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 […]
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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 […]
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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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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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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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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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