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Community | Fundraiser for slain MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro surpasses $350,000 Book | Three Stories of Forgetting | By Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida Update | Portuguese national identified as suspect in the killings at Brown and MIT – Boston, MA Community | Portuguese physicist Nuno Loureiro fatally shot in Brookline Portugal Named “Economy of the Year 2025” by The Economist
 

Community | Fundraiser for slain MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro surpasses $350,000 –  Boston, MA

The family of Nuno Loureiro, a respected Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor, who was tragically killed earlier this month, continues to receive an extraordinary outpouring of support from the community and friends.  Professor Loureiro was fatally shot at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, on December 15, 2025, and died the following day at a […]

Book | Three Stories of Forgetting | By Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida – Editor’s  Note

Three men haunt these pages. Perhaps they are tormented ghosts who cannot find rest. All three have been expelled in some way, sent on solitary journeys into the night. Celestino, an old slave trader, returns to the solitude of his home and garden after a life of horrors. Boa Morte da Silva, an Angolan who […]

Update | Portuguese national identified as suspect in the killings at Brown and MIT – Boston, MA

In a major development, law-enforcement officials have publicly identified the suspect in the killings at Brown University and MIT’s Professor Nuno F. Gomes Loureiro, as Cláudio Neves Valente, 48, a Portuguese national from Torres Novas, Portugal. Authorities said Valente was later found dead in Salem, New Hampshire, on Thursday, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Professor […]

Community | Portuguese physicist Nuno Loureiro fatally shot in Brookline – Massachusetts

Portuguese physicist Nuno F. Gomes Loureiro, 47, a distinguished professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center, was fatally shot at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, late on the evening of Monday, December 15. Authorities confirmed that Loureiro, originally from Viseu, Portugal, was found with multiple […]

Portugal Named “Economy of the Year 2025” by The Economist – London, UK

Portugal has been selected by the British magazine The Economist as the “Economy of the Year” for 2025, placing the country at the top of a ranking of the world’s 36 richest economies   Titled “Which economy did best in 2025?”,  the magazine highlighted Portugal’s strong blend of macroeconomic indicators, including solid GDP growth, low inflation, […]

Portugal: Drug law reform a bold new initiative – By Len Port

15 December 2013

By Len Port, Contributor (*) Uruguay has joined Portugal in the forefront of drug law reform by becoming the first country in the world to make it legal to grow, sell and smoke marijuana. When the law approved by the senate in Uruguay comes into force and marijuana is being grown legally within its own […]

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

Business: Portuguese designer Ana Romero launches her own brand – NYC

13 December 2013

Portuguese designer Ana Romero Monteiro, 32, has established herself as a textile designer in New York City. She is the creator of the Ana Romero Lifestyle Brand, her own brand of a selection of Home and Lifestyle Accessories. Launched in 2012, at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York  (ICFF), her creations have been […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Fashion, Featured, Life Style, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

PAJ & Holidays & Books & Gifts & Beyond…

13 December 2013

By Millicent Borges Accardi, Contributor (*) In 2013, many fine books were published either about or by those of Portuguese heritage and the Portuguese American Journal featured a number of book reviews, interviews and literary articles. This holiday season, as contributor to PAJ, it only seems appropriate that I should present my recommended Christmas Gift […]

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Posted in Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Music, People, Portugal, World

Award: Copywriter Hugo Veiga wins first place in “The 10 Best Ads of 2013” list – Adweek, NYC

11 December 2013

Portuguese advertising copywriter, Hugo Veiga, tops the world’s list of “The 10 Best Ads of 2013″   at the  Adweek magazine “year’s greatest triumphs in concept and craft.”  Adweek is a leading source of news for marketing, media and advertising professionals. Veiga is the creator of “Real Beauty Sketches” a three minute advertising video, produced […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Entertainment, Featured, Film, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Europe’s rarest butterfly-orchid species found in the Azores

11 December 2013

European botanists have rediscovered  the Hochstetter’s butterfly-orchid, one of Europe’s rarest orchid species, spanning all nine islands of the Azores. The findings, published in the peer review PeerJ journal, explain how the rare species was found and confirm that the islands support three kinds of this rare orchid species, rather than one. The flower was […]

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

Azores: House deliberations to defer downsizing Lajes Air Field will continue – Washington, DC

11 December 2013

A Congressional agreement issued on Monday may help keep US Lajes Air Field deliberations on the table. The goal is to move the process forward with the objective of extending the US military presence on Terceira island, Azores. In a positive note, the final NDAA FY14 Bill  posted Tuesday stated the following responsive pronouncement: “The Secretary […]

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

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