Portugal’s Prime Minister, António Costa, will pay a week-long official visit to India, from January 6 to January 12, 2017, at the invitation of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Prime Minister Costa, who is of Portuguese Indian descent, is the son of Orlando da Costa, a prominent Portuguese language writer with roots Goa, the Indian […]
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Portugal: Prime Minister António Costa visits ancestral home in Goa – India
Posted on 06 January 2017.
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Book: ‘The Luso – Anarchist Reader’ by Plínio Tadeu de Góes Jr. – Editor’s Note
Posted on 01 January 2017.
No book has ever presented a selection of writings of anarchists from the Portuguese-speaking world to an English-speaking audience. In The Luso-Anarchist Reader, writings by feminist radicals such as Maria Lacerda de Moura and anarchist communists such as Neno Vasco are made available in English for the first time. Researchers and activists interested in achieving […]
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Book: ‘An Economic History of Portugal 1143-2010’ – Editor’s Note
Posted on 31 December 2016.
This book offers a fascinating exploration of the evolution of the Portuguese economy over the course of eight centuries, from the foundation of the kingdom in 1143, when political boundaries began to take shape in the midst of the Christian Reconquista of the Iberian Peninsula, and the formation of an empire, to the integration of […]
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Book: ‘Portuguese Commandos’ by John P. Cann – Editor’s Note
Posted on 31 December 2016.
During the 13-year insurgency (1961–74) in Portuguese Africa, more than 800,000 men and women served in the Portuguese armed forces. Of this number, about 9,000 served as commandos (or about 1 percent). Yet their combat losses ― 357 dead, 28 missing in action and 771 wounded ― represented 11.5 percent of the total casualties (a […]
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António Guterres – The right man at the right time – by Len Port
Posted on 29 December 2016.
By Len Port, Contributor (*) As we raise glasses to the notion of peace and goodwill on Earth, more realistic hopes are centred on Portugal’s António Guterres who takes office as United Nations Secretary-General on New Year’s Day. One of the few things top leaders across this bitterly divided world seem to agree on is […]
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Mandatory: Priority services granted for seniors and the physically challenged – Portugal
Posted on 27 December 2016.
According to a new law approved by the Portuguese parliament, effective December 27, 2016, all public and private entities in Portugal are obliged to provide priority services to the physically challenged, including pregnant women, people holding or escorting children under two years old, disabled elderly people over 65 years old, and people with physical and/or mental […]
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