Portuguese American Journal

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Community | Azores Government offers cultural exchange grants for diaspora applicants 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 | Azores Government offers cultural exchange grants for diaspora applicants – Azores

The Government of the Azores has opened applications for grant opportunities supporting cultural and community projects in Azorean emigrant communities abroad, as well as educational exchanges and immigrant integration initiatives for 2027.  The funding opportunities are particularly relevant to Azorean organizations, cultural associations, and educational institutions in the United States, Canada, Bermuda, Brazil, and other […]

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 […]

Book: ‘The Aljubarrota Battle’ by Luís Adão da Fonseca – Editor’s Note

29 February 2020

This book presents, for the first time in English, an overview of the decisive Battle of Aljubarrota (August 14, 1385), the most important military moment in Portuguese history. The authors embody the conflict in the context of Iberian relations during the fourteenth century and integrate the battle in the macro European conflict of the Hundred […]

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Posted in Books, Featured, Heritage, Portugal

Inaugural: Joana Vasconcelos at the MassArt Art Museum – Boston, MA

15 February 2020

The MassArt Art Museum (MAAM), Boston’s new contemporary art museum, has invited renowned Portuguese artist, Joana Vasconcelos, to create a large-scale, site-specific installation for its inauguration on February 22, 2020. For the grand opening, Joana Vasconcelos will premiere some of her most vibrant sculptures, in a monumental installation, throughout August 2, 2020. Visitors of all […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, Painting, People, Portugal, World

Demystifying is Accurate; Living is not Accurate – Review

11 February 2020

By Patrícia Lino As Christopher Larkosh warns us in “Introduction: ‘Say It Right’: On Luso-American Literatures and Cultures Today,” the volume relies on a variety of theoretical and cultural approaches to explore the meaning of Luso-American and its respective ramifications. And it is, in fact, particularly interesting how the traditional conception of culture and Lusophony […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, People, World

Travel: SATA Azores Airlines to add New York route – PDL, Azores

07 February 2020

The Azores Airlines announced it is considering adding new destinations in the United States and Europe from its base in São Miguel, in the near future, including a route between New York and Ponta Delgada. The initiative follows the announcement by Delta Airlines, in October, to suspend the route between New York and Ponta Delgada, […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, São Miguel, Travel, World

Coronavirus: Portugal working to repatriate nationals from Wuhan – China

28 January 2020

The government of Portugal is working with China and the European Union to repatriate its nationals from the Wuhan area afflicted with the coronavirus (2019.nCoV) outbreak. There are approximately 20 Portuguese nationals living in the city. Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva said Monday that efforts are in progress to rescue Portuguese citizens in Wuhan […]

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Posted in Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal

Travel: SATA Azores Airlines signs codeshare agreement with Air France – Paris, France

28 January 2020

In a statement to the press, SATA Azores Airlines announced the Azores Airlines and Air France signed an agreement, effective today, to “increase the supply of air connections” and “new possibilities” “for customers of both airlines wishing to travel between the city of Paris and the Azores (and vice versa) via Lisbon or Porto. The […]

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Posted in Azores, Faial, Featured, Organizations, Pico, Portugal, Santa Maria, São Miguel, Terceira, Travel