Portuguese American Journal

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Book | Reduction in Force: Poems by Hugo dos Santos  Community | Portuguese diaspora entrepreneurs network to be created Debate | Portuguese lawmakers propose shift in gender identity laws Vatican City | Pope Leo XIV to visit Fátima in the near future Community | Boston Red Sox to honor Portuguese Heritage Night
 

Book | Reduction in Force: Poems by Hugo dos Santos  – Review

By Millicent Borges Accardi Born in Lisboa, Portugal, Hugo dos Santos was raised in New Jersey. An award-winning writer and translator, his books include a collection of short stories about Newark, Then, there (Spuyten Duyvil, 2019), his upcoming book, book A Reduction in Force (Bauhan Publishing, 2026), winner of the May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry […]

Community | Portuguese diaspora entrepreneurs network to be created – Portugal

The Secretary of State for Portuguese Communities, Emídio Sousa, has expressed his intention to foster the creation of an economic community that connects Portuguese citizens and their descendants worldwide, aiming to strengthen ties between the diaspora and Portugal’s economy. His proposal centers on leveraging the global Portuguese diaspora, estimated at more than five million people, […]

Debate | Portuguese lawmakers propose shift in gender identity laws – Portugal

Portugal’s parliament has voted in a preliminary session to advance three controversial bills that would significantly alter the country’s gender identity framework, marking a potential shift away from one of Europe’s most progressive legal models.  The proposals, backed by center-right and right-wing parties including the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Chega, and CDS-PP, would move forward […]

Vatican City | Pope Leo XIV to visit Fátima in the near future – Portugal

Pope Leo XIV has expressed a clear desire to visit Portugal, fueling growing expectations that a future papal trip will include the Sanctuary of Fátima, one of the world’s most significant Catholic pilgrimage sites.  While the Vatican has confirmed there is no imminent official visit being planned, recent diplomatic and ecclesiastical signals suggest the visit […]

Community | Boston Red Sox to honor Portuguese Heritage Night – Massachusetts

The Boston Red Sox have announced a special Portuguese Heritage Night on June 3 at Fenway Park, as the team takes on the Baltimore Orioles.  June’s designation as Portuguese-American Heritage Month in Massachusetts gives added significance to the Red Sox celebration at Fenway Park.  The honor is part of the club’s ongoing commitment to celebrate […]

Drug control: The great debate is on a high- By Len Port

12 November 2014

By Len Port, Contributor(*) For those of us without the benefit of deeper understanding through some form of mind-enhancing substance, it is hard to get the head around all the latest talk about drug control. But let’s try. Broadly speaking it is all about the prohibition, decriminalization or legalization of drugs such as cannabis, heroin […]

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Posted in Conferences, Featured, Politics, Portugal, Religion

Health Alert: Legionnaires disease outbreak has killed four and hospitalized many – Portugal

10 November 2014

New cases of Legionnaires disease are emerging in Portugal after an outbreak was detected Friday. On Monday at least 160 cases of the disease had been detected with four people reported dead and 29 reported in critical condition and in intensive care at various hospitals. The outbreak started in Vila Franca de Xira, a town […]

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Posted in Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Business: BorgWarner Inc. opens prodution facility in Viana do Castelo – Portugal

07 November 2014

The United States-based, BorgWarner Inc., a multinational corporation supplier of automotive components and parts, has open today, November 7, a new production facility in the industrial zone of Lanheses, Viana do Castelo, Portugal. The new production facility will further strengthen BorgWarner’s position as the leading supplier of eco-friendly exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) consisting of reducing […]

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Posted in Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Opinion: Will British expats be in limbo if UK exits the EU? – By Len Port

06 November 2014

By Len Port, Contributor(*) British expats in Portugal could be excused for wincing at recent utterances by Prime Minister David Cameron. In declaring that he was drawing a “red line” on the number of unskilled immigrants flooding into the UK, Mr Cameron said he would be demanding restrictions on freedom of movement within the EU. […]

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Posted in Featured, Politics, Portugal

Community: Open Letter to the Azorean Airlines SATA – Fall River, MA

06 November 2014

For a few months a group of immigrants resident in the United States and Canada and with origins in the Azorean islands has been formed to lobby members of the administration of SATA airlines to try to resolve several problems that they are very much concerned about. Despite the complaints presented by “Clientes insatisfeitos da SATA” […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Heritage, Organizations, People, Travel

Music: Portuguese duet “Doppio Ensemble” in concert – UMD

05 November 2014

The Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese American Archives at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth announces a free concert by Doppio Ensemble. The event will take place at 6:00pm in Room 153 of the Center for Visual and Performing Arts on November 18, 2014, parking lot 9. This performance is followed by a second concert to be will be […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Education, Entertainment, Featured, Heritage, Music, Organizations, People, Portugal, World