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Diplomacy | Prime Minister Luís Montenegro to address the  81st UN General Assembly Community | Nazaré and Half Moon Bay to establish sister-city partnership Community: Remembering the Portuguese victims of September 9/11 Community | Portuguese citizen detained by ICE has been deported 1976-2026 | Azoreans mark 50 years of Autonomy with solemn ceremony
 

Diplomacy | Prime Minister Luís Montenegro to address the  81st UN General Assembly – New York, NY

Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro will travel to New York from September 22 to 24 to represent Portugal at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. On Thursday, September 24, Montenegro is expected to deliver Portugal’s national address to the Assembly at approximately 2:15 p.m. New York time. The theme for this year’s […]

Community | Nazaré and Half Moon Bay to establish sister-city partnership – California

The Municipality of Nazaré, Portugal, and the City of Half Moon Bay, California, are moving forward with a new sister-city partnership designed to strengthen ties between two coastal communities united by the sea, maritime traditions, tourism, Portuguese heritage and an international reputation for big-wave surfing. On July 21, 2026, the Half Moon Bay City Council […]

Community: Remembering the Portuguese victims of September 9/11 – New York, NY

As the United States marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the Portuguese-American community joins the nation in remembering the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives, including five Portuguese citizens and four Portuguese descendants known to have been killed at the World Trade Center in New York City. The nine […]

Community | Portuguese citizen detained by ICE has been deported – Lisbon, Portugal

Hugo Freitas de Sousa, 39, a native of Terceira Island in the Azores, has returned to Lisbon, Portugal, after spending approximately six weeks in U.S. immigration detention in Tacoma, Washington state.  Sousa, who had lived in the United States for about 35 years, emigrated with his parents as a child and held permanent-resident status through […]

1976-2026 | Azoreans mark 50 years of Autonomy with solemn ceremony – Horta, Faial

The Autonomous Region of the Azores marked a historic milestone with a Solemn Session on Friday, September 4, at the inaugural session of the Regional Assembly in Horta, Faial, honoring the 50th anniversary of the establishment of self-government. The Regional Assembly’s first solemn session took place exactly 50 years ago in Horta and was presided […]

Faial: Horta celebrating pioneer transatlantic aviation history – Azores

17 May 2014

On May 17, the Museum of Horta, Faial, is opening an exhibit celebrating the 95th anniversary of the first aviation crossing of the Atlantic by US Navy seaplane NC-4, which stopped at Horta harbor on May 17, 1919. The historic mission had began with three identical aircraft, NC-1, NC-3, and NC-4 departing from Naval Air […]

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Posted in Azores, Faial, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal

Medical Port: Introducing the benefits of medical tourism in Portugal – Newark/Boston,USA

15 May 2014

Medical Port, affiliated with the Medical Tourism Association, is organizing two free dinner events – one in Newark (NJ) and one in Cambridge (MA) – to promote the benefits of medical tourism in Portugal. The events are free and open to the public. Places are limited. The event in Newark will take place on Tuesday, […]

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Update: Is the Madeleine McCann case at a crossroad? – By Len Port

15 May 2014

By Len Port, Contributor(*) The Madeleine McCann case seems to have reached a critical juncture: police are planning to start a new phase in the investigation, but there is a very real risk it may collapse in disarray. The paradox is explained by a fundamental difference in the way the Portuguese and British police go […]

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Posted in Featured, Life Style, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

JoeGo: Poet José Gouveia dead at age 49 – Hyannis, MA

13 May 2014

Portuguese-American poet José [Joe] Gouveia – known to his friends as “JoeGo” – died at home, May 10, in Hyannis, Cape Cod, MA, of complications from lymphoma, a rare form of cancer. A son of Portuguese immigrants, he was a journalist and radio personality who hosted the radio show “Poets Corner” on the Provincetown’s local […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, World

Essay: Justice to Florbela Espanca (1894-1930) – By George Monteiro

12 May 2014

  This essay by George Monteiro will preface Our Book: Translations of Florbela Espanca: Selected Poems, Billie Maciunas’ book, which at this time is unpublished. In the scheme of things, however else it may work, translation functions as an act of generosity. Specific and meretriciously individual motivations notwithstanding, a translation cannot help but stand as […]

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Azores: Paulo Teves visiting the Azorean resident communities – Canada

10 May 2014

Paulo Teves, Regional Director of the Azorean Communities, is traveling to Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta, Canada, from May 10-13, to visit the resident Portuguese communities of Azorean descent and meet with local community leaders. In Toronto, on May 11, Paul Teves will meet with representatives of Casa dos Açores of Ontario and will participate in […]

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