During an extended stay in his childhood home in Portugal, Portuguese Canadian author paulo da costa distills the wide-eyed innocence, joy, and curiosity of his four-year-old son as he meets his aging grandparents and explores an unfamiliar country and culture into a beautiful, tender, and poetic portrait of father-son relationships. Evocative and heartwarming, Trust the […]
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Book | Trust the Bluer Skies | by paulo da costa – Editor’s Note
Posted on 15 April 2024.
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Portugal: Ship sailing under Portuguese flag seized by Iranian forces – Persian Gulf
Posted on 13 April 2024.
A cargo ship linked to Israel, sailing under a Portuguese flag through the Persian Gulf, was seized by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard on Saturday. The ship, operated by the international shipping company Zodiac Maritime, which is managed by Israeli businessman Eyal Ofer, identified as the “MCS Aries” was en route to India when Iranian forces […]
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Terceira: Lajes Base to play crucial role in ongoing global conflicts – Azores
Posted on 10 April 2024.
Lajes Base, strategically positioned on Terceira Island in the Azores, holds significant value for United States national security and NATO, given the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and Europe. This importance was recently highlighted by US Ambassador to Portugal, Randi Charno Levine, during a conference held by the Açoriano Oriental newspaper on São Miguel […]
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| Above the Salt | Katherine Vaz discusses her breakthrough novel – Interview
Posted on 03 April 2024.
By Millicent Borges Accardi Katherine Vaz is the author of three novels: Above the Salt, Saudade, and Mariana; and two collections of short fiction: Fado and Other Stories and Our Lady of the Artichokes. Her latest book, Above the Sal ( Flatiron Books/Macmillan) is forthcoming from ASA Publishers in Portugal. Luso-Americano named Vaz one of […]
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Opinion | Problems loom for Portugal’s new parliament – Len Port
Posted on 29 March 2024.
Portugal’s center-right Prime Minister-elect, Luis Montenegro, revealed on Thursday his cabinet emerging from the Democratic Alliance (AD) coalition, including the center-right Social Democratic Party (PSD) and two lesser right-leaning parties. The coalition which received 28.8% of the vote won 80 seats in the 230-seat parliament. The government’s agenda is to be debated in parliament on […]
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Conference: The Carnation Revolution: Global Perspectives – UMass, Dartmouth
Posted on 29 March 2024.
The Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture (CPSC), in coordination with the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives, announced that it is hosting an international conference on the 4th, 5th, and 6th of April 2024. The year 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, a seminal event in Portuguese history. The theme is “The Carnation Revolution: […]
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