30 June 2018
Traditionally a navigating and migratory people, Portuguese settlers came to the Caribbean as early as the seventeenth century. The ancestors of the modern Portuguese community in Trinidad and Tobago hailed from the archipelago of Madeira, fleeing their homeland in search of an economic and religious haven from the 1830s onwards. They came neither to explore […]
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30 June 2018
Portuguese carrier politician, António Vitorino, former European Union commissioner, was elected on Friday, as the next Director General for the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Elected by acclamation by the 169 IOM member states, he bypassed United States nomenee, Ken Isaacs, President Donald Trump’s pick for the post. Current IOM Deputy Chief Laura Thompson of […]
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29 June 2018
By Cristina Ogden The NRP Sagres training ship docked at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, last week on its latest Grande Viagem tour of the North America Atlantic coast. The visit is part of a number of events aimed at boosting Portugal’s diplomatic profile in North America. The vessel spent three days at the Halifax harbor […]
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27 June 2018
The President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa met United States President Donald Trump in the White House today. In their private meeting, President Trump and President Rebelo de Sousa talked about the economy, trade and global security. After meeting privately, the two leaders joined an expanded bilateral meeting, to deepen cooperation in addressing global […]
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24 June 2018
Prime Minister António Costa has reiterated that Portugal needs to attract more immigrants to address a crisis in demographic decline due to an aging population. Portugal’s birth rate is one of the weakest in the European Union, with more than a fifth of the population aged over 65 years. Portugal has also lost population to […]
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21 June 2018
The Portuguese-American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS,) in collaboration with the Embassy of Portugal and the support of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and with the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD), will host the Portuguese-American National Conference, on June 23, the first national conference dedicated to the discussion of Portuguese-American issues. Secretary General […]
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