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Feast Opinion | Portugal steps up fight against climate change  White House: President Joe Biden congratulates Portugal CCRAI: Azorean Government promotes full integration of foreign workers Viva! Portuguese nation celebrates 50 years of democracy and freedom!
 

Feast & Faith | Festa do Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres returns – Azores

The religious celebrations of the 2024 Festa do Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres, [The Holy Feast of Christ of the Miracles] will be held on the weekend of May 3-9, in Ponta Delgada city, in São Miguel, Azores. Established nearly 400 years ago, the tradition has been held since the 16th century following a severe seismic […]

Opinion | Portugal steps up fight against climate change – Len Port

Portugal has been at the forefront of action against climate change, but the subject of global warming is being overshadowed by fears of worsening wars.  This week, the prime ministers of Poland and the United Kingdom announced plans to prepare for a war across Europe, unprecedented since World War ll. They were referring to the possible […]

White House: President Joe Biden congratulates Portugal – Washington, DC

The President of the United States, Joe Biden, congratulated Portugal for the “courageous spirit” with which it carried out the Carnation Revolution 50 years ago, which allowed for the return of democracy. In a letter addressed to the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, released by the White House, President Biden praised the historic […]

CCRAI: Azorean Government promotes full integration of foreign workers – Azores

The Azorean Government has implemented the “Guide to Hiring Foreign Citizens in the Azores,” a policy aimed at developing initiatives and strategies to promote the full integration of foreign workers. The document offers “important information” for employers and future foreign employees in the Region. Acknowledging their active contribution to the enrichment of Azorean society in […]

Viva! Portuguese nation celebrates 50 years of democracy and freedom! – Portugal

Portugal celebrates today the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution (Revolução dos Cravos), the nation’s “Freedom Day,” when a military coup ended the Estado Novo authoritarian regime, led by Antonio Oliveira Salazar, Europe’s longest-lived dictatorship and 13 years of colonial wars in Africa. On April 25, 1974, some 200 to 300 officers calling themselves the […]

| Above the Salt | Katherine Vaz discusses her breakthrough novel – Interview

03 April 2024

By Millicent Borges Accardi Katherine Vaz is the author of three novels: Above the Salt, Saudade, and Mariana; and two collections of short fiction: Fado and Other Stories and Our Lady of the Artichokes. Her latest book, Above the Sal ( Flatiron Books/Macmillan) is forthcoming from ASA Publishers in Portugal. Luso-Americano named Vaz one of […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, Madeira, World

Opinion | Problems loom for Portugal’s new parliament – Len Port

29 March 2024

Portugal’s center-right Prime Minister-elect, Luis Montenegro, revealed on Thursday his cabinet emerging from the Democratic Alliance (AD) coalition, including the center-right Social Democratic Party (PSD) and two lesser right-leaning parties. The coalition which received 28.8% of the vote won 80 seats in the 230-seat parliament. The government’s agenda is to be debated in parliament on […]

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

Conference: The Carnation Revolution: Global Perspectives – UMass, Dartmouth

29 March 2024

The Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture (CPSC), in coordination with the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives, announced that it is hosting an international conference on the 4th, 5th, and 6th of April 2024. The year 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, a seminal event in Portuguese history.  The theme is “The Carnation Revolution: […]

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

Position | FLAD/Saab Visiting Professorship in Portuguese Studies – UMass, Lowell

23 March 2024

The Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) in Lisbon, Portugal, and the Saab Center for Portuguese Studies in the University of Massachusetts Lowell College of Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences announce the FLAD/Saab Visiting Professorship in Portuguese Studies for Spring Semester 2025. This program is a three-year collaboration that sponsors a one-semester a year, open-rank, Visiting Professor […]

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Posted in Community, Education, Featured, Organizations, World

Opinion | Portuguese diaspora defines national elections – Len Port

21 March 2024

The more than 1.5 million Portuguese registered voters living abroad had the final say in the outcome of March 10 Portugal’s parliamentary early election. The overall tally, concluded this week, showed 28.84% for the center-right Democratic Alliance (PSD/AD) and 28% for the center-left Socialist Party (PS).  The turnout was 59.8%. With the counting finished, President […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Madeira, People, Politics, Portugal, Uncategorized

Book | Welcome to Forever | by Nathan Tavares – Editor’s Note

20 March 2024

Fox is a memory editor – one of the best – gifted with the skill to create real life in the digital world. When he wakes up in Field of Reeds Center for Memory Reconstruction with no idea how he got there, the therapists tell him he was a victim in a terrorist bombing by […]

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