31 December 2016
During the 13-year insurgency (1961–74) in Portuguese Africa, more than 800,000 men and women served in the Portuguese armed forces. Of this number, about 9,000 served as commandos (or about 1 percent). Yet their combat losses ― 357 dead, 28 missing in action and 771 wounded ― represented 11.5 percent of the total casualties (a […]
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29 December 2016
By Len Port, Contributor (*) As we raise glasses to the notion of peace and goodwill on Earth, more realistic hopes are centred on Portugal’s António Guterres who takes office as United Nations Secretary-General on New Year’s Day. One of the few things top leaders across this bitterly divided world seem to agree on is […]
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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 […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal, World
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, […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, São Miguel
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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