Azorean island of Faial has been plunged into what seismologists call “a full seismic crisis” since the beginning of November. A new earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale, with epicenter about 30 kilometers west of the parish of Capelo, on Faial island, was felt this Sunday, November 24, with no record of personal […]
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Faial: Full seismic crisis since the beginning of November – Azores
Posted on 24 November 2019.
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Portugal: US tariff wars are affecting Azores’ exports – Washington,DC
Posted on 23 November 2019.
The United States has begun to levy 10 to 25% taxes on European exports. The action is affecting the import of products from Portugal. Among the most affected are cheeses from the Azores with many importers cancelling orders due the increase in customs taxes. According to the US administration, the tariffs were in retaliation for […]
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Travel: TAP North America routes to include Boston and Montreal – Lisbon,PT
Posted on 21 November 2019.
TAP Air Portugal will offer two new nonstop routes from North America to include Boston/Ponta Delgada and Montreal/Lisbon. The new service will be launched in the summer of 2020. The company will also increase the number of connections between Lisbon and Ponta Delgada, from four to five daily. TAP did not offer a specific start […]
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PALCUS: Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) joins “Friends of Portugal” – Washington,DC
Posted on 18 November 2019.
The Portuguese Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS) has announced that Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, is the newest member of the “Friends of Portugal” in the U.S. Senate. This is an important accomplishment because Connecticut has more than 49,000 Portuguese according to the last American Community Survey, and ranks in the Top […]
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Elaine Ávila: Portuguese Canadian playwright debuts new play – Interview
Posted on 10 November 2019.
By Millicent Borges Accardi Meet Elaine Ávila, a Portuguese-American-Canadian writer who grew up in San Jose, California, and now lives in Canada. Originally her grandparents immigrated from Ribeiras, Pico, Azores, to the Prusch Ranch and then, later, her grandfather worked in the tuna-fishing industry of San Diego. She still has family in Santarém (mainland Portugal) […]
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George Monteiro: A brilliant mind (1932-2019)
Posted on 07 November 2019.
Dr. George Monteiro, Professor Emeritus of English at Brown University, passed away on Wednesday, November 6, at the age of 87. Degrees and Honors: Professor Monteiro received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1954 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Brown University in 1964. In 1956, he earned his Master of Arts from Columbia […]
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