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Opinion | Portugal steps up fight against climate change  White House: President Joe Biden congratulates Portugal CCRAI: Azorean Government promotes full integration of foreign workers Viva! Portuguese nation celebrates 50 years of democracy and freedom! Culture: Literary residencies created for world writers
 

Opinion | Portugal steps up fight against climate change – Len Port

Portugal has been at the forefront of action against climate change, but the subject of global warming is being overshadowed by fears of worsening wars.  This week, the prime ministers of Poland and the United Kingdom announced plans to prepare for a war across Europe, unprecedented since World War ll. They were referring to the possible […]

White House: President Joe Biden congratulates Portugal – Washington, DC

The President of the United States, Joe Biden, congratulated Portugal for the “courageous spirit” with which it carried out the Carnation Revolution 50 years ago, which allowed for the return of democracy. In a letter addressed to the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, released by the White House, President Biden praised the historic […]

CCRAI: Azorean Government promotes full integration of foreign workers – Azores

The Azorean Government has implemented the “Guide to Hiring Foreign Citizens in the Azores,” a policy aimed at developing initiatives and strategies to promote the full integration of foreign workers. The document offers “important information” for employers and future foreign employees in the Region. Acknowledging their active contribution to the enrichment of Azorean society in […]

Viva! Portuguese nation celebrates 50 years of democracy and freedom! – Portugal

Portugal celebrates today the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution (Revolução dos Cravos), the nation’s “Freedom Day,” when a military coup ended the Estado Novo authoritarian regime, led by Antonio Oliveira Salazar, Europe’s longest-lived dictatorship and 13 years of colonial wars in Africa. On April 25, 1974, some 200 to 300 officers calling themselves the […]

Culture: Literary residencies created for world writers – Azores

The President of the Azorean Government, José Manuel Bolieiro, announced the creation of a pioneering literary residency program for world writers. The initiative was revealed during a book launch event at the Letras Lavadas bookshop in Ponta Delgada. The occasion marked the release of David Lopes’s new book Uma Varanda Sobre Tóquio, Almedina (2023) Polish […]

Update: Is the Madeleine McCann case at a crossroad? – By Len Port

15 May 2014

By Len Port, Contributor(*) The Madeleine McCann case seems to have reached a critical juncture: police are planning to start a new phase in the investigation, but there is a very real risk it may collapse in disarray. The paradox is explained by a fundamental difference in the way the Portuguese and British police go […]

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JoeGo: Poet José Gouveia dead at age 49 – Hyannis, MA

13 May 2014

Portuguese-American poet José [Joe] Gouveia – known to his friends as “JoeGo” – died at home, May 10, in Hyannis, Cape Cod, MA, of complications from lymphoma, a rare form of cancer. A son of Portuguese immigrants, he was a journalist and radio personality who hosted the radio show “Poets Corner” on the Provincetown’s local […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, World

Essay: Justice to Florbela Espanca (1894-1930) – By George Monteiro

12 May 2014

  This essay by George Monteiro will preface Our Book: Translations of Florbela Espanca: Selected Poems, Billie Maciunas’ book, which at this time is unpublished. In the scheme of things, however else it may work, translation functions as an act of generosity. Specific and meretriciously individual motivations notwithstanding, a translation cannot help but stand as […]

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Azores: Paulo Teves visiting the Azorean resident communities – Canada

10 May 2014

Paulo Teves, Regional Director of the Azorean Communities, is traveling to Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta, Canada, from May 10-13, to visit the resident Portuguese communities of Azorean descent and meet with local community leaders. In Toronto, on May 11, Paul Teves will meet with representatives of Casa dos Açores of Ontario and will participate in […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Portugal: President Cavaco Silva to visit China at the invitation of President Xi Jinping – Beijing, China

10 May 2014

The President of Portugal Aníbal Cavaco Silva is visiting China, from May 11-19, at the invitation of Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party and the President of the People’s Republic of China. The agenda for the visit will address economic, cultural and academic issues. The Portuguese President will travel to Shanghai, Beijing and […]

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Portugal: Clean bailout exit praised by European partners but not by socialists – Brussels

05 May 2014

The Portuguese decision to go for a “clean exit” from its financial assistance program represents a sign of confidence in the future, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said Monday. “A good day for a strong Portugal in a strong Europe, he said. The decision “is a sign of confidence in the future,” he added. […]

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