01 August 2022
By Millicent Accardi The motto “Find the book of your life at Livraria Letras Lavadas” comes true in a charmingly renovated building aptly located on Largo da Matriz, in the heart of historical Ponta Delgada, São Miguel island. Managed by Patrícia Carreiro, the bookstore is currently owned by Ernesto Rezendes, and his two sons, Bruna […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, Madeira, Organizations, People, World
26 July 2022
Portuguese entrepreneur Mário Ferreira will be the first Portuguese “space tourist,” to board the New Shepard capsule in its next space mission programed by Blue Origin, the Jeff Bezos aerospace company. Blue Origin has confirmed that Mário Ferreira would be the first person from Portugal to cross into the space frontier. Jeff Bezos, the founder […]
Posted in Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, Travel, World
25 July 2022
We’ve all heard about the need for enough urgent action to avoid a climate change calamity, but it simply isn’t happening. Here in Portugal, one of the most vulnerable countries to global warming, the authorities have been moving decisively in the fight against climate change by replacing fossil fuels with renewables. But this is only […]
18 July 2022
Raging wildfires have swept across parts of Portugal in recent days, causing death and destruction, and forcing thousands of people to evacuate. On Saturday, according to Portugal’s Health Ministry, Marta Temido, 659 mainly elderly people had died of heat-related deaths, Reuters reported, while more than 60 people were injured. Portugal has experienced an average high […]
13 July 2022
By Millicent Borges Accardi Meet Robert Simon, a professor at Kennesaw State University where he teaches Portuguese, Hispanic and Lusophone cultures and literatures. He is also a poet and literary critic, authoring books and articles on the poetries of Angola, Portugal, and Spain. With compositions in three languages: English, Portuguese, and Spanish, Simon’s work often […]
Posted in Angola, Arts&Culture, Cape Verde, Education, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, People, Portugal, World
12 July 2022
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has produced an easy-to-read insight into the vast number of leaked documents contained in its explosive Pandora Papers about global corruption. The Pandora Papers are highly relevant to Portugal, as this is regarded internationally as well as by its own citizens, as a significantly corrupt country that the […]
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