The Carnegie Museum is featuring an exhibit celebrating the many contributions of the Portuguese American community in Kings County, Hanford, California’s Central Valley. The “Retalhos: A Portuguese History of Kings County” opening is taking place on January 27, and will stay open year-long, each Friday, on Saturday and Sunday, from 1:00p to 5:00pm. Co-curated by […]
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Community: Carnegie Museum celebrates Portuguese immigrant experience – California
Posted on 24 January 2023.
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Luis Gonçalves: Meaningful ways to teach and learn Portuguese – Interview
Posted on 21 January 2023.
By Millicent Borges Accardi Luis Gonçalves was recently named the new Director of the Portuguese School, of the Middlebury Language Schools, which features a seven-week summer immersion program, offering beginner through advanced-level Portuguese languages courses. Established in 2003, the Portuguese School is one of 13 Middlebury Language Schools network, located on the campus of Bennington […]
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Book | The Falling Snow and other Stories | by José Maria Eça de Queirós – Editor’s Note
Posted on 17 January 2023.
The great nineteenth-century Portuguese author José Maria Eça de Queirós (1845-1900) has long been known for his novels, especially The Crime of Father Amaro (1880) and The Maias (1888). However, he also wrote short stories, and several of them, having stood the test of time, are now regarded as masterpieces. Although there is no question […]
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Opinion | Catholicism in decline amongst the most devout – Portugal
Posted on 12 January 2023.
By Len Port Pope Emeritus Benedict XVl has been buried. Pope Francis has mobility impairment. The Catholic religion is in decline. However, the Sanctuary of Fátima in Portugal is surging ahead and this will again welcome millions of pilgrims and tourists. Benedict, the first pontiff to resign in six centuries, did so in February 2013; […]
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Travel: Portuguese passport sixth on the world passport index – Portugal
Posted on 12 January 2023.
The Portuguese passport was ranked sixth, down from fifth, as one of the most “powerful” in the world offering visa-free passports for 187 countries, according to the 2023 Henley Passport Index (HPI). Portugal shared the same spot with France, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. The HPI, based on data from the International Air Transport Association […]
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Book | Atlantic Linchpin: The Azores in Two World Wars | by Guy Warner – Editor’s Note
Posted on 11 January 2023.
On a map, the Azores appear as nine tiny specks in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, but their location was to prove strategically vital in two world wars. The Atlantic became a crucial battleground twice within the space of 25 years, as the U.S. arsenal of democracy sent firstly stores, arms, and equipment, followed […]
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