Portuguese American Journal

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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, 72, holds a degree in Law from the University of Lisbon. He has […]

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 […]

Arts: Walk & Talk Street Art Festival returning with poetry – Azores

10 July 2014

The fourth edition of the Walk & Talk Street Art Festival will be held from July 18 through August 3 on São Miguel island, Azores. More than 60 national and international artists will participate in the creative arts event which activities are focused in promoting contemporary artistic expression in public spaces. Artistic interventions include the […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Featured, Film, Heritage, Music, Organizations, Painting, People, Photography, Portugal, São Miguel, World

Community: Teachers of Portuguese attending professional development program – Azores

08 July 2014

A group of eleven Portuguese language teachers, affiliated with different educational institutions in the United States, are attending  the FLAD Summer Course for Teachers of Portuguese in the US, held from July 8-18, at the University of the Azores in Ponta Delgada. Organized by Professor Graça Castanho of the University of the Azores, the intensive program comprises of workshops […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal

Protest: Doctors on strike disrupt Portuguese national health services – Portugal

08 July 2014

The main doctors’ union, Federação Nacional dos Médicos (FNAM), has called a two day strike starting Tuesday, July 8, citing a range of government policies and cuts to the National Health Service budget. The Portuguese Constitution guarantees the right to universal health care. Doctors are protesting against what they called “the government’s progressive dismantling of the health […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Madeira, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World

Portugal: Jean-Claude Juncker pays lip service to Lisbon – By Len Port

05 July 2014

By Len Port, Contributor(*) The most relevant snippet of information to emerge from all the recent histrionics in Brussels was confirmation that Jean-Claude Juncker is a good friend of Portugal. In this country anyway, it well surpasses revelations about his drinking habits. On a visit to Portugal in May, Juncker let it be known that […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World

Terceira: Teachers of Portuguese attend professional development workshops – Azores

03 July 2014

The Government of the Azores in partnership with the Association of Teachers of Portuguese in the United States and Canada (APPEUC) is co-sponsoring the 22th Meeting of Teachers of Portuguese in the United States and Canada being held July 3-6, in Praia da Vitória, Terceira, Azores. Under the theme Nos Mares da Língua Portuguesa [The […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, Terceira, World

Business: IBM to launch global cloud center in Lisbon – Portugal

03 July 2014

Lisbon is one of the sites chosen by IBM to locate one of its newly created “cloud computing” centers through which user services and applications are aggregated in a “cloud” that can be accessed in any computing device anywhere in the world. The IBM Lisbon center will provide assistance to Portuguese and foreign companies that […]

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Posted in Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, World