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Diplomacy | President António José Seguro to meet Pope Leo XIV 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
 

Diplomacy | President António José Seguro to meet Pope Leo XIV – Vatican

Portugal’s President, António José Seguro, arrived in Rome on Wednesday, September 23, for a two-day official visit to the Holy See, with an audience with Pope Leo XIV scheduled for Thursday, September 24, at 9:00 a.m. local time at the Vatican.  The Portuguese Presidency confirms that the official visit program also includes talks with Archbishop […]

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 […]

Mendo Henriques: 40 years after April 25th the revolution still goes on – Interview

25 April 2014

By Carolina Matos, Editor (*) Mendo Henriques is an associate professor at the Catholic University of Lisbon, Portugal. His many areas of interest include Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Consciousness, Applied Philosophy, Ethics, History, Citizenship, Literature, Governance, Religion and Education. He has written extensively on Fernando Pessoa, Bernard Lonergan, and Eric Voegelin and is the author […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World

Appointed: Portuguese Canadian Carlos Leitão new Quebec Minister of Finance – Canada

24 April 2014

Canadian Portuguese Economist Carlos Leitão was appointed, April 23, Quebec Minister of Finance by Prime Minister Philippe Couillard, following the April 7 election. He replaces outgoing Pierre Marsan. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party, the Portuguese born Canadian politician was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election, representing the provincial […]

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Posted in Canada, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World

Book: ‘The Mystery of the Sintra Road’ by Eça de Queiroz – Editor’s Note

22 April 2014

In Eça de Queiroz’s first novel and Portugal’s first mystery-cum-detective novel in its first English translation, two friends are kidnapped by several masked men, who, to judge by their manners and their accent are men of the best society. One of the friends is a doctor, and the masked men say that they need him […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Life Style, Portugal, Travel

Essay: From Portingale to ‘Portugee’ — By George Monteiro

22 April 2014

  “To study is to learn, to understand, and to know, though not necessarily to approve, condone, or accept.” It is in the spirit of this anonymous, undated motto that the following essay was undertaken and is now offered. — G.M.   One need not consult Abraham Roback’s Dictionary of International Slurs, published in 1944 […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Cape Verde, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Portugal

Community: Spring reading by Portuguese American authors – San Francisco, CA

21 April 2014

A group of Portuguese-American writers will present a public reading on April 23, at 6pm, at the Portuguese Consulate General, 3298 Washington Street, in San Francisco, California. Organized by the Kale Soup to the Soul(KSFS) initiative, readers include Frank Gaspar, Anthony Barcellos, Darrell Kastin, Scott Laughlin, and Millicent Borges Accardi. The authors will read from […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Conferences, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People

Portugal: Re-Food program fights hunger at no cost – By Len Port

20 April 2014

By Len Port, Contributor(*) Hunger in Portugal is widespread, mostly far from obvious, sometimes cloaked in shame. Among those taking concerted action against hunger is an American with a dynamic project he is developing throughout Lisbon and spreading to urban areas in other regions of the country. Hunter Halder, 62, originally from a village near […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal

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