Portuguese American Journal

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Community | Atlantic Celebration Day  celebrates America and Portuguese  pride MiratecArts | II Curta Pico Prize draws international filmmakers FLAD | Essay Competition for Young Portuguese-Americans July 4th | Portugal and the United States have remarkable historical ties Community | Nicholas Ferraz graduates from Harvard University
 

Community | Atlantic Celebration Day celebrates America and Portuguese  pride – New Bedford, MA

The Portuguese-American community gathered in New Bedford (MA) on Sunday, July 19, to participate in the Atlantic Celebration Day, marking America’s 250th anniversary of its independence and the longstanding friendship between Portugal and the United States.  The initiative was sponsored by the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD), whose president, José Manuel Durão Barroso, addressed participants, emphasizing […]

MiratecArts | II Curta Pico Prize draws international filmmakers – Azores

The II Curta Pico Prize has attracted notable international interest, receiving 27 original film proposals from creators in the Azores, mainland Portugal, Argentina, Canada, the United States, and Spain.  Organized by MiratecArts, the competition is a way to strengthen the Azorean audiovisual industry while promoting Pico internationally. The winning project, to be announced during the […]

FLAD | Essay Competition for Young Portuguese-Americans – Portugal

The Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) has launched a new essay competition inviting young Americans of Portuguese descent to reflect on the enduring relationship between Portugal and the United States.  Announced to coincide with the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence, the initiative encourages a new generation of Portuguese-Americans to explore the historical, cultural, political, and human […]

July 4th | Portugal and the United States have remarkable historical ties – Azores

As the United States commemorates its 250th Independence Day on July 4, the longstanding relationship between Portugal and the United States offers a remarkable chapter in the history of the Atlantic world.  Although Portugal remained officially neutral during the American Revolutionary War, due to its centuries-old alliance with Great Britain under the Treaty of Windsor […]

Community | Nicholas Ferraz graduates from Harvard University – Cambridge, MA

This spring, Nicholas Ferraz graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education with a Master of Education in Teaching and Teacher Leadership, earning a 4.0 GPA. Already a certified mathematics teacher in Massachusetts, Ferraz represents a generation of Portuguese American educators whose professional journeys reflect both academic excellence and a deep commitment to multilingual and […]

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