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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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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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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09 March 2016
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, 67, was inaugurated as the 20th President of the Portuguese Republic. He swore to uphold the Portuguese Constitution in a ceremony at Parliament today, March 9, 2016. He succeeds Aníbal Cavaco Silva, 76, who served as conservative prime minister from 1985 to 1995 and for two consecutive terms as president from […]
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03 March 2016
Novelist, poet, playwright, and short story writer Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839–1908) is widely regarded as Brazil’s greatest writer, although his work is still too little read outside his native country. In this first comprehensive English-language examination of Machado since Helen Caldwell’s seminal 1970 study, K. David Jackson reveals Machado de Assis as an […]
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03 March 2016
Who does this footprint belong to? What is this worm up to? What is the name of this tree? Even if we live in the city, nature is still all around us: clouds and stars, trees and flowers, rocks and beaches, birds, reptiles or mammals. What are we waiting for? Let’s jump off the couch […]
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