23 November 2019
The United States has begun to levy 10 to 25% taxes on European exports. The action is affecting the import of products from Portugal. Among the most affected are cheeses from the Azores with many importers cancelling orders due the increase in customs taxes. According to the US administration, the tariffs were in retaliation for […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Food & Wine, Heritage, Politics, Portugal, São Jorge
21 November 2019
TAP Air Portugal will offer two new nonstop routes from North America to include Boston/Ponta Delgada and Montreal/Lisbon. The new service will be launched in the summer of 2020. The company will also increase the number of connections between Lisbon and Ponta Delgada, from four to five daily. TAP did not offer a specific start […]
Posted in Azores, Cape Verde, Community, Featured, Madeira, Organizations, Portugal, Travel, World
18 November 2019
The Portuguese Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS) has announced that Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, is the newest member of the “Friends of Portugal” in the U.S. Senate. This is an important accomplishment because Connecticut has more than 49,000 Portuguese according to the last American Community Survey, and ranks in the Top […]
Posted in Community, Featured, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World
10 November 2019
By Millicent Borges Accardi Meet Elaine Ávila, a Portuguese-American-Canadian writer who grew up in San Jose, California, and now lives in Canada. Originally her grandparents immigrated from Ribeiras, Pico, Azores, to the Prusch Ranch and then, later, her grandfather worked in the tuna-fishing industry of San Diego. She still has family in Santarém (mainland Portugal) […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Entertainment, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, Music, People, Pico, Portugal, World
07 November 2019
Dr. George Monteiro, Professor Emeritus of English at Brown University, passed away on Wednesday, November 6, at the age of 87. Degrees and Honors: Professor Monteiro received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1954 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Brown University in 1964. In 1956, he earned his Master of Arts from Columbia […]
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31 October 2019
Portuguese pianist Vasco Dantas makes his New York debut in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, on Sunday November 17 at 2:00pm. Winner of more than 50 international awards, Vasco Dantas’ recent awards include Winner of Senior Grand Prix at Valletta International Piano Competition (Malta, 2017); 1st prize at Estoril Lisbon Music Competition (2015); […]
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