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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, […]

Book: An Anthology of Portuguese Canadian Writers – Review

10 December 2013

By George Monteiro, Contributor (*) This anthology is the first of its kind, and, for the moment at least, unique, though its uniqueness, I predict (and hope), will not last long.  Editorially, it is also a canny book, for it offers glimpses and tastes of excellent writing, with no risk of surfeit.  There is just […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Canada, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, People, Portugal, World

Sports: 2014 Lusofonia Games launched today – Goa, India

10 December 2013

The third Lusofonia Games will take place in Goa, India, from Jan 18 to 29, in the new year. Over 1500 athletes and officials from 12 nations are expected to participate in the 12-day event. As the commencement of the Lusofonia Games grows nearer, the Games launch event in Goa today will be introducing the […]

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Posted in Angola, Azores, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Goa, Guiné-Bissau, Heritage, Macau, Madeira, Mozambique, Organizations, People, Portugal, São Tomé and Prince, Sports, World

Music: Maria João Pires nominee for the 2014 Grammy Awards – Los Angeles, USA

09 December 2013

Portuguese piano virtuoso, Maria João Pires, was nominated for the 2014 56th Grammy Awards in the “Best Classical Instrumental Solo” category, for her interpretation of Schubert: Piano Sonatas D. 845 & D. 960, for the Deutsche Gramophon label. This is the second time Pires is a nominee for a Grammy. She was first nominated in 2009. […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Featured, Heritage, Music, Organizations, People, Portugal

Mandela and the Portugal connection – By Len Port

07 December 2013

By Len Port, Contributor (*) The death of Nelson Mandela and the global outpouring of condolences to his widow evoke reminiscences of Portugal’s influence on the couple’s lives and on the history of South Africa as a whole. Portuguese explorers in the 15th century were the first Europeans to set foot in southern Africa. The […]

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Posted in Angola, Cape Verde, Community, Featured, Heritage, Mozambique, People, Politics, Portugal, South Africa, World

Music: Katia Guerreiro awarded the French Order of Arts and Letters – Paris, FR

06 December 2013

Portuguese Fado vocalist, Katia Guerreiro, was awarded the honor of “Chevalier” [Knight] of the French “l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” [the Order of Arts and Letters ] by the French Government. The bestowing ceremony will take place December 20. Established in 1957, the Order of Arts and Letters Award recognizes individuals who have significantly […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Music, People, Portugal, World

Final draw: Portugal makes up Group G for the 2014 World Cup Brazil – FIFA

06 December 2013

Portugal, Germany, Ghana and the USA will make up Group G for 2014 World Cup Brazil, FIFA announced Friday. The Final Draw was conducted by FIFA”s Secretary General Jérôme Valcke. He was assisted by Cafu, Fabio Cannavaro, Alcides Ghiggia, Fernando Hierro, Sir Geoff Hurst, Mario Kempes, Lothar Matthaus and Zinedine Zidane, who were representing the […]

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Posted in Azores, Brazil, Featured, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal, Sports, World

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