By Len Port, Contributor (*) Portugal’s center-right government is determined to continue with its austerity program despite Thursday’s general strike, record low approval ratings and opposition demands for it to resign. The government is unlikely to deviate from its highly unpopular policies, let alone collapse, as it enjoys a comfortable majority in parliament and national […]
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Opinion: Portugal’s ‘pseudo democracy’ plods on – General strike
Posted on 27 June 2013.
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Sports: Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series third stop on São Miguel – Azores
Posted on 26 June 2013.
The world’s best cliff divers are returning to São Miguel island, Azores, this weekend, for the third stop in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2013. Last year, 14 athletes from 11 different countries participating. The third leg of this international competition will take place Saturday, June 29, starting at 10:00am, on the Islet […]
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Book: ‘Economies of Relation in the Lusophone World’ – Editor’s Note
Posted on 25 June 2013.
Tagus Press at UMass Dartmouth, in partnership with the University Press of New England (UPNE), launched the publication of Economies of Relation: Money and Personalism in the Lusophone World, guest edited by Roger Sansi under the general editorship of Victor K. Mendes. This double-volume issue of Portuguese Literary & Cultural Studies (vols. 23-24) examines the […]
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Science: Ziphius aquatic drone to enter mass production – Azores
Posted on 25 June 2013.
The Azores based developers of Ziphius, the first app-controlled aquatic drone, have announced today their invention is going into mass production and that they are seeking venture partners. According to Azorean, the company behind the development of Ziphius, as first step Ziphius is launching its Kickstarter campain,a funding platform for creative projects to help finance the […]
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Community: Writers program flourishes at Our Sisters School – New Bedford, MA
Posted on 24 June 2013.
By Shana Silva (*) Being the daughter of Portuguese immigrants to New Bedford whose first language was Portuguese, I was naturally drawn to Our Sisters School, where I became an AmeriCorps teacher in fall 2012. The school is a tuition-free, independent, secular, all girls’ middle school in New Bedford, Massachusetts, that serves mostly Portuguese and […]
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Book: Chaos and Splendor & Other Essays – Edited by Carlos Veloso – Review
Posted on 24 June 2013.
By Michael Colson (*) Although he is a prominent Portuguese cultural critic and a leading intellectual, Eduardo Lourenço is not widely known in the Anglo-American world. Several of Lourenço’s essays on cultural and philosophical topics have been collected in Chaos and Splendor & Other Essays (2002), edited by Carlos Veloso (Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture, […]
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