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Community | FBI raids Superintendent Alberto Carvalho’s home and office  Community | Diaspora mobilizes to join storm relief effort Teolinda Gersão | Narrative talent transcending literary boundaries Social Media | Parliament proposes bill requiring parental consent for minors Update | Persistent severe downpouring forces evacuations
 

Community | FBI raids Superintendent Alberto Carvalho’s home and office – Los Angeles, CA

Federal authorities have executed search warrants at the residence and district office of Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), as part of an ongoing investigation led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). According to federal officials, agents carried out “court-authorized search warrants” at Carvalho’s home in the San Pedro […]

Community | Diaspora mobilizes to join storm relief effort – Portugal

The Portuguese American communities across the United States are mobilizing in solidarity with families and municipalities in Portugal, affected by a succession of severe rainstorms that have caused fatalities, widespread flooding, infrastructure damage, and displacement across several regions.  Relief authorities in Portugal report significant impacts on housing, local businesses, agriculture, and public infrastructure, underscoring the […]

Teolinda Gersão | Narrative talent transcending literary boundaries – Interview

By Maria Duran On the 29th of October, 2025, Portuguese writer Teolinda Gersão became a second-time winner of the APE-DGLAB Romance and Novel Grand Prize. Autobiografia não escrita de Martha Freud (2024), [The Unwritten Autobiography of Martha Freud], published by Porto Editora, earned her the 43rd edition of the award, organized by the Portuguese Writers […]

Social Media | Parliament proposes bill requiring parental consent for minors – Portugal

Portugal’s parliament has approved legislation that would restrict minors’ access to social media platforms by requiring parental authorization for users under the age of 16, making it one of Europe’s most concrete legislative steps toward regulating youth activity online. The proposal, introduced by the Social Democratic Party (PSD), mandates explicit, verified parental consent for minors […]

Update | Persistent severe downpouring forces evacuations – Portugal

Heavy and persistent rainfall continues to affect mainland Portugal as successive Atlantic systems prolong saturated ground conditions and heighten flood risk across several regions, forcing evacuations. Prime Minister Luís Montenegro described the extreme weather episodes as a “devastating crisis” affecting communities across the country while emphasizing that emergency coordination and recovery efforts continue nationwide. Mário […]

Invitation: Open Letter to the Portuguese-American Community – PALCUS

10 May 2017

In an open letter to the Portuguese-American community, the Portuguese-American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS) warns Portuguese-Americans to be on the alert regarding recent changes in the  US administration and invites all concerned to exercise their civic rights. The letter, published in the May edition of PALCUS’ Online Newsletter, states: Dear Fellow Portuguese-Americans, […]

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Fátima: Soccer stadium renamed to honor Pope Francis – Portugal

08 May 2017

The soccer field Fátima Municipal Stadium will be renamed Estádio Papa Francisco to honor visiting Pope Francis, who is due to visit Fátima Shrine next week. A plaque renaming the soccer field will be unveiled on May 12, the day the Pontiff arrives in Fátima for a two-day pilgrimage to preside at the 100 anniversary […]

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Posted in Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, Religion, World

Film: Portugal represented at the 2017 Panorama Europe Film Festival – MoMI, NYC

01 May 2017

The film Letters from War, by Portuguese director Ivo Ferreira (2016), will be presented Sunday, May 7, at 2:15pm, as part of the 2017 edition of Panorama Europe Film Festival. The screening will take place in the Bartos Screening Room, at the Museum of the Moving Image, in Queens, NYC. Featured in 2016 Berlin Film […]

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Crime: The Madeleine McCann case and the media – By Len Port

01 May 2017

By Len Port, Contributor (*) The most reported and discussed missing person case ever recorded is still not only a highly contentious mystery, but also a personal tragedy that has been turned into a public farce by elements of the media. In the entirely predictable press frenzy surrounding the imminent 10th anniversary of the disappearance, […]

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Book: ‘Ualalapi: Fragments from the End of Empire’ by Esaú Cossa- Editor’s Note

25 April 2017

Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa first published Ualalapi: Fragments from the End of Empire in Portuguese in 1987. Named one of Africa’s hundred best books of the twentieth century, it reflects on Mozambique’s past and present through interconnected narratives related to the last ruler of the Gaza Empire, Ngungunhane. Defeated by the Portuguese in 1895, Ngungunhane […]

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Today in History: Portuguese celebrate 43 years of constitutional democracy – Portugal

25 April 2017

Since 1974 “Freedom Day” is celebrated in Portugal — April 25 – as a national holiday to mark the bloodless military coup, supported by the civilian population, bringing democracy and civil liberties to the Portuguese people. After almost five decades of dictatorship (1937-1974), the Carnation Revolution, ended the Estado Novo regime, the longest dictatorship in Europe, […]

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