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Community | Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho remains on paid leave FLAD | Carlos Costa Neves appointed director of the Luso-American Development Foundation Book | Reduction in Force: Poems by Hugo dos Santos  Community | Portuguese diaspora entrepreneurs network to be created Debate | Portuguese lawmakers propose shift in gender identity laws
 

Community | Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho remains on paid leave – Los Angeles, CA

Alberto M. Carvalho, the Portuguese-American superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), remains on paid administrative leave following a federal investigation involving the nation’s second-largest school system.  The move comes after agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executed search warrants at Carvalho’s residence and district offices in late February 2026, in […]

FLAD | Carlos Costa Neves appointed director of the Luso-American Development Foundation – Portugal

The Board of Trustees of Lisbon based, Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) appointed Dr. Carlos Henrique da Costa Neves, 72, to the Executive Board, chaired since January 15, 2026, by José Manuel Durão Barroso. Born in Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, Azores,  Costa Neves holds a degree in Law from the University of Lisbon. He has held […]

Book | Reduction in Force: Poems by Hugo dos Santos  – Review

By Millicent Borges Accardi Born in Lisboa, Portugal, Hugo dos Santos was raised in New Jersey. An award-winning writer and translator, his books include a collection of short stories about Newark, Then, there (Spuyten Duyvil, 2019), his upcoming book, book A Reduction in Force (Bauhan Publishing, 2026), winner of the May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry […]

Community | Portuguese diaspora entrepreneurs network to be created – Portugal

The Secretary of State for Portuguese Communities, Emídio Sousa, has expressed his intention to foster the creation of an economic community that connects Portuguese citizens and their descendants worldwide, aiming to strengthen ties between the diaspora and Portugal’s economy. His proposal centers on leveraging the global Portuguese diaspora, estimated at more than five million people, […]

Debate | Portuguese lawmakers propose shift in gender identity laws – Portugal

Portugal’s parliament has voted in a preliminary session to advance three controversial bills that would significantly alter the country’s gender identity framework, marking a potential shift away from one of Europe’s most progressive legal models.  The proposals, backed by center-right and right-wing parties including the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Chega, and CDS-PP, would move forward […]

Portugal: Keeping peace and controlling climate change – By Len Port  

05 June 2017

By Len Port, Contributor (*) Recent events have been a reminder of Portugal’s laudable position well ahead of many other more powerful countries in at least two key areas of human endeavour: keeping the peace and controlling climate change. The atrocities in London last weekend and Manchester last month made the latest Global Peace index […]

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Posted in Featured, Heritage, Portugal

June 5th: The Azores celebrate 41 years of self-rule – Horta, Faial

05 June 2017

On Monday, June 5th, the Azorean people celebrate the –  ‘Day of the Azores’ – a public holiday established in 1980, dedicated to honor Azorean self-rule as granted in the Portuguese Constitution of 1976, following the Carnation Revolution of April 25, 1974. Designated ‘Dia da Região Autónoma dos Açores’ (Day of the Autonomous Region of […]

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

Travel Alert: Azores Airlines on strike on June 1-2 – Azores

30 May 2017

The cabin crew of SATA International /Azores Airlines will stage a strike on June 1 and June 2, according to a statement released to the press by the National Union of Civil Aviation (SNPVAC). According to a statement, all passengers booked on SATA International / Azores Airlines flights for June 1 and June 2 are […]

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

Book: ‘Magellan: Over the Edge of the World’ – Editor’s Note

23 May 2017

Magellan’s dramatic maritime expedition in 1519 discovered the straits that enabled Europe to trade with the Eastern spice islands and changed the course of history. In an era of intense commercial rivalry between Spain and Portugal, Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese navigator sailed to explore the undiscovered parts of the world and claim them for the […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Politics, Portugal, World

Festas: Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres Feast held May 19-25 – Azores

15 May 2017

The 2017 Festas do Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres, [The Holy Feast of Christ of the Miracles], are taking place on the weekend of May19-25, in Ponta Delgada city, on São Miguel, Azores. According to the “2017 Festivities Program”, the Bishop of Fall River (MA), D. Edgar da Cunha, will officiate the religious celebrations with […]

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

Opinion: Fátima, fake news, conspiracies and black holes – By Len Port

14 May 2017

By Len Port, Contributor (*) While the media focus was on Pope Francis and the centenary celebrations of the miraculous apparitions at Fátima, a Vatican-sponsored academic conference was debating more scientific celestial goings-on. Before getting on to revelations about the papal interest in cosmology and astrophysics, let’s recap on the more down-to-earth issues. Over the […]

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