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Honor | Writer João Pedro Vala recipient of the PEN/O. Henry Award Space | Portugal launches satellites honoring national literary figures Community | 2026 International Portuguese Music Awards (IPMA)  Community | Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho remains on paid leave FLAD | Carlos Costa Neves appointed director of the Luso-American Development Foundation
 

Honor | Writer João Pedro Vala recipient of the PEN/O. Henry Award – New York, NY

Portuguese writer João Pedro Vala has been awarded a prestigious PEN/O. Henry Award for his short story “Inês,” a recognition widely regarded as one of the highest honors in English-language short fiction. The first Portuguese author to receive that distinction, his short story ‘Inês’ was selected for inclusion in the PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories anthology. […]

Space | Portugal launches satellites honoring national literary figures – Santa Barbara, CA

Portugal successfully launched six satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, US. The mission reinforces Portugal’s growing role in the global space economy, while also strengthening strategic, scientific, and economic links across the Atlantic. Among the satellites are four named after some of the nation’s most celebrated literary figures […]

Community | 2026 International Portuguese Music Awards (IPMA)  – Providence, RI

The International Portuguese Music Awards (IPMA) will return on Saturday, April 25, 2026, for its 14th annual edition at the Providence Performing Arts Center, bringing together leading artists from across the global Portuguese-speaking world.  The event, scheduled for 7:00 p.m. and hosted by Daniella Ruah and Ricardo Farias, will be broadcast internationally, continuing its mission […]

Community | Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho remains on paid leave – Los Angeles, CA

Alberto M. Carvalho, the Portuguese-American superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), remains on paid administrative leave following a federal investigation involving the nation’s second-largest school system.  The move comes after agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executed search warrants at Carvalho’s residence and district offices in late February 2026, in […]

FLAD | Carlos Costa Neves appointed director of the Luso-American Development Foundation – Portugal

The Board of Trustees of Lisbon based, Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) appointed Dr. Carlos Henrique da Costa Neves, 72, to the Executive Board, chaired since January 15, 2026, by José Manuel Durão Barroso. Born in Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, Azores,  Costa Neves holds a degree in Law from the University of Lisbon. He has held […]

Community: Frank Sousa joins Board of Directors – PALCUS

01 April 2022

Professor Frank Sousa, founding director of the Saab Center for Portuguese Studies at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Department of World Languages and Culture, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Portuguese American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS). In a prepared statement, Professor Sousa stated, “I am delighted to serve […]

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Exhibit: The Azorean Spirit: The Art of Domingos Rebêlo – New Bedford, MA

31 March 2022

The Wattles Family Gallery, housed by the New Bedford Whaling Museum, is launching March 31 the grand opening  of the art exhibit “The Azorean Spirit: The Art of Domingos Rebêlo,” presenting a selected collection by one of the most celebrated Azorean painters.  The event culminates one of the biggest aspirations of the Azorean famous artist, […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, Painting, People, World

Appointed: PM António Costa forms majority women cabinet – Portugal

31 March 2022

Portugal’s re-elected Prime Minister, António Costa, has announced his new executive team, with a majority of female members. The new executive was sworn in, on Wednesday, by the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who will preside to the newly elected XXIII Constitutional Government, in a ceremony at the National Palace of Ajuda, in […]

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Book: ‘Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan’ by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto – Editor’s Note

29 March 2022

An uncompromising study of the fictions, the failures, and the real man behind the myth of Magellan. With Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan, celebrated historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto subjects the surviving sources to the most meticulous scrutiny ever, providing a timely and engrossing biography of the real Ferdinand Magellan. The truth that Fernández-Armesto uncovers about […]

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São Jorge: Population on alert and prepared for imminent evacuation – Azores

23 March 2022

The Azores Seismovolcanic Information and Surveillance Center (CIVISA) announced on Wednesday, it has raised the volcanic activity alert level on the island of São Jorge to V4 (out of a total of five), which means “real possibility of eruption.” It may be necessary to evacuate the island partially or in full, the announcement said, due […]

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Opinion: Putin’s bizarre personality problems – By Len Port

22 March 2022

The bizarre behavior of President Vladimir Putin continues to astound analysts across the Western world. It could be just the way this enigmatic narcissist wants it to be. Most ‘normal’ people in Portugal and elsewhere are skeptical of the political elite. They distrust them. Putin is currently top of the heap. The center-right president and […]

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