Concerned with giving voice to Cape Verdean life, Fortes writes in Cape Verdean Creole – and not just standard Portuguese – a powerful statement reinforcing the islands’ distinctive African nature. However, his poems are often written from the perspective of an exile – and themes of exile and redemptive return recur in his work. This […]
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Book: ‘Selected Poems’ by Corsino Fortes – Editor’s Note
Posted on 07 May 2015.
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Vancouver: Museum of Anthropology presenting Portuguese folk art exhibit – Canada
Posted on 05 May 2015.
The Museum of Anthropology (MOA), located in Vancouver, Canada, is organizing the exhibit ‘Heaven, Hell & Somewhere In Between’ a display of a collection of 300 items of Portuguese folk and popular artwork. Beginning May 12, the exhibit will stay open to the public until October 12. According to the organizers, the display is a […]
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Festas: Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres streamed online – Azores
Posted on 02 May 2015.
The 2015 Festas do Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres, [Holy Feast of Christ of the Miracles], taking place on the weekend of May 7-14, in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, will streamed live online on the Internet and live on television through RTP/ Antena 1. According to the ‘2015 Festivities Program’ the religious celebrations will be […]
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Travel Alert: TAP Air Portugal’s pilots staging 10 day strike for May 1-10 – Update
Posted on 30 April 2015.
Following days of consecutive failed negotiations, pilots of Portugal’s national flag carrier have confirmed yesterday that they are going ahead with a 10 day strike, starting Friday, May 1. Poor working conditions, and the government plans to privatize TAP Air Portugal, were cited by TAP Air Portugal’s Pilots Union (SPAC) as reasons for the strike. […]
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Update: Detective Amaral to appeal McCanns’s libel action – By Len Port
Posted on 30 April 2015.
By Len Port, Contributor(*) The McCanns partially won their libel action against the author and former lead detective Gonçalo Amaral, but the matter is far from over. Amaral intends to appeal. In his first comment on the verdict he said today: “I find that the court’s decision is unfair and questions my right and every […]
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2017: Pope Francis to visit Fátima on 100th Anniversary of Marian Apparitions – Portugal
Posted on 29 April 2015.
Pope Francis has confirmed he will visit Fátima, Portugal, in 2017, on the 100th anniversary of the Marian Apparitions. According to the Leiria-Fátima Diocese, the announcement of the visit was given directly by Pope Francis to Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, António Augusto dos Santos Marto, during a private audience at the Vatican last week. ‘If God […]
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