Portuguese American Journal

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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 | PALCUS celebrates 35th Anniversary with a Leadership Awards Gala in Ponta Delgada
 

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 […]

Community | PALCUS celebrates 35th Anniversary with a Leadership Awards Gala in Ponta Delgada – Azores

The Portuguese American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS) prepares to celebrate its 35th anniversary and 28th Annual Leadership Awards Gala on October 17 at the Coliseu Micaelense in Ponta Delgada, Azores. For the first time in the organization’s history, the PALCUS Leadership Awards Gala will be held outside the continental United States, bringing […]

Caitlin DaFonte Flynn: Culture Reporter & Travel Writer – Interview

12 April 2021

By Millicent Borges Accardi Currently based in Seattle, Caitlin DaFonte Flynn is an award-winning journalist and writer interested in Portuguese culture. She has published articles and essays in publications such as Teen Vogue, InStyle, HuffPost, VICE, CrimeReads, Glamour, Allure, Refinery29, HelloGiggles, and POPSUGAR. Her work covers an astonishing breadth of topics, ranging from travel, health, […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, Madeira, People, Portugal, Travel, World

Corruption: Prime minister José Sócrates faces lesser charges – Portugal

10 April 2021

Judge Ivo Rosa has ruled on Friday against former Portugal’s prime minister, José Sócrates, on a trial involving 189 crimes of corruption. According to the rule, most charges were dismissed. Only 17 charges will go on to court. The 17 charges include money laundering and falsifying documents. The crimes also involve 28 co-defendants, of which […]

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Posted in Featured, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World

Travel: TAP Air Portugal restoring flight operations to North America – Portugal

09 April 2021

TAP Air Portugal has announced it will gradually restore, by August, flight operations to 879 flights per week on 100 routes worldwide, including the United States and Canada.   Accordingly, the Portuguese airline will operate 51 additional flights a week from North America to Lisbon from Boston, Newark, Chicago, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Toronto and […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Portugal, Travel, World

Regressar: Azores and Madeira excluded from program – Portugal

01 April 2021

Portugal has excluded former emigrants, who choose the Azores and Madeira as their return destination, from benefiting from the same incentives offered to mainlander Portuguese, under the “Programa Regressar” [Return Program] created to attract Portuguese expatriates to return home. The incentives help to pay for the costs of returning, for willing returnees and their families, […]

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Book: ‘FADO: The Saddest Music in the World’ by Elaine Ávila – Editor’s Note

31 March 2021

Fado is the story of a young singer, Luisa, who arrives home to her apartment in Surrey, BC, to find her mother, Rosida, collapsed on the floor, weeping, because the greatest fado singer of all time, Amalia Rodrigues, has died. Luisa realizes she doesn’t know how to sing a single Portuguese song, because she and […]

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Travel: Tourism industry in limbo indefinitely? – Portugal

26 March 2021

By Len Port April 12 could be a highly significant day for Portugal’s shattered tourist industry, which is desperate to welcome visitors from abroad as soon as possible. A great many of those potential visitors, who have long been living in lockdown, are desperate to come. On April 12 a British government taskforce will report […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Portugal, Travel, World