05 April 2016
Western science and pharmacology first learned about many African diseases, remedies, and medicinal practices through José Pinto de Azeredo’s highly original and influential text. A unique Enlightenment-era medical text written specifically about health issues in Angola, this is the first work by a Portuguese physician to describe accurately, through first-hand observation, medical practices and substances […]
Posted in Angola, Arts&Culture, Books, Brazil, Community, Featured, Heritage, Portugal
03 April 2016
The American Sephardi Federation is hosting an exhibit and public program celebrating the life of former Portuguese diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes. Aristides de Sousa Mendes died April 3, 1954, at aged 68. He was the former Portuguese Consul in Bordeaux, France, recognized for having issued visas to WWII refugees, without regard to nationality or […]
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03 April 2016
By Len Port, Contributor (*) The Easter just past is likely to be one of the last of its kind. Leaders of various branches of the Christian Church are nearing agreement on making Easter a permanent, unique fixture instead of a moveable feast. For more than 1,600 years it has wavered around weekends in March […]
Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Portugal, Religion, Travel, World
31 March 2016
Portuguese American reporter Diane Macedo became anchor at World News Now and America This Morning for ABC News, effective March 29. Born to Portuguese parents, who emigrated from the Minho region of mainland Portugal, Diane is fluent in both Portuguese and Spanish. She grew up in Mineola, NY, where she learned to appreciate the hardships […]
Posted in Community, Entertainment, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, Organizations, People, Portugal, World
28 March 2016
By Millicent Borges Accardi, Contributor (*) Born in 1982, in Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to an Arab father and a Portuguese mother born on Corvo island, Azores, author Ahmed Al-Sheikh has been a lifelong literature fan, always finding himself drawn to the fantasy genre. He is influenced by sci-fi writers […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Corvo, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World
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 […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World
