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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 […]

Update: The McCann case divided opinions – By Len Port

10 June 2014

By Len Port, Contributor(*) In the midst of the latest phase in the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, Sky News presenter Kay Burley entered the fray with an article in the Daily Mirror in which she castigated “conspiracy theorists” and “haters” of Madeleine’s parents. Burley, a reporter and newsreader of long standing, wrote: […]

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Posted in Featured, People, Portugal, World

Poem: Saving “Os Lusíadas” – by George Monteiro

10 June 2014

The Portugal Day is a national holiday celebrating the life of Luiz Vaz de Camões, Portugal’s national poet who died on the 10th of June 1580 and wrote Os Lusíadas, Portugal’s national epic poem exulting the 16th century Portuguese historic achievements. Camões was an adventurer who survived a shipwreck in present-day Vietnam. Part of the legendry that has come down […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World

John Kerry: On the Occasion of Portugal Day – US Secretary of State

09 June 2014

On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I congratulate the people of Portugal as you celebrate Portugal Day on June 10. The United States and Portugal share a close bond, dating back to the founding of the United States. In the centuries that have followed, millions of Portuguese and Americans have crossed the […]

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

Awards: President Cavaco do Silva honors 30 individuals from the Portuguese diaspora – Portugal Day

09 June 2014

The President  of Portugal, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, has awarded 30 personalities from the Portuguese diaspora with Portugal’s Honorific Orders, as part of the celebrations of Portugal Day observed officially on the 10th of June. Portugal’s Honorific Orders are attributed each year, on June 10th, by the President of the Portuguese Republic to a select group of […]

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Posted in Angola, Awards, Brazil, Canada, Community, Featured, Goa, Heritage, Macau, Mozambique, Organizations, People, Portugal, South Africa, World

Memoir: Revisiting the Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon by Henry Fielding (1707-1754) – Travel

08 June 2014

By André Darlington, Contributor (*) Henry Fielding is dying. His doctors, who have kept him alive by regularly draining fluid from his stomach, have ordered him to convalesce in a warmer climate. Since the famous author can no longer walk, his bloated and decaying carcass is hoisted by crane onto a ship bound for Portugal. […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Travel

Azores Day: Azoreans celebrating self-rule and regional pride – June 9th

08 June 2014

This year the Azores Day will be celebrated on Monday June 9, a public holiday dedicated to the affirmation of Azorean self-rule as granted in the Portuguese Constitution following the Carnation Revolution of April 25, 1974. Established in 1980, as Dia da Região Autónoma dos Açores (Day of the Autonomous Region of the Azores), the holiday […]

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Posted in Awards, Azores, Community, Corvo, Faial, Featured, Flores, Graciosa, Heritage, Organizations, People, Pico, Portugal, Santa Maria, São Jorge, Terceira