28 November 2015
By Len Port, Contributor (*) Lest there was any doubt, it has just been confirmed that we live in a politically weird world. Never mind the shenanigans going on elsewhere in Europe and farther afield, Portugal now has a new government — another new government. Having muddled through almost two rudderless months since the general […]
26 November 2015
Portugal holds the largest socio-economic inequality gap among 20 developed countries according to a study by US-based bank Morgan Stanley, released Tuesday. With a population of nearly 10 million, Portugal remains Western Europe’s poorest country. The report ranked the inequality gap in Portugal using several socio-economic indicators, ranging from distribution of income, access to health services […]
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24 November 2015
Fifty one days after the parliamentary elections on October 4, Portugal’s president, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, has named, on Tuesday, Socialist Party leader, Antonio Costa, Prime Minister, calling him to form government with the Communist Party and radical Left Bloc. The pronouncement ends weeks of presidential indecisiveness over the political future of the country. The appointment […]
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19 November 2015
By Elaine Avila, Contributor (*) Heaven, Hell and Somewhere in Between: Portuguese Popular Art was an art exhibition curated by Professor Anthony Shelton, of over 300 Portuguese folk art works at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, Canada from May 12-October 12, 2015. The exhibition included exquisite marionettes, figurines, […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, Painting, People, Portugal, Travel
17 November 2015
Azorean products will be featured in New England and Florida, in the United States, in a promotional initiative taking place between November 19 and December 31. The promotion consists mostly of foodstuffs to be featured in several ethnic supermarkets in the East Coast, major importers of Portuguese products. It includes dairy products, preserves, jams, honey, tea, biscuits, […]
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15 November 2015
This anthology brings together fiction, poetry, recipes, and memoirs by some of the best Portuguese-Canadian and Portuguese-American writers to narrate the Portuguese Diasporic experience in North America. These works focus on lived experiences, shared spaces and the ethnic identity through which this distinctive culture is lived in the United States of America and Canada, both […]
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