24 March 2020
As early as 1441, and well before other European countries encountered Africa, small Portuguese and Spanish trading vessels were plying the coast of West Africa, where they conducted business with African kingdoms that possessed significant territory and power. In the process, Iberians developed an understanding of Africa’s political landscape in which they recognized specific sovereigns, […]
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22 March 2020
Official numbers this Sunday’s revealed that 14 Portuguese nationals have died victims of the COVID19 epidemic. There were 1,600 confirmed cases, 320 additional cases in last 24 hours, with 169 hospitalized and 41 in intensive care. Five patients have since recovered and 1,152 were waiting for test results. The total number of suspected cases is […]
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20 March 2020
April 1941: After fleeing wartime France, 17-year-old Claire arrives at Rossio train station in Lisbon. She immediately crosses paths – in the most inauspicious of ways – with Antonio, a young Portuguese waiter, aspiring artist and, when necessary, pickpocket. The Chave d’Ouro café where Antonio works is a hotspot for the plotters and spies flocking […]
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18 March 2020
SATA Azores Airlines announced on Wednesday that it will suspend all flights to the United States and Canada, due to the COVID19 pandemic. Flights to and from Boston will be temporarily suspended from March 21 until March 31. The last flight to and from Boston is scheduled for March 20. Flights to and from Toronto […]
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17 March 2020
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is expected to declare a State of Emergency on Wednesday to further decree measures to fight the fast-moving COVID19 pandemic. The move, which follows the declaration of a State of Alert last week, would suspend and/or restrict some constitutional rights and liberties, including the right to free movement. The situation […]
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05 March 2020
Many people of Portuguese descent take pride in claiming that the word “saudade” is untranslatable. In reality, we come close with a melding of bittersweet nostalgia, bone-deep longing, and an endless yearning for what one can never have again—or indeed may never have had. Adelaide Freitas dipped her pen in saudade to tell of family […]
