24 November 2021
Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16), Co-Chair of the Portuguese American Caucus introduced a bipartisan resolution, H.Res. 807, honoring the life and legacy of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a distinguished Portuguese diplomat who saved the lives of nearly 30,000 people from the terror of the Holocaust. “Aristides de Sousa Mendes was a great hero of World War ll and is believed to have conducted the […]
Posted in Awards, Community, Featured, People, Portugal, World
22 November 2021
Leaving Iberia: Islamic Law and Christian Conquest in North West Africa examines Islamic legal responses to Muslims living under Christian rule in medieval and early modern Iberia and North Africa. The fall of al-Andalus, or reconquista, has long been considered a turning point, when the first substantial Muslim populations fell under permanent Christian rule. Yet a near-exclusive focus […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World
17 November 2021
Portugal’s rich wine culture dates back at least two millennia. Its vineyards teem with fascinating native grape varieties and its cellars harbor heritage wine styles and ancient techniques (including foot treading in stone troughs) that have died out elsewhere. Foot Trodden is a book for everyone who loves a good story, wine, Portugal or modern […]
Posted in Featured, Food & Wine, Heritage, Portugal
17 November 2021
SATA Azores Airlines is inaugurating its first flight between Madeira (Funchal), and New York (FJK), starting November 29. The weekly non-stop operation, in partnership with Inovtravel, will be available until March 23, 2022. A Portugal-based tour operator, Inovtravel is also providing travel packages to include accommodations, airport-hotel transfer and a travel expert. “Our goal is […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, Travel, World
12 November 2021
Portugal among the first countries to prohibit employers from calling, messaging and/or texting employees after work hours. Approved by Parliament, the new rules will require businesses with more than 10 employees to pay fines if they violate their employees’ “right to rest.” According to the new law, “The employer must respect the privacy of the […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Life Style, Madeira, Portugal, World
10 November 2021
From one of the world’s leading neuroscientists: a succinct, illuminating, wholly engaging investigation of how biology, neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence have given us the tools to unlock the mysteries of human consciousness. In recent decades, many philosophers and cognitive scientists have declared the problem of consciousness unsolvable, but Antonio Damasio is convinced that recent […]
