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Position | FLAD/Saab Visiting Professorship in Portuguese Studies Opinion | Portuguese diaspora defines national elections – Len Port Book | Welcome to Forever | by Nathan Tavares – Editor’s Note Travel Alert | TAP aviation workers announce three-month long strike Nuno Júdice: Most prized Portuguese contemporary poet died
 

Position | FLAD/Saab Visiting Professorship in Portuguese Studies – UMass, Lowell

The Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) in Lisbon, Portugal, and the Saab Center for Portuguese Studies in the University of Massachusetts Lowell College of Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences announce the FLAD/Saab Visiting Professorship in Portuguese Studies for Spring Semester 2025. This program is a three-year collaboration that sponsors a one-semester a year, open-rank, Visiting Professor […]

Opinion | Portuguese diaspora defines national elections – Len Port

The more than 1.5 million Portuguese registered voters living abroad had the final say in the outcome of March 10 Portugal’s parliamentary early election. The overall tally, concluded this week, showed 28.84% for the center-right Democratic Alliance (PSD/AD) and 28% for the center-left Socialist Party (PS).  The turnout was 59.8%. With the counting finished, President […]

Book | Welcome to Forever | by Nathan Tavares – Editor’s Note

Fox is a memory editor – one of the best – gifted with the skill to create real life in the digital world. When he wakes up in Field of Reeds Center for Memory Reconstruction with no idea how he got there, the therapists tell him he was a victim in a terrorist bombing by […]

Travel Alert | TAP aviation workers announce three-month long strike – Portugal

The National Union of Civil Aviation Workers (SINTAC), representing TAP Air Portugal ground workers, has issued a three-month strike notice regarding overtime work between March 28th and July 30th. The union claims an agreement for salary increases, of between 6% and 10%, retroactive to July 2023, was not honored by the carrier and that TAP […]

Nuno Júdice: Most prized Portuguese contemporary poet died – Portugal

Nuno Júdice, one of the most significant figures in contemporary Portuguese literature, known for his contributions as a poet, essayist and literary critic, died at age 74. Born on April 29, 1949, in Algarve, Portugal, he wrote his first poems when he was eight years old. Influenced by structuralism, he made his literary début in […]

Opinion | Radical right surges in Portugal’s most contested election in 50 years – Len Port

11 March 2024

The general early election held on Sunday was Portugal’s most hotly contested legislative election since the Carnation Revolution 50 years ago, a mere six weeks before the country marks the anniversary of the revolution that established democracy. The outcome has been a slim victory for the center-right Democratic Alliance (AD) over the incumbent center-left Socialist […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World

Book | Carnation Revolution | Volume 1 & 2 | by Augusto Matos & Zelia Oliveira – Editor’s Note

10 March 2024

On 25 April 1974, a movement of young captains brought down, with practically no resistance, the dictatorial regime that had been in power for over 40 years in Portugal. In the early hours of that day, a military movement unleashed a series of operations that, in less than 24 hours, defeated the forces loyal to […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Politics, Portugal, World

Angela Simões: How to keep all things Portuguese alive – Interview

09 March 2024

By Millicent Borges Accardi Angela Costa Simões, a third-generation Portuguese American, wears many hats. She is an entrepreneur, children’s book author, podcaster, PR rockstar, consultant, and mother. Living in Fremont, California, she has served as Chair and Member of the Board of the Portuguese American Leadership Council (PALCUS) where she currently serves on the Executive […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, Organizations, People, Portugal

Opinion | Portugal facing elections drama and humor – Len Port

02 March 2024

Two weeks of campaigning are underway among the parties contesting Portugal’s early national election on March 10. The center-right Democratic Party (PSD) is predicted to replace the center-left Socialist Party (PS), both having fought for dominance for decades. The humiliated center-left PS will likely finish second, and the far right-Chega party is expected to advance […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, People, Politics, Portugal, Terceira, World

Atlantic Diet | Portuguese gastronomy inspires new diet trend – JAMA

21 February 2024

A recent study published in JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association) has determined that after researchers looked at 574 participants over six months, the traditional diet of northern Portugal and northwestern Spain may be beneficial for heart health and lowering the risk of dying early from cancer.  The study “Southern European Traditional Atlantic Diet,” […]

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Posted in Featured, Food & Wine, Heritage, Organizations, Portugal, World

Opinion | NATO according to Trump most alarming news | Len Port

15 February 2024

By Len Port The most alarming news this week for Portugal and the rest of Europe has been Donald Trump’s threat to abandon NATO because some members were “not paying their bills.” He said he told a NATO ally that he would encourage Russia “to do whatever the hell they want to ‘delinquent’ members.” It […]

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