01 June 2021
The Indonesian invasion of East Timor in 1975 led to a prolonged conflict, severe human rights abuses and a large loss of life. From 1975 to 1983 the Indonesian military’s campaign of ‘encirclement and annihilation’ destroyed rural food resources, creating the famine that took most of the lives lost during the occupation. The Australian governments […]
Posted in Books, East Timor, Featured, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World
19 May 2021
Azoreans living abroad will elect, May 20-24, the newly established Azorean Diaspora Council (CDA) [Conselho da Diáspora Açoriana], an advisory body intended to strengthen the political and cultural ties between the Azorean communities around the world and the Autonomous Region of the Azores. The new created advisory body will “create conditions” for Azoreans residing abroad […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Politics, World
19 May 2021
Starting in June, television food show “Maria’s Portuguese Table” hosted by Portuguese American Chef and Maria Lawton, best known for her Azorean Green Bean, will be broadcast nationwide by the prestigious Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), to reach millions of viewers of in the United States. “I gave them a year of rights and they asked […]
Posted in Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, Organizations, People, São Miguel, World
13 May 2021
A love story by the great Clarice Lispector that asks: Just how might two people be joined? What to make of a writer who follows the metaphysical heights of her great Passion According to GH with a book that looks suspiciously like a romance novel? In An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures, Clarice Lispector […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Brazil, Featured, People, World
13 May 2021
The Portuguese passport was ranked the sixth most “powerful” in the world among 188 countries, according to the Henley Passport Index. Japan leads the ranking, with the passport that opens most doors to other countries, offering visa-free travel to 193 countries. According to the Index, the Singaporean, South Korean and German passports take second and […]
12 May 2021
By Len Port The Azores and Madeira along with mainland Portugal have been officially given the green light by the British government for holiday visits when the UK lifts ifs overseas travel ban on May 17. Only 12 countries worldwide, most of them distant, have been included in the least restrictive category on the UK’s […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Madeira, Portugal, Travel, World
