17 November 2016
By Carolina Matos, Editor (*) According to the New Atlas of the Portuguese Language [Novo Atlas da Língua Portuguesa], published in Lisbon this week, in 2100 the Portuguese language is projected to be spoken globally by 400 million. Published in a Portuguese-English edition, by the Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE), the book was presented in […]
Posted in Angola, Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Brazil, Cape Verde, Community, East Timor, Featured, Guiné-Bissau, Heritage, Macau, Madeira, Mozambique, Organizations, People, Portugal, São Tomé and Prince, World
15 November 2016
By C. Naseer Ahmad, Contributor (*) The Portuguese American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS) which has been the prominent national advocacy organization for Portuguese-Americans in the United States for twenty five years (25) celebrated its 20th Annual Leadership Awards Gala in Bealton, Virginia at the Morais Vineyards and Winery. The landmark event had […]
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15 November 2016
By Len Port, Contributor (*) Viewed from this relatively calm corner of the European continent, it seems as though the world is collapsing in an unprecedented period of political turmoil. On Donald Trump’s election victory, top Portuguese model Sara Sampaio expressed the shock of many when she tweeted: “Brexit and now this! Wow the world […]
Posted in Featured, Heritage, People, Politics, Portugal, World
15 November 2016
Long before the concept of “globalization,” the Portuguese constructed a vast empire that extended into Africa, India, Brazil, and mid-Atlantic territories, as well as parts of China, Southeast Asia, and Japan. Using this empire as its starting point and spanning seven centuries and four continents, The Portuguese-Speaking Diaspora examines literary and artistic works about the […]
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10 November 2016
By Millicent Borges Accardi, Contributor (*) Science Fiction genre novelist Sarah A. Hoyt was born in the northern village of Granja, Águas Santas, Maia, mainland Portugal, where she grew up. She recalls: When I was little there were often processions down the village street. The village women used to collect flower petals and lay them […]
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07 November 2016
Unorthodox Kin is a groundbreaking exploration of identity, relatedness, and belonging in the context of profound global interconnection. Naomi Leite paints a poignant and graceful portrait of Portugal’s urban Marranos, who trace their ancestry to fifteenth-century Jews forcibly converted to Catholicism and now seek connection with the Jewish people at large. Their story raises questions […]
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