By Len Port, Contributor (*) In contrast to the political mishmash created by the recent general election, Sunday’s presidential poll shooed in a clear winner who promises to be a force for stability. The 20th President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, is expected to play a crucial role in calming the country’s […]
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Update: Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa elected President – Portugal
Posted on 24 January 2016.
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Nominated: António Guterres candidate to UN Secretary-General – Portugal
Posted on 23 January 2016.
The Portuguese government has proposed former Prime Minister António Guterres as its candidate to next United Nations Secretary-General, Prime Minister António Costa announced Friday. According to a statement released by Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Augusto Santos Silva, Guterres has the political career and the international experience which make him an ideal candidate. “The government […]
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Honor: Jewish community celebrates Aristides de Sousa Mendes – Los Angeles, CA
Posted on 20 January 2016.
The Jewish community of Los Angeles, CA, will honor the life Aristides de Sousa Mendes with a series of memorial events to be held in January. Sousa Mendes was the former Portuguese Consul in Bordeaux, France, who issued visas to WWII refugees, without regard to nationality or religion, saving thousands of lives including 10,000 Jews. […]
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Book: ‘The Fuzileiros’ Portuguese Marines in Africa 1961-1974 – Editor’s Note
Posted on 20 January 2016.
In 1961, Portugal found itself fighting a war to retain its colonial possessions and preserve the remnants of its Empire. It was almost completely unprepared to do so, and this was particularly evident in its ability to project power and to control the vast colonial spaces of Africa. Following the uprisings of March 1961 in […]
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January 19: Recurrent seismic activity recorded on São Miguel – Azores
Posted on 19 January 2016.
The Center for Seismic-Volcanic Surveillance of the Azores (CVISA) has recorded today, January 19, two seismic events of moderate intensity on the São Miguel island. The first seismic event, magnitude 4, 1, on the Richter scale, epicenter located at 29 miles west/norwest of Mosteiros, was felt at 08:45 local time, in the Ponta Delgada district. […]
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Arts: Portuguese Surrealist artists participating in collective exhibit – Mississippi State University
Posted on 19 January 2016.
Portuguese surrealist artist Santiago Ribeiro, Paula Rosa, Victor Lages and Francisco Urbano are participating in a collective exhibit held in the Cullis Wade Depot Gallery, at the Mississippi State University (MSU). North American participating artist include Jay Garfinkle, France Garrido, Joe A. MacGown, K.D. Matheson, Patrick McGrath Muniz, Shahla Rosa, and Olga Spiegel. The exhibit consists […]
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