05 May 2016
The Lusophone world is celebrating today the International Day of the Portuguese Language and Culture. The celebrations, which were first held in May 5, 2013, will take place in about five dozen countries. The initiative was launched by the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) during the 14th CPLP Council of Ministers meeting, in Cape […]
Posted in Angola, Azores, Brazil, Cape Verde, Community, Damão, Diu, East Timor, Featured, Goa, Guiné-Bissau, Heritage, Macau, Madeira, Mozambique, Organizations, People, Portugal, São Tomé and Prince, World
04 May 2016
The President of the Government of the Azores, Vasco Cordeiro, will participated May 6 in a high-level bilateral meeting in Washington, DC, with the Permanent Bilateral Commission, between Portugal and the United States, to address the plan in progress to downsizing the US military presence in the Lajes Field, Terceira island. This is the fourth […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, Terceira, World
01 May 2016
Shadowboxing with Bukowski is the tragicomic tale of Nicholas Kastinovich, a young bookseller who struggles to keep his bookstore afloat in the harbor town of San Pedro, CA, where the infamous Charles Bukowski dwells. Ostracized by fellow business owners, pushed to the edge by many things, not least of which is the curmudgeonly ghost of […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, People, World
29 April 2016
The Premier of Bermuda, Michael Dunkley, will visit the Azores officially, Monday May 2-5, at the invitation of Vasco Cordeiro the President of the Government of the Azores. He will visit the islands of São Miguel, Faial, and Pico. The invitation was formalized in June 2015, to mark 165 years of Azorean emigration to Bermuda. […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Community, Faial, Featured, Heritage, People, Pico, São Miguel
28 April 2016
This collection of essays provides both critical and interdisciplinary means for thinking across diasporic travels within the Portuguese experience and its intersection with other peoples and cultures. The chapters are organized into four sections and offer rich, diverse, and insightful studies that provide a conceptualization of the Portuguese diaspora with special attention to the importance […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Heritage
28 April 2016
By Len Port, Contributor (*) A potentially disastrous setback for Portugal’s economic recovery was averted with Friday’s announcement that Canada’s DBRS agency has upheld Portugal’s only investment-grade credit rating. A much-feared downgrade to junk status in line with that of the other main agencies — Fitch, Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s — would have seen […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World
