Portuguese American Journal

Portuguese American Journal

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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 Community | Portuguese citizen detained by ICE has been deported 1976-2026 | Azoreans mark 50 years of Autonomy with solemn ceremony
 

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 […]

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 […]

Honor: Portuguese student wins ‘Cambridge Top in the World’ award – Portugal

16 February 2015

Maria Miguel Cardoso Carlos, a Portuguese high school student, at Colégio Luso-Internacional do Centro (CLIC) Marinha Grande, mainland Portugal, was distinguished with the ‘Cambridge Top in the World’ award, in the  category of environmental studies in the international IGCSE examinations. Bestowed by the University of Cambridge (UK), the ‘Cambridge Top in the World’ award distinguishes […]

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Posted in Awards, Education, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Azorean (New) Waves in Southern Brazil
– Conversations with Luiz Nilton Corrêa

16 February 2015

By Richard Simas,Contributor (*) You could come to the island of Santa Catarina in Southern Brazil to surf world-class waves, to vacation, retire, or invest in the region’s booming economy. However, another excellent reason is to savor Santa Catarina’s singular cultural heritage. Local anthropologist Luiz Nilton Corrêa returned to his native area after an 11-year […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Brazil, Community, Featured, Heritage, Life Style, Organizations, Religion, São Miguel, Travel, World

Book: ‘28 Portuguese Poets’ – A Bilingual Anthology – Editor’s Note

13 February 2015

Edited and introduced by Richard Zenith, this bilingual anthology presents more than a century of Portuguese poetry, beginning with Pessoa and his heteronyms This major bilingual anthology, edited and introduced by Richard Zenith, and with English translations by Richard Zenith and Alexis Levitin, introduces the work of 28 Portuguese poets (beginning with Fernando Pessoa and […]

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Civil action: McCanns vs Amaral verdict coming soon – By Len Port

13 February 2015

By Len Port, Contributor(*) The verdict in Kate and Gerry McCann’s civil action against the former lead detective Gonçalo Amaral may come sooner than expected because of a recent behind-the-scenes development in the long-drawn-out case. The question of whether or not Kate and Gerry McCann are legally entitled to represent their daughter Madeleine in their […]

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High-Tech: Portugal ranks high as a technology-based services provider – Gartner,Inc.

08 February 2015

For the fifth consecutive year, Portugal is listed among the top seven leading countries providers of technology-based services, reported Gartner,Inc., a USA based information technology researcher. According to its latest study – “Gartner’s Leading Offshore Services Locations in EMEA 2015: Nearshore Increases Despite Geopolitical Concerns” – Portugal ranks high in the list, together with the […]

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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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