By Len Port, Contributor (*) Gonçalo Amaral has won his appeal against a Lisbon court’s decision last year to award half a million euros in damages to Kate and Gerry McCann. The award arose from the McCanns’ objection to Amaral’s book Maddie: The Truth of the Lie published in 2008. The overturning of the damages […]
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Update: Detective Amaral wins appeal in McCann’s Case – By Len Port
Posted on 19 April 2016.
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Book: ‘300 Days of Sun: A Novel’ by Deborah Lawrenson – Editor’s Note
Posted on 19 April 2016.
Combining the atmosphere of Jess Walter’s Beautiful Ruins with the intriguing historical backstory of Christina Baker Kline’s Orphan Train, Deborah Lawrenson’s mesmerizing novel transports readers to a sunny Portuguese town with a shadowy past — where two women, decades apart, are drawn into a dark game of truth and lies that still haunts the shifting […]
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Community: MAPS Awards Gala Honors Inspirational Leaders – Cambridge, MA
Posted on 18 April 2016.
An evening of inspiring award recipients, cultural entertainment, glamorous red carpet arrival, silent auction and an elegant banquet helped the Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers (MAPS) raise a record $162,000 at the nonprofit organization’s 2016 Awards Gala in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 9th. The “Person of the Year Award” went to David Simas, a first-generation […]
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António Guterres emerging as front-runner to become UN Secretary General – United Nations
Posted on 18 April 2016.
Former Portuguese Prime Minister António Guterres has emerged as front-runner to become next United Nations Secretary General, the Portuguese media has reported. The second front-runner is Helen Clark, the former New Zealand Prime Minister. Both Guterres and Clark head a pack of favored candidates which include UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova of Bulgaria, former Serbian Foreign Minister […]
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The week: News of smiles and smacks – by Len Port
Posted on 16 April 2016.
By Len Port, Contributor (*) Among this week’s broadest smiles and fondest embraces were those between Portugal’s Prime Minister António Costa and his Greek counterpart, Alexis Tsipras. Weekend talks at the Maximos Mansion in Athens between the leaders of two of Europe’s most financially troubled nations ended in agreement to demand that other EU leaders […]
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Book: ‘Helena’s Portuguese Kitchen’ – Editor’s Note
Posted on 15 April 2016.
The top Montreal Portuguese chef Helena Loureiro invites you to share her fascination with the flavors of her native land and explore its delicacies. Let her guide your discovery of fish- and seafood-based specialties and of dishes spotlighting fire-grilled or slow-simmered meats and poultry. Indulge your cravings: enjoy a black cod gravlax, a grilled potato or […]
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