Portuguese American Journal

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Book | The Liberation of Portuguese Africa, 1961-75 | By Pedro Aires Oliveira et al Web Summit | Microsoft confirms $10 billion investment in AI data hub in Sines Community | Portuguese abroad urged to register for the 2026 Presidential Election Terceira | Scientists monitor ongoing seismic volcanic crises FLAD | Portuguese language has become an economic advantage study shows
 

Book | The Liberation of Portuguese Africa, 1961-75 | By Pedro Aires Oliveira et al – Editor’s Note

This book analyzes the liberation struggles that took place in the Portuguese colonies of Angola, Mozambique, Guinea, Cabo Verde, and São Tomé and Príncipe during the second half of the twentieth century, highlighting how they unraveled and challenged colonialism in the international sphere. Activists established headquarters and training camps in various exile settings that were […]

Web Summit | Microsoft confirms $10 billion investment in AI data hub in Sines – Portugal

Speaking during the Web Summit conference in Lisbon, Microsoft President Brad Smith confirmed that Microsoft plans to invest approximately US $10 billion in the creation of a next-generation Artificial Intelligence (AI) data hub in Portugal. The project—one of the largest AI-focused infrastructure investments announced in Europe—will be developed in Sines in partnership with Start Campus […]

Community | Portuguese abroad urged to register for the 2026 Presidential Election – Portugal

Portuguese citizens living abroad are being urged to register or update their voter information before the end of November in order to participate in Portugal’s next presidential election, scheduled for 18 January 2026. The voting roll will freeze 60 days before Election Day, meaning that after November 19, 2025, no new registrations or address updates can be […]

Terceira | Scientists monitor ongoing seismic volcanic crises – Azores

Terceira Island remains under heightened scientific monitoring as the seismo-volcanic crisis that began in June 2022 continues, centered around the Santa Bárbara volcanic complex on the island’s western flank.  The Azores Seismo-Volcanic Information and Monitoring Center (CIVISA) currently maintains Alert Level V3 (reactivated volcanic system) for Santa Bárbara, reflecting persistent microseismic activity consistent with magma […]

FLAD | Portuguese language has become an economic advantage study shows – Portugal

A new study released by the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) finds that speaking Portuguese corresponds to an average 20% salary bonus for Portuguese-American workers in the United States. The report, developed for FLAD by a research group led by Alda Botelho Azevedo of the Instituto de Ciências Sociais (ICS), Universidade de Lisboa, underscores the growing […]

Proposed: Portuguese emigrants to vote electronically in 2023 – Portugal

01 July 2021

The Secretary of State for the Portuguese Communities, Berta Nunes, has announced the creation of a task force to develop the technical conditions to carry out an electronic voting pilot project for the decentralization of the voting process, which will include Portuguese citizens living abroad. Nunes, who made the announcement in Parliament, has said that […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World

June 30th: Portugal hands over the Presidency of the European Council – European Union

30 June 2021

During the past six-months, Portugal has led the Presidency of the European Council, which tenure ends on June 30th . The rotating mandate will be handed over to Slovenia. Portugal took over the Presidency of the EU Council from Germany, on January 1st, 2021, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most challenging political and […]

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Travel: What you don’t need to know about Covid’19 – by Len Port

29 June 2021

For those who are utterly confused or bored by the international travel rules due to the COVID pandemic, the good news is that from 4.0 am on Wednesday 30th June Brits can go to more green list countries, including the tiny Pitcairn Islands situated in the middle of the vast South Pacific Ocean. Or they […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Madeira, Portugal, World

Book: ‘Fernando Pessoa: A Critical Introduction’ by Jerónimo Pizarro – Editor’s Note

26 June 2021

A Critical Introduction proposes a new didactic and dynamic way of reading the great twentieth-century poet Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935). The aim is to present a holistic vision of this complex poet, promoting his literary geniality in order to better understand his orthonymic-heteronymic poetry. A guiding motif is Pessoa’s own “Be as plural as the universe.” […]

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Population: Foreign residents the highest ever recorded – Portugal

24 June 2021

The Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF) has reported that the foreign population living in Portugal has increased in 2020, for the fifth consecutive year, totaling 662,095 foreign born holding a residence permit. Foreign residents now represent over 6% of the country’s population, the highest value ever recorded. At the end of 2020, Brazilians remain the […]

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Posted in Brazil, Community, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World

Book: ‘The Colours of Death’ by Patricia Marques – Editor’s Note

24 June 2021

In an alternative present-day Lisbon, a small percentage of the population have been diagnosed as Gifted – having telepathic or telekinetic powers. Along with the power comes a stigma and suspicion that Gifted Inspector Isabel Reis with the Lisbon Police Force knows only too well. When Isabel is called to investigate a mysterious and violent […]

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