Portuguese American Journal

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Community | Azores Government offers cultural exchange grants for diaspora applicants Travel | TAP and SATA airlines move forward with privatization Community | Barack Obama in Lisbon praises Portuguese Americans Community | The FABRIC Arts Festival explores themes of identity and place Diplomacy | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to visit Lisbon this week
 

Community | Azores Government offers cultural exchange grants for diaspora applicants – Azores

The Government of the Azores has opened applications for grant opportunities supporting cultural and community projects in Azorean emigrant communities abroad, as well as educational exchanges and immigrant integration initiatives for 2027.  The funding opportunities are particularly relevant to Azorean organizations, cultural associations, and educational institutions in the United States, Canada, Bermuda, Brazil, and other […]

Travel | TAP and SATA airlines move forward with privatization – Portugal

Portugal has selected Germany’s Lufthansa Group as the strategic investor in TAP Air Portugal, marking a significant turning point for the country’s aviation industry and with important implications for Portuguese communities in the United States, Canada, and beyond.  The selection does not mean that Lufthansa has already taken ownership of TAP. Rather, it represents a […]

Community | Barack Obama in Lisbon praises Portuguese Americans – Portugal

Former United States President Barack Obama returned to Lisbon on Saturday, October 10, where he delivered a keynote address at the 6th edition of the Game Changers Forum.  During his two-day stay in Lisbon, Obama met with Portuguese President António José Seguro at the Palácio de Belém, the official residence of the Portuguese head of […]

Community | The FABRIC Arts Festival explores themes of identity and place – Fall River (MA)

The FABRIC Arts Festival, founded in 2019 and now in its seventh edition, returns to Fall River October 8–11, showcasing Portuguese contemporary art, music, performances, exhibitions, food, and storytelling, exploring themes of migration, identity, memory, belonging, and place and connections across borders. With particular significance in Fall River, historically one of America’s leading textile-manufacturing centers […]

Diplomacy | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to visit Lisbon this week – Portugal

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to visit Portugal this coming week as part of a European tour from October 5–8, with Lisbon as the final stop. Secretary Rubio is expected in Lisbon on Thursday, October 8, following visits to Reykjavík, Iceland, and Athens, Greece.  He is expected to meet with Prime Minister […]

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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Posted in Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

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