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Community | Nazaré and Half Moon Bay to establish sister-city partnership Community: Remembering the Portuguese victims of September 9/11 Community | Portuguese citizen detained by ICE has been deported 1976-2026 | Azoreans mark 50 years of Autonomy with solemn ceremony Canada | Brampton to inaugurate replica of Portas da Cidade
 

Community | Nazaré and Half Moon Bay to establish sister-city partnership – California

The Municipality of Nazaré, Portugal, and the City of Half Moon Bay, California, are moving forward with a new sister-city partnership designed to strengthen ties between two coastal communities united by the sea, maritime traditions, tourism, Portuguese heritage and an international reputation for big-wave surfing. On July 21, 2026, the Half Moon Bay City Council […]

Community: Remembering the Portuguese victims of September 9/11 – New York, NY

As the United States marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the Portuguese-American community joins the nation in remembering the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives, including five Portuguese citizens and four Portuguese descendants known to have been killed at the World Trade Center in New York City. The nine […]

Community | Portuguese citizen detained by ICE has been deported – Lisbon, Portugal

Hugo Freitas de Sousa, 39, a native of Terceira Island in the Azores, has returned to Lisbon, Portugal, after spending approximately six weeks in U.S. immigration detention in Tacoma, Washington state.  Sousa, who had lived in the United States for about 35 years, emigrated with his parents as a child and held permanent-resident status through […]

1976-2026 | Azoreans mark 50 years of Autonomy with solemn ceremony – Horta, Faial

The Autonomous Region of the Azores marked a historic milestone with a Solemn Session on Friday, September 4, at the inaugural session of the Regional Assembly in Horta, Faial, honoring the 50th anniversary of the establishment of self-government. The Regional Assembly’s first solemn session took place exactly 50 years ago in Horta and was presided […]

Canada | Brampton to inaugurate replica of Portas da Cidade – Toronto, Ontario

One of the most recognizable symbols of the Azores, Portas da Cidade (City Gates) of Ponta Delgada, will soon have a new home in Brampton, in Canada’s Greater Toronto Area. The inauguration of a full-scale replica of the historic monument is scheduled for September 12, 2026, at Azores Park, 100 Malta Avenue.  The monument will […]

Colloquium: ‘The Lusophone World at War, 1914-1918 and Beyond’ – Brown University, RI

02 March 2016

The Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at Brown University is presenting a two-day international colloquium entitled ‘The Lusophone World at War, 1914-1918’ and Beyond,” dedicated to Portugal and the lusophone world experience during World War I. The event, cosponsored by the Luso American Development Foundation (FLAD), takes place March 18-19, at the Pembroke Hall […]

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Community: Catholic University of Portugal takes US Roadshow – March 1-10

29 February 2016

A delegation of representatives of the Catholic University of Portugal (UCP) [Universidade Católica Portuguesa] is visiting universities in the United States, March 1-10, to share its present accomplishments and projects for the future. This is also an opportunity for the university to honor its past and thank the Portuguese American community for its support. The […]

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Essay: Eça de Queiroz’s Modern Masterpiece – By George Monteiro

24 February 2016

By George Monteiro, Contributor (*) While it differs from its major literary predecessors in strikingly innovative ways, Eça de Queiroz’s A Correspondência de Fradique Mendes (1900) reaches back to the English novel: Samuel Richardson’s Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded (1740) and Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady (1748), as well as his own model, […]

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Travel: Azores Airlines launches new marketing image – USA & Canada

19 February 2016

The former SATA International, renamed Azores Airlines, is launching its new image in the United States and Canada markets. The rebranded air carrier is operated by state owned SATA airlines, based in the Azores. The Azores Airlines hopes to increase its annual flight capacity to over 50,000 passengers, representing an increase of 40% in the […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal, Travel

Book: ‘The Portuguese in the Creole Indian Ocean’ – Editor’s Note

14 February 2016

When the Portuguese first entered the Indian Ocean centuries ago, they intruded upon an ancient creole and cosmopolitan world. Also, they entered a world with age-old connections to the Mediterranean. This book explores some of the intriguing interstices of colonial and other spaces in the ocean, through a scrutiny of personages, texts, and authors between […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Damão, Diu, Featured, Goa, Heritage, Macau, Portugal, South Africa, World

Book: ‘It’s Best Not to Interrupt Her Experiments’ – Editor’s Note

13 February 2016

It’s Best Not to Interrupt Her Experiments consists of a series of poems featuring women — some fictional, some nonfictional. There are bounty hunters, Battle Bots champs, werewolves, homunculi, escape artists, archers, and CIA bagwomen. Even Lucy, now an adult, attempts to come to terms with her systematic torturing of her childhood pal, Charlie Brown, […]

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