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Community | Azores Government offers cultural exchange grants for diaspora applicants Travel | TAP and SATA airlines move forward with privatization Community | Barack Obama in Lisbon praises Portuguese Americans Community | The FABRIC Arts Festival explores themes of identity and place Diplomacy | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to visit Lisbon this week
 

Community | Azores Government offers cultural exchange grants for diaspora applicants – Azores

The Government of the Azores has opened applications for grant opportunities supporting cultural and community projects in Azorean emigrant communities abroad, as well as educational exchanges and immigrant integration initiatives for 2027.  The funding opportunities are particularly relevant to Azorean organizations, cultural associations, and educational institutions in the United States, Canada, Bermuda, Brazil, and other […]

Travel | TAP and SATA airlines move forward with privatization – Portugal

Portugal has selected Germany’s Lufthansa Group as the strategic investor in TAP Air Portugal, marking a significant turning point for the country’s aviation industry and with important implications for Portuguese communities in the United States, Canada, and beyond.  The selection does not mean that Lufthansa has already taken ownership of TAP. Rather, it represents a […]

Community | Barack Obama in Lisbon praises Portuguese Americans – Portugal

Former United States President Barack Obama returned to Lisbon on Saturday, October 10, where he delivered a keynote address at the 6th edition of the Game Changers Forum.  During his two-day stay in Lisbon, Obama met with Portuguese President António José Seguro at the Palácio de Belém, the official residence of the Portuguese head of […]

Community | The FABRIC Arts Festival explores themes of identity and place – Fall River (MA)

The FABRIC Arts Festival, founded in 2019 and now in its seventh edition, returns to Fall River October 8–11, showcasing Portuguese contemporary art, music, performances, exhibitions, food, and storytelling, exploring themes of migration, identity, memory, belonging, and place and connections across borders. With particular significance in Fall River, historically one of America’s leading textile-manufacturing centers […]

Diplomacy | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to visit Lisbon this week – Portugal

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to visit Portugal this coming week as part of a European tour from October 5–8, with Lisbon as the final stop. Secretary Rubio is expected in Lisbon on Thursday, October 8, following visits to Reykjavík, Iceland, and Athens, Greece.  He is expected to meet with Prime Minister […]

Film: ‘The Metamorphosis of Birds’ competing for the Oscars 2022 – Portugal

01 November 2021

The movie The Metamorphosis of Birds (2020) [A Metamorfose dos Pássaros], by Portuguese film producer and director Catarina Vasconcelos, will represent Portugal at the Oscars 2022, competing for the Best International Film award, the Portuguese Academy of Cinema announced. Vasconcelos’ film was world premiered at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2020, where it […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Featured, Film, People, Portugal

Appointed: Randi Charno Levine US Ambassador to Portugal – White House

31 October 2021

President Joe Biden has nominated cultural philanthropist and diplomat, Randi Charno Levine, the new United States Ambassador to Portugal. Ambassador Levine replaces George Edward Glass (2017-2021) a businessman and former diplomat. She is the second woman to hold the position, after Elizabeth Bagley, who was US Ambassador to Portugal under President Bill Clinton. According to […]

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Posted in Featured, People, Portugal, World

Book: ‘Through a Grainy Landscape’ by Millicent Borges Accardi – Editor’s Note

31 October 2021

Millicent Borges Accardi adds luster to her acclaim as a leading poet of the Portuguese-American experience with a new collection of breathtaking scope. She inhabits the new artistic frontier in exploring what heritage means to those descended from immigrants long established in the place of their dreams—“a dark mixture of all I have lost.” There’s […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, People, World

Business: Global Diaspora Network meets Canadian entrepreneurs – Portugal

31 October 2021

The Global Diaspora Network [Rede Global da Diaspora] is in Canada, from November 2 to November 6, in Montreal, Toronto and Mississauga, for an international business convention, bringing together more than 150 Portuguese and Canadian entrepreneurs of Portuguese descent. The Global Diaspora Network is the largest Portugal based business network, with more than 7,500 members, […]

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Posted in Community, Conferences, Entertainment, Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Book | The Life of Cardinal Humberto Medeiros of Boston | by Richard Gribble – Editor’s Note

31 October 2021

Cardinal Humberto Medeiros served the Church as priest and bishop in Texas and Massachusetts. An immigrant from the Azores he utilized his superior intelligence, administrative ability, and language skills to move up rapidly in Church ranks. His work with the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, both nationally and internationally, especially with migrant workers, was notable. […]

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COP26: António Guterres takes the stage at Glasgow Conference – United Nations

28 October 2021

By Len Port António Guterres, former prime minister of Portugal, now secretary-general of the United Nations, is likely to be one of the most articulate and passionate advocates for urgent action at the gathering of world leaders in Glasgow (UK) for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). In one of his many recent statements […]

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Posted in Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, World