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Opinion | Prime Minister Luís Montenegro meets President Xi Jinping 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
 

Opinion | Prime Minister Luís Montenegro meets President Xi Jinping – China

By Len Port Portugal’s Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro, met with China’s President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday and urged him to use his influence on Russia’s Vladimir Putin to help bring about peace in Ukraine. Luís Montenegro is the first Portuguese government leader to visit Beijing in nearly a decade. His visit came just […]

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, […]

Lisbon: Hosting the 2018 Eurovison Song Contest – Portugal

26 July 2017

The 2018 Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, the European Broadcasting Union has confirmed. The event will be held in Portugal for the first time, in 53 years, after Portuguese vocalist Salvador Sobral won the 2017 contest in Kiev. According to Rádio Televisão Portuguesa (RTP), the host broadcaster, the grand event will […]

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

Heritage: Sculpture will honor the cultures of Portugal and First Nations – Canada

26 July 2017

By Cristina Ogden, Contributor (*) Lisbon will be home to a new public artwork that celebrates Canada’s Indigenous heritage. Earlier this year, the Embassy of Canada announced that West Coast artist Ts’uts’umult Luke Marston will produce a sculpture that links the cultures of Portugal and the Coast Salish First Nations. The sculpture of a cod […]

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Posted in Canada, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Launched: First National Portuguese-American Community Survey – PALCUS Index

25 July 2017

The Portuguese-American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS) is launching a first-of-its-kind national community survey to be known as the PALCUS Index. The PALCUS Index, will be conducted bi-annually and aims to collect data regarding the issues that matter to the Portuguese-American communities across the United States. In addition, the survey seeks to take […]

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Crisis: Thousands of Portuguese families fleeing violence in Venezuela – Madeira

24 July 2017

According to the Government of Madeira, in the recent months over 4,000 Portuguese of Madeiran heritage have returned home from Venezuela due to the climate of instability in the country. The number is projected to increase exponentially in August. A great number of Portuguese families residing in Venezuela are waiting for the closing of the […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, People, Politics, Porto Santo, Portugal, World

Travel: Azores Airlines adding more flights to Canada – Azores

18 July 2017

To meet the growing demand, SATA/Azores Airlines intends to expand its service in Canada, projecting to increase its operations by 21% this year, transporting around 128,000 passengers between Canada the Azores and mainland Portugal. “For 2017, the Azores Airlines plans to operate 40 more flights between Canada and Portugal, in addition to introducing a larger […]

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Posted in Azores, Canada, Cape Verde, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, Terceira, Travel, World

Community: MAPS welcomes new members for Fiscal Year 2018 – Cambridge, MA

18 July 2017

The Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers (MAPS) is looking for new individual and organizational members for Fiscal Year 2018, in an effort to promote the involvement of community members, businesses and organizations in the agency’s mission of improving the lives of Portuguese-speaking individuals and families from Massachusetts and help them become contributing, active participants in […]

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