Congressman Jim Costa (D-CA) introduced a resolution to the 117th Congress (2021-2022), supporting the designation of June as “Portuguese National Heritage Month”. The H.Res 459 resolution, co-sponsored by Congressman David Valadao (R-CA), celebrates the historic, cultural, and significant contributions Portuguese Americans have made to the United States, “I’m honored to introduce this legislation that recognizes […]
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117th Congress: June designated ‘Portuguese National Heritage Month’ – Washington, DC
Posted on 08 June 2021.
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Travel: Dark side of ‘green list’ pandemonium – By Len Port
Posted on 07 June 2021.
Many British visitors to Portugal are counting the cost of having to rush home early amid the chaos created by the British Government’s sudden U-turn on its ‘green list’ travel arrangement. Among them is Tonia Christensen, who came to the Algarve, not to enjoy a getaway sunshine holiday, but to visit at long last her […]
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Book: ‘A Narrative of Denial: Australia and the Indonesian Violation of East Timor’ by Peter Job – Editor’s Note
Posted on 01 June 2021.
The Indonesian invasion of East Timor in 1975 led to a prolonged conflict, severe human rights abuses and a large loss of life. From 1975 to 1983 the Indonesian military’s campaign of ‘encirclement and annihilation’ destroyed rural food resources, creating the famine that took most of the lives lost during the occupation. The Australian governments […]
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May 20-24: Azorean Diaspora Council elects representatives – USA
Posted on 19 May 2021.
Azoreans living abroad will elect, May 20-24, the newly established Azorean Diaspora Council (CDA) [Conselho da Diáspora Açoriana], an advisory body intended to strengthen the political and cultural ties between the Azorean communities around the world and the Autonomous Region of the Azores. The new created advisory body will “create conditions” for Azoreans residing abroad […]
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Maria Lawton: Television food show to be broadcast nationwide – PBS
Posted on 19 May 2021.
Starting in June, television food show “Maria’s Portuguese Table” hosted by Portuguese American Chef and Maria Lawton, best known for her Azorean Green Bean, will be broadcast nationwide by the prestigious Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), to reach millions of viewers of in the United States. “I gave them a year of rights and they asked […]
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Book: ‘An Apprenticeship’ by Clarice Lispector – Editor’s Note
Posted on 13 May 2021.
A love story by the great Clarice Lispector that asks: Just how might two people be joined? What to make of a writer who follows the metaphysical heights of her great Passion According to GH with a book that looks suspiciously like a romance novel? In An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures, Clarice Lispector […]
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