10 June 2014
By Ligia Batista, Contributor(*) When I left Portugal eight years ago, I did not think I would ever become foreign to my own country. But it happened with time. I now speak Portuguese with a slight Canadian accent; sometimes I forget words. Because I left on my own, without my family, there are very few […]
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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: […]
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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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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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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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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