Portuguese American Journal

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Terceira | Scientists monitor ongoing seismic volcanic crises FLAD | Portuguese language has become an economic advantage study shows Maria João Pires: Acclaimed piano virtuoso announces the end of her career  Award | Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida wins the Fernando Namora Literary Prize  Citizenship
 

Terceira | Scientists monitor ongoing seismic volcanic crises – Azores

Terceira Island remains under heightened scientific monitoring as the seismo-volcanic crisis that began in June 2022 continues, centered around the Santa Bárbara volcanic complex on the island’s western flank.  The Azores Seismo-Volcanic Information and Monitoring Center (CIVISA) currently maintains Alert Level V3 (reactivated volcanic system) for Santa Bárbara, reflecting persistent microseismic activity consistent with magma […]

FLAD | Portuguese language has become an economic advantage study shows – Portugal

A new study released by the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) finds that speaking Portuguese corresponds to an average 20% salary bonus for Portuguese-American workers in the United States. The report, developed for FLAD by a research group led by Alda Botelho Azevedo of the Instituto de Ciências Sociais (ICS), Universidade de Lisboa, underscores the growing […]

Maria João Pires: Acclaimed piano virtuoso announces the end of her career – Portugal

Maria João Pires, one of the world’s most acclaimed pianists and a central figure in Portuguese and European classical music, has formally announced that she has ended her career as a performer. The declaration was made during the award acceptance ceremony for the Helena Vaz da Silva European Award, held on November 1 at the […]

Award | Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida wins the Fernando Namora Literary Prize  – Portugal 

Lusophone writer Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida, 43, has been distinguished with the Prémio Literário Fernando Namora, one of Portugal’s most prestigious awards for fiction, for her novel Livro da Doença. The prize recognizes outstanding works of narrative prose published in Portuguese during the previous year. Almeida’s win marks a significant moment in contemporary Lusophone literature, […]

Citizenship – Portuguese Parliament approves new nationality law – Portugal

Portugal’s Parliament [Assembleia da República] approved yesterday a sweeping reform of Portugal’s Lei da Nacionalidade [Citizenship Law], marking one of the most significant shifts in the country’s citizenship framework in more than a decade. As an organic law, the reform now moves to the desk of the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. […]

Appointed: Carlos Tavares named PSA/Peugeot-Citroen’s new chief executive – Paris, FR

19 February 2014

Portuguese business manager Carlos Tavares, 55, former Renault executive, will take over as PSA/Peugeot-Citroen’s CEO next month. Tavares joined PSA in January in preparation for the appointment.  He will take over from Philippe Varin as president of the managing board on March 31. In June 2011, Carlos Tavares, the former head of Nissan Motor for the […]

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Posted in Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Book: ‘The Transformation Book’ or Book of Tasks – Editor’s Note

19 February 2014

‘The Transformation Book’, which belongs to Pessoa’s pre-heteronymic period, contains a series of fragments written in English, Portuguese, and French, none of which were ever published during Pessoa’s lifetime. Conceived by Pessoa in 1908, a year of great social and cultural transformation in Portugal, The Transformation Book was designed to reflect and advance social and […]

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Posted in Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, South Africa, World

Travel: Lisbon Movie Tours launches guided visits – Portugal

18 February 2014

The film “Sostiene Pereira” directed by Roberto Faenza, with an award winning performance by Marcello Mastroianni, based in a novel by Italian author Antonio Tabuccchi, will be the first movie featured in the new “Lisbon Movie Tours” guided visits project. Designed by Liliana Navarra, an Italian resident in Lisbon, the project is based on films […]

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Posted in Featured, Film, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Community: Paulo Teves visiting California and Massachusetts – Azores

18 February 2014

The Regional Director for the Azorean Communities, Paulo Teves, will be visiting California and Massachusetts, February 20-25, in representation of the Government of the Azores. On the West Coast, February 21, Teves will meet with a group of  students of Azorean descent in San Francisco to address the promoting the Azorean cultural heritage amongst the […]

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Community: President Cavaco Silva to visit the United States and Canada – Portugal

17 February 2014

The President of Portugal, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, will be visiting San Francisco in the United States and Toronto in Canada from February 25 through March 1. The President is accompanied by Vasco Cordeiro, President of the Government of the Azores, and Rui Machete, the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs. Traveling with the First Lady, Maria […]

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Israel: Portuguese citizenship granted to descendants of Sephardic Jews – Portugal

17 February 2014

Portuguese Under-Secretary of Tourism, Adolfo Mesquita Nunes, announced in Tell Aviv, Israel, that Portugal is granting citizenship to descendants of Sephardic Jews who were expelled from the country five centuries ago. The announcement follows a recent amendment to Portugal’s “Law on Nationality” that allows descendants of Jews who were expelled in the Portuguese Inquisition to […]

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