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Community | Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho remains on paid leave FLAD | Carlos Costa Neves appointed director of the Luso-American Development Foundation Book | Reduction in Force: Poems by Hugo dos Santos  Community | Portuguese diaspora entrepreneurs network to be created Debate | Portuguese lawmakers propose shift in gender identity laws
 

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 […]

Book | Reduction in Force: Poems by Hugo dos Santos  – Review

By Millicent Borges Accardi Born in Lisboa, Portugal, Hugo dos Santos was raised in New Jersey. An award-winning writer and translator, his books include a collection of short stories about Newark, Then, there (Spuyten Duyvil, 2019), his upcoming book, book A Reduction in Force (Bauhan Publishing, 2026), winner of the May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry […]

Community | Portuguese diaspora entrepreneurs network to be created – Portugal

The Secretary of State for Portuguese Communities, Emídio Sousa, has expressed his intention to foster the creation of an economic community that connects Portuguese citizens and their descendants worldwide, aiming to strengthen ties between the diaspora and Portugal’s economy. His proposal centers on leveraging the global Portuguese diaspora, estimated at more than five million people, […]

Debate | Portuguese lawmakers propose shift in gender identity laws – Portugal

Portugal’s parliament has voted in a preliminary session to advance three controversial bills that would significantly alter the country’s gender identity framework, marking a potential shift away from one of Europe’s most progressive legal models.  The proposals, backed by center-right and right-wing parties including the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Chega, and CDS-PP, would move forward […]

MARO: Winner of ‘Festival da Canção’ lives in Los Angeles – California

13 March 2022

Better known by her stage name MARO, Mariana Brito da Cruz Forjaz Secca, 24, is the winner of the 56th edition of Festival da Canção and will represent Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song “Saudade, Saudade.” MARO won the Portuguese edition of the contest with both the public vote and the […]

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Ukraine: Authorities speed up entry process for war refugees – Portugal

10 March 2022

Portugal’s Council of Ministers has approved a resolution simplifying the entry process and protection requirements for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the impending war launched by Russia against Ukraine. Portugal can receive “tens of thousands of Ukrainians without risk of turbulence,” said Justice Minister, Francisca Van Dunem. “We have a large Ukrainian community in Portugal which is […]

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Book: ‘Writings on Art and Poetical Theory’ by Fernando Pessoa – Editor’s Note

07 March 2022

Writings on Art and Poetical Theory contains a selection of Fernando Pessoa’s writings (or those of his heteronyms) on art and poetical theory, originally written in English. In Pessoa’s oeuvre one finds not only literary and fictional works but also a multiplicity of theoretical texts on the most diverse subjects concerning artistic movements, literature, and writers. […]

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Opinion: Portugal’s past, Putin’s future – by Len Port

01 March 2022

It is increasingly possible that President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine could be his downfall, not so much because of sanctions imposed by the West, but because of condemnation by his own people. That’s what happened in Portugal during this country’s colonial war in the 1960s and ‘70s. Portugal’s conflict in the last colonies of […]

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Book: ‘The Wind Whistling in the Cranes’ by Lídia Jorge – Editor’s Note

28 February 2022

From the winner of the prestigious FIL Prize in Romance Languages comes this masterpiece saga, set in the twilight of the late twentieth century, of two clashing families in coastal Portugal. With the grand sweep of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels, this enduring tale transports us to a picturesque seaside town haunted by its colonial past. […]

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Ukraine: Nation under attack has full support of the Portuguese people – Portugal

27 February 2022

On Sunday, the Portuguese President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, was in a telephone conversation with the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, where the current situation in Ukraine was addressed. According to an official note, “The President of the Republic reiterated the vehement condemnation of Portugal and solidarity for the courageous Ukrainian resistance. This support has been […]

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