Portuguese American Journal

Portuguese American Journal

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Book | After the Carnations | By Daniela F. Melo Diplomacy | Prime Minister Luís Montenegro holds phone call with President Donald Trump Diplomacy | Rita Rico takes office as new United States Consul Honor | Venice Film Festival pays tribute to filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira FLAD 40Years | Terceira hosting International Lajes Conference celebrating historic milestones
 

Book | After the Carnations | By Daniela F. Melo & Paul C. Manuel – Editor’s Note

The Portuguese revolution of April 25, 1974, has drawn much well-deserved scholarly attention: it offers an innovative example of a leftist military-led revolutionary process that unexpectedly resulted in the transition to a West European-style social democracy. Although much of the existing scholarship has logically focused on the emerging political elites and institutions of the period, […]

Diplomacy | Prime Minister Luís Montenegro holds phone call with President Donald Trump – Portugal

Portugal’s Prime Minister Luís Montenegro held a phone call today with U.S. President Donald Trump, reaffirming Portugal’s commitment to strengthening the long-standing ties between the two nations. During the conversation, both leaders discussed expanding cooperation across economic, political, and cultural areas, underscoring the shared values and strategic partnership that unite Portugal and the United States. […]

Diplomacy | Rita Rico takes office as new United States Consul – Azores

Rita Rico has officially assumed her post as the new United States Consul in the Azores. She replaces Margaret Campbell, who served as Principal Officer for the U.S. Consulate in Ponta Delgada from 2022 to July 2025. She was formally welcomed by the President of the Regional Government of the Azores, José Manuel Bolieiro, during […]

Honor | Venice Film Festival pays tribute to filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira – Italy

The Venice Film Festival will pay tribute to Portuguese master filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira (1908–2015) with the screening of his first feature film, Aniki Bóbó (1942), presented as part of a special program dedicated to restored cinematic masterpieces. His works combined poetic vision, philosophical depth, and a uniquely Portuguese sensibility, often exploring themes of memory, […]

FLAD 40Years | Terceira hosting International Lajes Conference celebrating historic milestones – Azores

The Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD), in partnership with regional and national institutions, will host the Lajes International Conference on September 18-19 in Praia da Vitória, Terceira. The two-day event coincides with two historic milestones: the 30th anniversary of the Portugal–United States Cooperation and Defense Agreement and the 80th anniversary of the end of World War […]

Book: ‘The Strange Order of Things’ by Antonio Damasio – Editor’s Note

22 April 2018

From one of our preeminent neuroscientists: a landmark reflection that spans the biological and social sciences, offering a new way of understanding the origins of life, feeling, and culture. The Strange Order of Things is a pathbreaking investigation into homeostasis, the condition of that regulates human physiology within the range that makes possible not only […]

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

REVIEW: Carlos do Carmo and Celeste Rodrigues Fado Town Hall Concert – New York City

19 April 2018

By David Mendonça, Contributor (*) By looking into fado’s past, one can see the future. In fact, the deeper one can see into the past, the further one can see into the future. At their Town Hall concert on 7 April, held as part of the 2018 New York City Fado Festival, Carlos do Carmo […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Heritage, Music, People, Portugal, World

Travel: Azores Airlines doubles weekly flights – Portugal

13 April 2018

Azores Airlines will offer 11 flights from Boston Logan Airport each week starting in May to Portugal. Plus Providence will have a weekly flight as well. Right now the Portuguese carrier has daily service from Boston, and round-trip flights start at $609 to the Azores, and $728 to Lisbon. Better yet, the service will be […]

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Posted in Azores, Canada, Cape Verde, Community, Featured, Portugal, Travel, World

Community: NRP Sagres to visit the East Coast and Canada – Portugal

12 April 2018

The School Ship NRP Sagres will visit the Atlantic East Coast, between May 28 and June 14, on a mission dedicated to young Americans and Canadians of Portuguese heritage who will be allowed to board the vessel. As part of the commemorations of the Day of Portugal, celebrated worldwide on June 10, the program is […]

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Posted in Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, Sports, Travel, World

It’s Paula. With a Capital A – Interview

10 April 2018

By Millicent Borges Accardi The daughter of a longshoreman and a lathe operator, the writer and artist paulA neves (and sometimes PaulA Neves) grew up in the Ironbound section of Newark, New Jersey. Known for its working class and multi-ethnic community, the Ironbound neighborhood has two origins for its striking nickname: the criss-cross railroad tracks […]

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Na Ponta da Língua: Research project explores Portuguese immigration experiences – Participants welcome

24 March 2018

By Richard Simas (*) What is your experience of Portuguese immigration? What are the stories, dreams, and impressions that define your sense of Portuguese identity? Why not share them? Na Ponta da Língua/On The Tip of The Tongue is waiting to hear from you. It is the virtual platform and hands-on biographical research project initiated […]

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