Portuguese American Journal

Portuguese American Journal

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Travel Alert! Lisbon Airport suspends European Border Control System for three months Community | Fundraiser for slain MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro surpasses $350,000 Book | Three Stories of Forgetting | By Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida Update | Portuguese national identified as suspect in the killings at Brown and MIT – Boston, MA Community | Portuguese physicist Nuno Loureiro fatally shot in Brookline
 

Travel Alert! Lisbon Airport suspends European Border Control System for three months – Portugal

The Portuguese government has announced the temporary suspension of the European Union’s Entry/Exit System (EES) at Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado Airport for a period of three months. The measure applies exclusively to Lisbon Airport and is intended to relieve pressure on passport control operations during peak travel periods. During the suspension, border authorities will revert to […]

Community | Fundraiser for slain MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro surpasses $350,000 –  Boston, MA

The family of Nuno Loureiro, a respected Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor, who was tragically killed earlier this month, continues to receive an extraordinary outpouring of support from the community and friends.  Professor Loureiro was fatally shot at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, on December 15, 2025, and died the following day at a […]

Book | Three Stories of Forgetting | By Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida – Editor’s  Note

Three men haunt these pages. Perhaps they are tormented ghosts who cannot find rest. All three have been expelled in some way, sent on solitary journeys into the night. Celestino, an old slave trader, returns to the solitude of his home and garden after a life of horrors. Boa Morte da Silva, an Angolan who […]

Update | Portuguese national identified as suspect in the killings at Brown and MIT – Boston, MA

In a major development, law-enforcement officials have publicly identified the suspect in the killings at Brown University and MIT’s Professor Nuno F. Gomes Loureiro, as Cláudio Neves Valente, 48, a Portuguese national from Torres Novas, Portugal. Authorities said Valente was later found dead in Salem, New Hampshire, on Thursday, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Professor […]

Community | Portuguese physicist Nuno Loureiro fatally shot in Brookline – Massachusetts

Portuguese physicist Nuno F. Gomes Loureiro, 47, a distinguished professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center, was fatally shot at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, late on the evening of Monday, December 15. Authorities confirmed that Loureiro, originally from Viseu, Portugal, was found with multiple […]

Book: ‘Global Portuguese: Linguistic Ideologies in Late Modernity’ by Moita-Lopes – Editor’s Note

07 February 2015

This book aims at deconstructing and problematizing linguistic ideologies related to Portuguese in late modernity and questioning the theoretical presuppositions which have led us to call Portuguese ‘a language.’ Such an endeavor is crucial when we know that Portuguese is a language which is increasingly internationalized, used as the official language in four continents (in […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Brazil, Education, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Community: Exhibit honors Portuguese youth immigrant experience – Lowell, MA

07 February 2015

The University of Massachusetts Lowell Saab-Pedroso Center for Portuguese Culture and Research and the Center for Lowell History, in partnership with the Lowell National Historical Park, are organizing the Community Exhibit ‘Young Portuguese Immigrants in Turn of the Century Lowell, Massachusetts.’ The exhibit is funded by a $5,000 grant from Mass Humanities, the state affiliate […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Conferences, Education, Featured, Genealogy, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Vale de Almeida – A Superb Diplomat with Portuguese Passion

05 February 2015

By Naseer Ahmad (*) Portuguese diplomat, Ambassador João Vale de Almeida, served as the Head of the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to the United States. His four years of momentous tour began on August 10, 2010 and ended on October 31, 2014. During this time, he served with a passion for excellence in […]

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Posted in Community, Heritage, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World

Honor: Katy Perry main performer at Super Bowl Halftime Show – Glendale, AZ

01 February 2015

Portuguese American pop singer, Katy Perry, will be the main performer at the NFL Super Bowl halftime show, tonight, for an audience of over 100 million people. The pop star sensation, who will be joined by Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliott, will take to the stage at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Azores, Community, Entertainment, Faial, Featured, Heritage, Music, Organizations, People, Portugal, Sports, World

Algarve: UK fugitive plotted murder of his Portuguese mother’s lover – Portugal

31 January 2015

By Len Port, Contributor(*) Charles Hills, who was convicted of plotting to have the lover of his Portuguese mother killed, is back behind bars having lived openly for several years in the eastern Algarve as a fugitive from UK justice. Originally sentenced at the Old Bailey in London to seven years imprisonment but released after […]

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Posted in Heritage, People, Portugal, World

SiPN: ‘Study in Portugal Network’ is now recruiting US students – Portugal

30 January 2015

The main goal of the SiPN program is to encourage more North American students, including students of Portuguese descent, to choose Portugal as an academic destination and to diversify the recruitment regions for Portuguese universities. Starting in 2016, a scholarship will be created together with the Fulbright Commission in Portugal, for Masters and Ph.D. students […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal, Scholarships, World