By Millicent Borges Accardi Meet author Esmeralda Cabral! Born on São Miguel, in the Azores, Esmeralda Cabral immigrated to Edmonton, Alberta with her family when she was a child, and she jokingly brags that Canada was where she first “learned to speak English, shovel snow, skate on a lake and cross-country ski through trails in […]
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Author | Esmeralda Cabral on how to call two countries home | Interview
Posted on 23 May 2023.
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Opinion | Bildebergers meeting in Lisbon | What’s all the fuss about? – By Len Port
Posted on 22 May 2023.
Between 120 and 150 highly influential leaders attended a Bildeberger meeting over the past few days in Lisbon prompting the usual howls from conspiracy theorists amid silence from the participants. Among those who gathered for the start of the four-day meeting were top officials from companies such as OpenAI, Google and Microsoft. The political titans […]
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Community: Carnegie Museum showcasing Portuguese heritage – Hanford, CA
Posted on 19 May 2023.
The Carnegie Museum of Kings County in Hanford, Central California, is currently offering a new exhibit showcasing artifacts on Portuguese history and culture in Kings County. The exhibit will run until August 13 as part two of a year-long event. It aims to highlight the stories of the first Portuguese settlers, many of whom originated […]
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Landmark: Euthanasia officially decriminalized – Portugal
Posted on 19 May 2023.
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa stated his intention to sign into law, on Saturday, a bill decriminalizing euthanasia. The bill, which allows for medically assisted death, was approved by an absolute majority of deputies in Parliament last Friday. This marks the fourth version of the decree to decriminalize medically assisted death, with all previous versions […]
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Book | How to Clean a Fish | by Esmeralda Cabral – Editor’s Note
Posted on 16 May 2023.
How To Clean a Fish is an inviting family travel story about an extended stay in Portugal, full of food and cooking adventures, language barriers and bureaucracy, and that irresistible need to connect with the culture of our birth. After immigrating to Canada as a young child, Esmeralda Cabral remembers the initial shock―the weather, the […]
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Community: Our Lady of Fatima on pilgrimage – Newark, NJ
Posted on 12 May 2023.
A statue from the Shrine of Fatima in Portugal, which has traveled the globe on a pilgrimage for world peace since 1947, is visiting over a dozen Archdiocese of Newark parishes through May 31. Its stop at Newark’s Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart on May 13 will coincide with the anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima’s […]
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