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Community | Nazaré and Half Moon Bay to establish sister-city partnership Community: Remembering the Portuguese victims of September 9/11 Community | Portuguese citizen detained by ICE has been deported 1976-2026 | Azoreans mark 50 years of Autonomy with solemn ceremony Canada | Brampton to inaugurate replica of Portas da Cidade
 

Community | Nazaré and Half Moon Bay to establish sister-city partnership – California

The Municipality of Nazaré, Portugal, and the City of Half Moon Bay, California, are moving forward with a new sister-city partnership designed to strengthen ties between two coastal communities united by the sea, maritime traditions, tourism, Portuguese heritage and an international reputation for big-wave surfing. On July 21, 2026, the Half Moon Bay City Council […]

Community: Remembering the Portuguese victims of September 9/11 – New York, NY

As the United States marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the Portuguese-American community joins the nation in remembering the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives, including five Portuguese citizens and four Portuguese descendants known to have been killed at the World Trade Center in New York City. The nine […]

Community | Portuguese citizen detained by ICE has been deported – Lisbon, Portugal

Hugo Freitas de Sousa, 39, a native of Terceira Island in the Azores, has returned to Lisbon, Portugal, after spending approximately six weeks in U.S. immigration detention in Tacoma, Washington state.  Sousa, who had lived in the United States for about 35 years, emigrated with his parents as a child and held permanent-resident status through […]

1976-2026 | Azoreans mark 50 years of Autonomy with solemn ceremony – Horta, Faial

The Autonomous Region of the Azores marked a historic milestone with a Solemn Session on Friday, September 4, at the inaugural session of the Regional Assembly in Horta, Faial, honoring the 50th anniversary of the establishment of self-government. The Regional Assembly’s first solemn session took place exactly 50 years ago in Horta and was presided […]

Canada | Brampton to inaugurate replica of Portas da Cidade – Toronto, Ontario

One of the most recognizable symbols of the Azores, Portas da Cidade (City Gates) of Ponta Delgada, will soon have a new home in Brampton, in Canada’s Greater Toronto Area. The inauguration of a full-scale replica of the historic monument is scheduled for September 12, 2026, at Azores Park, 100 Malta Avenue.  The monument will […]

Community: Vice President Artur Lima visiting California and Washington – Azores

23 July 2021

The Vice President of the Regional Government of the Azores, Artur Lima, is on an official visit to the United States from July 23 through July 30, during which he will participate in the 45th Permanent Bilateral Commission in Washington (DC) and will visit California to contact the Portuguese American community and various entities and […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, Terceira, World

COVID’19: Government extends ‘calamity situation’ – Portugal

23 July 2021

The Portuguese government has announced that the current “calamity situation,” will be extended until August 8, in response to a four-month high daily new COVID-19 cases and deaths. The “calamity situation,” affective for mainland Portugal only, is the highest response to a national emergency. According to data from the Directorate-General of Health (DGS), on Thursday […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Travel Alert: Airport baggage handlers and ground personnel on strike – Portugal

20 July 2021

A 48-hour strike, by Groundforece, the Portuguese airport baggage handlers and ground personnel, canceled about 650 flights on Saturday through Sunday and Monday, mainly at the Lisbon Humberto Delgado airport. Around 100% of workers have taken part in the weekend strike in Lisbon and Porto airports, the busiest airports in the country. The Union of […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Madeira, Organizations, People, Porto Santo, Portugal, Travel, World

Dementia: A much less talked about pandemic – By Len Port

11 July 2021

The lives of about 50 million people worldwide have been shattered without any hope of recovery by Alzheimer’s or some other form of dementia. The number is increasing by about 10 million a year, according to the World Health Organisation. In Portugal, around 200,000 people – more than twice as many women as men – have […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal

Community: Bob Correia has died at the age of 82 – Fall River, MA

09 July 2021

Robert Correia, a longtime member of the Massachusetts Legislature and later the mayor of Fall River, has died at the age of 82. He was House majority whip for six years. One of the bigger local political figures in the past 50 years, he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1977 […]

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

Book: ‘Daria’ by Irene Marques – Editor’s Note

08 July 2021

When a young woman is subjected to a violent attack, the impact of colonialism, patriarchy, and who we choose to love are thrown into sharp relief. Daria is an immigrant woman living in Toronto, and as she begins to tell her story, the reader is pulled into different worlds, travelling to various timeframes and locations […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, People, Portugal, World