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Book | Bag of Kisses | By Melanie Pereira April 25th |  “Dia da Liberdade” celebrated nationwide and across the diaspora Community | Justice Department moves to revoke citizenship for naturalized immigrants Honor | Writer João Pedro Vala recipient of the PEN/O. Henry Award Space | Portugal launches satellites honoring national literary figures
 

Book | Bag of Kisses | By Melanie Pereira – Editor’s Note

For a little girl whose daddy is a fisherman in the #1 fishing port in the world, goodbyes are never easy. But before he leaves for sea, her parents share a special secret―a magical bag of kisses that keeps their love close, no matter how far the waves carry him. As the days pass and […]

April 25th |  “Dia da Liberdade” celebrated nationwide and across the diaspora – Portugal

The Portuguese nation commemorates today the 52nd anniversary of the Carnation Revolution transition to democracy, with a nationwide program of official ceremonies, public demonstrations, and cultural events. The celebrations expanded abroad, connecting the country to its global diaspora, particularly in the United States. At the center of the national commemorations will be the traditional formal […]

Community | Justice Department moves to revoke citizenship for naturalized immigrants – Washington, D.C.

The U.S. Department of Justice is moving to accelerate efforts to revoke the citizenship of certain naturalized Americans, targeting cases where individuals are suspected of having obtained citizenship through fraud or misrepresentation. Citizenship is considered one of the most secure legal statuses in the United States. Therefore, the overall impact of such measures is likely […]

Honor | Writer João Pedro Vala recipient of the PEN/O. Henry Award – New York, NY

Portuguese writer João Pedro Vala has been awarded a prestigious PEN/O. Henry Award for his short story “Inês,” a recognition widely regarded as one of the highest honors in English-language short fiction. The first Portuguese author to receive that distinction, his short story ‘Inês’ was selected for inclusion in the PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories anthology. […]

Space | Portugal launches satellites honoring national literary figures – Santa Barbara, CA

Portugal successfully launched six satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, US. The mission reinforces Portugal’s growing role in the global space economy, while also strengthening strategic, scientific, and economic links across the Atlantic. Among the satellites are four named after some of the nation’s most celebrated literary figures […]

Book: ‘The Pessoa Chronicles: Poems, 1980-2016’ – Editor’s Note

24 April 2016

The least known of the great European Modernist poets of the twentieth century, Fernando Pessoa was born in 1888. A virtuoso of poetic voices, he created a coterie of distinct heteronyms, individual voices for whom he created full biographies and full bodies of work that were not only distinctive and original but so distinguished that […]

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The Week: It’s all down to numbers – By Len Port

22 April 2016

By Len Port, Contributor (*) As Portugal, other EU members and even the United States wait with bated breath, it seems that Britain’s referendum on staying or leaving is likely to go down to the wire. The expatriate vote could be decisive, it is said. But does anyone have any idea how many expatriates are […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Featured, Life Style, Portugal, World

IPMA: 2016 International Portuguese Music Awards – New Bedford, MA

20 April 2016

Interviews by Millicent Borges Accardi, Contributor (*) The International Portuguese Music Awards (IPMA) is back April 23, at the Zeiterion Theater, in New Bedford, MA, along with a gala red-carpet event the night before (at the Cultural Center in Fall River). Established in 2013, the IPMA has grown to be a premier music award, in both […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Heritage, Music, Organizations, People, World

Holy See: President Vasco Cordeiro invites Pope Francis to visit the Azores – Vatican City

20 April 2016

The President of the Government of the Azores, Vasco Cordeiro, was received today at the Vatican by Pope Francis to formally invite His Holiness to visit the Azores next year. The meeting was held in St. Peter’s Square during the greetings meeting between the Pope and guests, after the end of the papal weekly public […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, Religion, Terceira, World

Update: Detective Amaral wins appeal in McCann’s Case – By Len Port

19 April 2016

By Len Port, Contributor (*) Gonçalo Amaral has won his appeal against a Lisbon court’s decision last year to award half a million euros in damages to Kate and Gerry McCann. The award arose from the McCanns’ objection to Amaral’s book Maddie: The Truth of the Lie published in 2008. The overturning of the damages […]

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Book: ‘300 Days of Sun: A Novel’ by Deborah Lawrenson – Editor’s Note

19 April 2016

Combining the atmosphere of Jess Walter’s Beautiful Ruins with the intriguing historical backstory of Christina Baker Kline’s Orphan Train, Deborah Lawrenson’s mesmerizing novel transports readers to a sunny Portuguese town with a shadowy past — where two women, decades apart, are drawn into a dark game of truth and lies that still haunts the shifting […]

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