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Arts Diplomacy | President António José Seguro to meet Pope Leo XIV Diplomacy | Prime Minister Luís Montenegro to address the  81st UN General Assembly Community | Nazaré and Half Moon Bay to establish sister-city partnership Community: Remembering the Portuguese victims of September 9/11
 

Arts & Letters | Portugal Takes Center Stage at Lincoln Center – New York, NY

Portuguese culture will take center stage at New York City’s Lincoln Center on Saturday, October 3, with a full day of cinema, literature and live music featuring acclaimed Luso-American writer Katherine Vaz, Portuguese musical performances by Expresso Transatlântico and The Gift, and a festival of Portuguese animated short films. The program, titled “Contemporary Portugal at […]

Diplomacy | President António José Seguro to meet Pope Leo XIV – Vatican

Portugal’s President, António José Seguro, arrived in Rome on Wednesday, September 23, for a two-day official visit to the Holy See, with an audience with Pope Leo XIV scheduled for Thursday, September 24, at 9:00 a.m. local time at the Vatican.  The Portuguese Presidency confirms that the official visit program also includes talks with Archbishop […]

Diplomacy | Prime Minister Luís Montenegro to address the  81st UN General Assembly – New York, NY

Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro will travel to New York from September 22 to 24 to represent Portugal at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. On Thursday, September 24, Montenegro is expected to deliver Portugal’s national address to the Assembly at approximately 2:15 p.m. New York time. The theme for this year’s […]

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 […]

Book: ‘Gender, Empire, and Postcolony’ Luso-Afro-Brazilian Intersections – Editor’s Note

20 February 2015

Gender, Empire, and Postcolony: Luso-Afro-Brazilian Intersections is a collection of essays on gender in Portuguese colonialism and Lusophone postcolonialism. The contributors engage systematically with postcolonial and gender theory as they examine the diverse universe of cultural production that has directed itself to Lusophone colonial and postcolonial experience and legacy, including literature, cinema, and other visual […]

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Posted in Angola, Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Brazil, Cape Verde, Education, Featured, Guiné-Bissau, Heritage, Madeira, Mozambique, People, Politics, Portugal, São Tomé and Prince, World

Honor: Eusébio granted burial at the National Pantheon – Portugal

20 February 2015

The Portuguese Parliament has approved unanimously the motion to grant international footballer Eusébio the honor of burial at the National Pantheon. Eusébio, who died last year, was one of the greatest soccer players of all time. He will rest alongside the most distinguished national heroes. The motion was introduced in Parliament in January of 2014. One of […]

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Posted in Awards, Featured, Mozambique, Organizations, People, Portugal, Sports, World

Book: ‘Migration in Lusophone Cinema’ – Editor’s Note

20 February 2015

With more than 250 million speakers globally, the Lusophone world has a rich history of filmmaking. Themes of migration, nation, and displacement are frequent topics of concern, as directors and writers look to address the diasporic experience. This edited volume analyzes the representation of the migratory experience in contemporary cinema from Portuguese-speaking countries, exploring how […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Brazil, Entertainment, Featured, Film, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Book: The ‘Civilising Mission’ of Portuguese Colonialism, 1870-1930 – Editor’s Note

19 February 2015

This book provides an historical critical analysis of the doctrine of the ‘civilising mission’ in Portuguese colonialism in the crucial period from 1870 to 1930. Exploring international contexts and transnational connections, imperial politics and colonial policies, this ‘civilising mission’ is analysed and assessed by examining the contentious debates about the recruitment, employment and distribution of […]

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Posted in Angola, Arts&Culture, Books, Cape Verde, East Timor, Featured, Guiné-Bissau, Heritage, Mozambique, People, Portugal, São Tomé and Prince, World

Opinion: The HSBC scandal – Understanding economics histrionics – By Len Port

19 February 2015

By Len Port, Contributor(*) For those of us not savvy when it comes to serious money matters – which includes many more people than you might think – these are bewildering times. Journalists, along with estate agents, used to be the most disreputable creatures on the planet. Bankers, economists and politicians now hold this distinction. […]

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Posted in Angola, Arts&Culture, Azores, Community, Photography, Scholarships

Lisbon: Portuguese and US policy makers to debate bilateral relations – Portugal

17 February 2015

The Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) is hosting, this week in Lisbon, private talks between Portuguese political representatives and a delegation of US policy makers, of Portuguese descent, to address bilateral relations between Portugal and Washington. The talks, intended to follow up on contacts already established in the past, are taking place at a time of […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, Terceira