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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 | PALCUS celebrates 35th Anniversary with a Leadership Awards Gala in Ponta Delgada
 

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 […]

Community | PALCUS celebrates 35th Anniversary with a Leadership Awards Gala in Ponta Delgada – Azores

The Portuguese American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS) prepares to celebrate its 35th anniversary and 28th Annual Leadership Awards Gala on October 17 at the Coliseu Micaelense in Ponta Delgada, Azores. For the first time in the organization’s history, the PALCUS Leadership Awards Gala will be held outside the continental United States, bringing […]

Community: Prof. Maryellen Brisbois creates ‘Bridging the Atlantic’ project – UMass, Dartmouth

29 April 2018

UMass Dartmouth Assistant Professor of Nursing, Maryellen Brisbois, Ph.D, APHN-BC, was awarded for creating a transatlantic health education project –Bridging the Atlantic – between Massachusetts and the Azores to improve health globally. The Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER)’s “Projects That Work” competition sought projects from around the globe to improve […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Conferences, Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People

Faith & Feast: Santo Cristo dos Milagres Festa to be held next week – Azores

28 April 2018

The religious celebrations of the 2018 Festas do Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres, [The Holy Feast of Christ of the Miracles] will be held on the weekend of May 5-6, in Ponta Delgada city, on São Miguel, Azores. The festivities, which open on Saturday April 28, will last through May 1-7, closing with three days […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Religion, São Miguel

Today in History: Portugal celebrates April 25th Freedom Day – Portugal

25 April 2018

Since 1974 the Portuguese nation has celebrated “Freedom Day” with a national holiday on April 25th to mark the bloodless military coup which brought democracy and civil liberties to the Portuguese people. Also celebrated as the Carnation Revolution, the event of April 25th came about after almost five decades of an authoritarian regime led by […]

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Posted in Angola, Azores, Cape Verde, Community, Featured, Guiné-Bissau, Heritage, Madeira, Mozambique, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, São Tomé and Prince

Book: ‘The Strange Order of Things’ by Antonio Damasio – Editor’s Note

22 April 2018

From one of our preeminent neuroscientists: a landmark reflection that spans the biological and social sciences, offering a new way of understanding the origins of life, feeling, and culture. The Strange Order of Things is a pathbreaking investigation into homeostasis, the condition of that regulates human physiology within the range that makes possible not only […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal

REVIEW: Carlos do Carmo and Celeste Rodrigues Fado Town Hall Concert – New York City

19 April 2018

By David Mendonça, Contributor (*) By looking into fado’s past, one can see the future. In fact, the deeper one can see into the past, the further one can see into the future. At their Town Hall concert on 7 April, held as part of the 2018 New York City Fado Festival, Carlos do Carmo […]

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

Travel: Azores Airlines doubles weekly flights – Portugal

13 April 2018

Azores Airlines will offer 11 flights from Boston Logan Airport each week starting in May to Portugal. Plus Providence will have a weekly flight as well. Right now the Portuguese carrier has daily service from Boston, and round-trip flights start at $609 to the Azores, and $728 to Lisbon. Better yet, the service will be […]

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Posted in Azores, Canada, Cape Verde, Community, Featured, Portugal, Travel, World

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