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Book | The United States and the Luso-Brazilian Empires | By Earl R. Downes In Memoriam | Portuguese-American Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Native American Leader, died at 92 Travel Alert! Lisbon Airport suspends European Border Control System for three months Community | Fundraiser for slain MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro surpasses $350,000 Book | Three Stories of Forgetting | By Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida
 

Book | The United States and the Luso-Brazilian Empires | By Earl R. Downes & Rafael R. Ioris – Editor’s Note

This volume highlights factors that led to the onset of the U.S. presence within colonial Brazil’s mercantilist economy and then the independent Brazilian empire’s agricultural, scientific, religious and educational institutions. The book examines the interaction of U.S. businessmen, explorers, scientists, immigrants, missionaries, and educators with the dominant institutions of the Luso-Brazilian empires. Employing an institutionalist […]

In Memoriam | Portuguese-American Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Native American Leader, died at 92 – Colorado

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, the former U.S. senator from Colorado, Native American leader, and proud Portuguese-American, died at the age of 92. He passed away from natural causes at his Colorado ranch, surrounded by family. Born on April 13, 1933, in Auburn, California, Campbell’s life reflected a uniquely multicultural American story. He was the son of […]

Travel Alert! Lisbon Airport suspends European Border Control System for three months – Portugal

The Portuguese government has announced the temporary suspension of the European Union’s Entry/Exit System (EES) at Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado Airport for a period of three months. The measure applies exclusively to Lisbon Airport and is intended to relieve pressure on passport control operations during peak travel periods. During the suspension, border authorities will revert to […]

Community | Fundraiser for slain MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro surpasses $350,000 –  Boston, MA

The family of Nuno Loureiro, a respected Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor, who was tragically killed earlier this month, continues to receive an extraordinary outpouring of support from the community and friends.  Professor Loureiro was fatally shot at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, on December 15, 2025, and died the following day at a […]

Book | Three Stories of Forgetting | By Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida – Editor’s  Note

Three men haunt these pages. Perhaps they are tormented ghosts who cannot find rest. All three have been expelled in some way, sent on solitary journeys into the night. Celestino, an old slave trader, returns to the solitude of his home and garden after a life of horrors. Boa Morte da Silva, an Angolan who […]

Book: “Only More So” – Poetry by Millicent Borges Accardi – Editor’s Note

24 March 2016

Only More So is a collection of lyric poems. Sometimes a bridge in a sad song, other times an echo that threatens to develop then fades, the images blend, twist, and entangle one another: a marriage is a song, then it’s a body, and finally a boat blind in the sea listening for the fog […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World

Travel: Azores Airlines inaugurates first Airbus 330 flight to Boston – Azores

24 March 2016

The Azores based SATA Airlines is launching its first Airbus 330 flight, operated by  Azores Airlines, from Ponta Delgada to Boston, starting Friday, March 25, three times a week, departing from Lisbon and Ponta Delgada. In addition to Boston, the Azores Airlines will be offering seasonal flights to Providence Green Airport, in Rhode Island, starting […]

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Posted in Azores, Canada, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal, Travel, World

What if? Why not Patagonia? Is bigger better?… By Len Port

23 March 2016

By Len Port, Contributor (*) Expats exiting Boatloads of British immigrants are expected to head from Portugal and Spain to the South Atlantic if Britain decides to leave the European Union. They fear that Brexit will make them no longer welcome in the EU. For many expats the Falkland Islands seem a good option. For […]

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Book: ‘Return Fligths’ by Jarita Davis – Editor’s Note

22 March 2016

These poems — varying from narrative to imagist to lyrical — reflect the “sodade” of Cape Verdean culture that is shaped by separation and longing — longing for the home that has been left behind and for loved ones who have departed. Cape Verdean communities extend beyond national boundaries and are paradoxically independent of place, […]

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Interview: The Elusive Playwright Elaine Avila – by Chris Casquilho

15 March 2016

Interview by Chris Casquilho (*) Playwright Elaine Avila’s grandfather, João Henrique Avila, was one of the first photographers in his village Ribeiras, Pico, in the Azores, Portugal. He came to America for an education. He realized his dream was impossible while he was washing dishes at Santa Clara University. He ended up being successful in […]

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Crisis: Portuguese to receive 10,000 war refugees by the end of the year – Portugal

11 March 2016

Portugal has offered to receive 10,000 war refugees by the end of the year as part of its participation in the host program of the European Union, Deputy-Minister Eduardo Cabrita has announced. The first group of about 110 refugees was expected to arrive in Lisbon this week in flights chartered by the European Asylum Support […]

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