27 December 2016
According to a new law approved by the Portuguese parliament, effective December 27, 2016, all public and private entities in Portugal are obliged to provide priority services to the physically challenged, including pregnant women, people holding or escorting children under two years old, disabled elderly people over 65 years old, and people with physical and/or mental […]
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20 December 2016
Portuguese American Attorney David Simas, director of the White House Office of Political Strategy and Outreach (2014-2016), was appointed by President Barack Obama, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Obama Foundation. The Obama Foundation will house a presidential library, museum and headquarters offices, to be built in Jackson Park, on the South Side of Chicago, […]
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19 December 2016
Voyage to India is the story of Bloom, our hero, as he makes his way from Lisbon to India in a decidedly non-heroic age. Gone are the galleons, gone is god; so too the swords of the swashbuckler and sacerdotal certainty. In such an era, where is wisdom to be found? Bloom―ever deliberate, ever longwinded―takes […]
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17 December 2016
The offices of the Vatican and the President of Portugal have confirmed that Pope Francis will visit Fátima, Portugal, on May 12-13 of next year, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Marian Apparitions. According to the Catholic News Agency, “On the occasion of the centenary of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin […]
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14 December 2016
Portuguese international footballer Cristiano Ronaldo won his fourth Ballon d’Or award presented by the prestigious France Football magazine to the soccer player with the best performance of the year. The announcement took place in Paris, France, on Monday, December 12. Ronaldo had received the honor in 2014, 2013, and 2008. He was picked from a […]
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13 December 2016
Love. Sex. Death. Meat. Traffic. Pets. In Cattle of the Lord, Rosa Alice Branco offers a stunning poetic vision at once sacred and profane, a rich evocation of daily life troubled by uneasy sacramentality. In a collection translated by Alexis Levitin and presented in both Portuguese and English, readers find themselves in a world turned […]
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