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Community | 20th Anniversary of Portas da Cidade Celebration Community | The Holy Ghost Festival of New England returns Community | Judge Luis Matos nominated to Rhode Island Supreme Court Husband The Odyssey | Portuguese Podengo takes center stage in Christopher Nolan
 

Community | 20th Anniversary of Portas da Cidade Celebration – Fall River, MA

Mayor Paul Coogan, in conjunction with the Portas da Cidade Advisory Committee and the Prince Henry Society, will host a special ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Portas da Cidade (City Gates), one of Fall River’s most recognizable symbols of its Azorean heritage.  The celebration will take place Monday, August 31, at 10:30 am […]

Community | The Holy Ghost Festival of New England returns – Fall River, MA

The Holy Ghost Festival of New England will be held in Kennedy Park in Fall River, Massachusetts, from August 26–30. Former Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is expected to visit Fall River as a guest of honor for the 40th-anniversary festival celebration, according to reports. The President of the Regional Government of the Azores, […]

Community | Judge Luis Matos nominated to Rhode Island Supreme Court – Providence, RI

Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee has nominated Superior Court Associate Justice Luis M. Matos, a Portuguese-born jurist with extensive state and federal experience, to serve on the Rhode Island Supreme Court.  Governor McKee said his responsibility was to select someone with “unquestionable qualifications, an impeccable reputation and a strong record in strong and fair judging.” […]

Husband & Wife | Cristiano and Georgina officially married – Cascais, Portugal

Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal’s most internationally recognized football star, and his longtime partner Georgina Rodríguez were married Tuesday in Cascais, Portugal, in an intimate civil ceremony after nearly a decade together. Born and raised in Funchal, on the island of Madeira, Ronaldo chose the Portuguese mainland for the private civil ceremony. Earlier speculation had suggested that […]

The Odyssey | Portuguese Podengo takes center stage in Christopher Nolan’s film – Hollywood, CA

The release of Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated film, The Odyssey (2026), has brought attention to Argos, a Portuguese Podengo, one of Portugal’s oldest and most cherished native dog breeds. The Podengo joins the cast of The Odyssey, introducing moviegoers worldwide to one of Europe’s oldest surviving hunting breeds and an enduring symbol of loyalty. The […]

Rep. Jim Costa: Business visas for Portuguese citizens to be approved – Washington, DC

06 September 2018

Legislation providing business visas for Portuguese citizens, known by the acronym AMIGOS, could be approved “before the end of the year,” Portuguese-American Congressman Jim Costa (D-CA) told Lusa news agency. Rep. Jim Costa, whose grandparents emigrated from the Azores to the United States, anticipates the legislation will be approved by the Senate and House of […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, Travel, World

VISA: New decree simplifies visa application process – Portugal

31 August 2018

President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has enacted a new decree to simplify the visa application process changing “the regulation of the legal regime of entry, permanence, exit and expulsion of foreign citizens in Portugal,” the official announcement reads. The goal is to allow foreigners, who enter Portugal to work, to get legal residence and work […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal, Travel, World

António Costa: Creating incentives to attract Portuguese expatriates – Portugal

30 August 2018

Prime Minister António Costa has announced the creation of series of measures to attract Portuguese emigrants who left the country as a result of the economic crisis of 2010-2015. The incentives will target mainly young professionals who emigrated before 2015. “We are a country open to immigration, yet we must not forsake to attract to […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Community: Exhibit on the Portuguese immigrant experience – Lowell, MA

27 August 2018

The University of Massachusetts Lowell Saab Center for Portuguese Studies, in partnership with Lowell National Historical Park, announces the opening of a Community Exhibit on the Portuguese in Lowell, Massachusetts, titled “Immigration from the Atlantic Islands to Lowell, Massachusetts: Continuity and Change in the Mill City’s Portuguese Community.” The temporary exhibit which opens on Wednesday, […]

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

Grandes Festas:  Holy Ghost Festival of New England – Fall River, MA

23 August 2018

The Portuguese American community of Fall River (MA) is celebrating the 32st Holy Ghost Festival of New England, underway this weekend through August 29. The festival is held every year on the last weekend of August. The event has become one of the largest Portuguese celebrations in the United States and the one of the […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, Religion

Book: ‘The Collectet Stories of Machado de Assis’ – Editor’s Note

23 August 2018

A landmark event, the complete stories of Machado de Assis finally appear in English for the first time in this extraordinary new translation. Widely acclaimed as the progenitor of twentieth-century Latin American fiction, Machado de Assis (1839–1908)―the son of a mulatto father and a washerwoman, and the grandson of freed slaves―was hailed in his lifetime […]

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

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