culture" and "deep understanding of the reality."
Fifty years ago, Luís Alberto Ferreira covered for RTP the airlift of Portuguese immigrants from Angola who were preparing to return to Portugal.
In that turbulent year, he followed the events that followed the April 25 revolution in 1974 and witnessed the national movements in Angola.
It was during this period that he came into contact with the Polish writer and journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski, who was in Angola witnessing the turbulent birth of a new country, which later gave rise to his book "Mais um dia de vida - Angola 1975".
