18 June 2017
On Sunday Portugal declared three days of national mourning for the many victims claimed by the forest fires in the mountainous regions of Pedrógão Grande, central Portugal, northeast of the capital Lisbon. Without knowing yet the total number of victims, Prime Minister António Costs offered his condolences to the families of the victims, describing the […]
13 June 2017
Portugal’s parliament is debating new procedures to amend its Nationality Law. If approved, anyone born in Portugal will gain jus soli or the right to citizenship, including the children born in the country to immigrant parents. Proposed by the governing Socialist Party, in coalition with the Communist Party, the measure will amend the current Nationality […]
Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, People, Politics, Portugal
12 June 2017
A team of Portuguese high school students will travel from Portugal to participate in the inaugural International Robot Olympics to be hosted in Washington, DC, at Constitution Hall, July 16-18, to compete in the FIRST Global Challenge. Contestants from 160 countries will build robots revolving around access to clean water. The goal is to show […]
Posted in Angola, Awards, Cape Verde, Community, Education, Featured, Mozambique, Organizations, People, Portugal
11 June 2017
In 1942, for Christmas, I was given Paul Gallop’s book about Lou Gehrig. Its cover and dust jacket were in bright orange, with a picture of the “Pride of the Yankees” on the jacket, along with a picture of the movie-star Gary Cooper, who played Gehrig in the sentimental movie directed by Sam Woods. I […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, People, World
09 June 2017
The New Bedford Whaling Museum has launched a Portuguese version of its website timed to coincide with New Bedford’s opening ceremony for the international Day of Portugal celebrations. The website will increase access to information about Whaling Museum programs, exhibitions, research, and scholarship. More than 300 pages of the Museum’s content-rich website have been translated. […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal
09 June 2017
Set in the aftermath of the “Carnation Revolution” of April 25, 1974, Antonio Lobo Antunes’s Warning to the Crocodiles is a fragmented narrative of the violent tensions resulting from major political changes in Portugal. Told through the memories of four women who spend their days fashioning homemade explosives and participating in the kidnap and torture […]
Posted in Books, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World
