The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture, the MA & PhD Program in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies and Theory, and the Department of Portuguese announce a lecture, “Progress and Scientific Idealism in Eça de Queirós (A cidade e as serras) and Julio Verne (Les tribulations d’un chinois en Chine)” by Prof. Sérgio Paulo […]
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Lecture: Progress and Scientific Idealism in Eça de Queirós and Jules Verne – UMass, Dartmouth
Posted on 04 November 2013.
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Music: Tenor Bruno Ribeiro taking stage as Don José in Dallas – Texas
Posted on 04 November 2013.
Portuguese tenor Bruno Ribeiro is taking stage as Don José in Dallas Opera’s Carmen, at the Winspear Opera House. Ribeiro, who made his professional debut as Don Ottavio at the Michigan Opera House, in Detroit, is taking stages by storm all over Europe and North America with his powerfully expressive voice. Credits include Alfredo (La […]
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Awarded: Mia Couto wins the 2014 Neustadt Prize for Literature – U. Oklahoma
Posted on 02 November 2013.
António Emílio Leite [Mia] Couto is the recipient of the 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature for lifetime achievement. Often called the “American Nobel,” the prize is awarded for a lifetime body of work. The 58-year-old Mozambican author, a fiction writer and poet, will receive a cash prize of a $50,000. The honor was announced […]
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Demographics: Population declining as births decrease and emigration increases – Portugal
Posted on 01 November 2013.
In Portugal more people are dying than being born with live birth decreasing and emigration increasing, revealed Thursday the Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE). Accordingly, the Portuguese population is at its lowest level in six years, for three consecutive years. In 2012, the number of live births decreased to 89,856 (96,856 in 2011) and the number […]
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Outraged! Cristiano Ronaldo’s fans demanding resignation of Joseph Blatter over remark – FIFA
Posted on 30 October 2013.
Fans of Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo are outraged over a remark by Joseph [Sepp] Blatter, FIFA’s president, regarding the Real Madrid attacker. Fans are accusing Blatter of bias against Ronaldo, demanding Blatter’s immediate resignation. The 78 year old Blatter, who is Swiss, has been FIFA’s president since 1998. Blatter poked fun at the 28 years […]
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Revealed: More bizarre twists in McCann saga – By Len Port
Posted on 29 October 2013.
By Len Port, Contributor (*) It turns out that Kate and Gerry McCann suppressed for five years ‘critical evidence’ that became the centerpiece of the recent BBC Crimewatch program on the disappearance of their daughter Madeleine. Findings by ex-MI5 agents long kept under wraps by the McCanns included the two e-fit images described in the […]
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