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Community | Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho remains on paid leave FLAD | Carlos Costa Neves appointed director of the Luso-American Development Foundation 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
 

Community | Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho remains on paid leave – Los Angeles, CA

Alberto M. Carvalho, the Portuguese-American superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), remains on paid administrative leave following a federal investigation involving the nation’s second-largest school system.  The move comes after agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executed search warrants at Carvalho’s residence and district offices in late February 2026, in […]

FLAD | Carlos Costa Neves appointed director of the Luso-American Development Foundation – Portugal

The Board of Trustees of Lisbon based, Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) appointed Dr. Carlos Henrique da Costa Neves, 72, to the Executive Board, chaired since January 15, 2026, by José Manuel Durão Barroso. Born in Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, Azores,  Costa Neves holds a degree in Law from the University of Lisbon. He has held […]

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 […]

Literature: Darrell Kastin winner of the 2014 USA Best Books Awards – Los Angeles, CA

15 November 2014

Portuguese American author Darrell Kastin is a winner of the 2014 USA Best Books Awards, in the Fiction/Multicultural category, for his short story collection The Conjurer and other Azorean Tales (2012) published by Tagus Press. Now in its 12th year, the USA Best Book Awards is one of the largest mainstream book award competitions in […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, Organizations, People, World

Business: TAP Air Portugal to be sold before the end of the year – Portugal

13 November 2014

For the second time in two years, Portugal is considering selling TAP Air Portugal. Government sources have said that the re-launch of the airline’s privatization should occur before the end of 2014, “when market conditions are conducive to the success of the operation.” As reported Thursday, by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), “Portugal’s government said it […]

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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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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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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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