17 February 2014
Portuguese Under-Secretary of Tourism, Adolfo Mesquita Nunes, announced in Tell Aviv, Israel, that Portugal is granting citizenship to descendants of Sephardic Jews who were expelled from the country five centuries ago. The announcement follows a recent amendment to Portugal’s “Law on Nationality” that allows descendants of Jews who were expelled in the Portuguese Inquisition to […]
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15 February 2014
By George Monteiro, Contributor (*) This talk was given 48 years ago, on March 23, 1966, at a Brown University Freshman Convocation. A relic or vestige, an artifact, if you will. It is published now, for the first time, at a moment when useful computer-generated search-engines pop up regularly, as well as, less happily, computer-created […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Conferences
14 February 2014
The Portuguese Heritage Publications of California (PHPC) is calling for Portuguese-American stories for a new book project. Portuguese-American author Frank Gaspar is writing the introduction and Tony Goulart is the project coordinator. PHPC is seeking non-fiction and poetry submissions about the experience of California’s Portuguese-Americans, historical stories, family remembrances, humorous tales, romantic trysts, legends and […]
Posted in Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, World
14 February 2014
Portuguese cartoonist Rodrigo de Matos has won the “Press Cartoon Europe Grand Prix” with a cartoon published in Expresso, a Lisbon based weekly. The winning cartoon, published in November of 2013, takes on football and the economic crisis in Portugal. The piece depicts a beggar holding a ladled with a football, in reference to the […]
Posted in Angola, Arts&Culture, Awards, Organizations, People, Portugal, World
14 February 2014
Portugal Ventures has announced it is establishing an office at the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) in Kendall Square, Boston, Massachusetts. In partnership with LB Ventures (LBV), this is the second Portugal Ventures Center located in the United States for the Portuguese technology-based entrepreneurship, which mission is to provide ecosystem support to global businesses emerging from its Ignition […]
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13 February 2014
Lawmakers in the state of Hawaii are considering a bill that would make the ukulele the state’s official musical instrument. The ukulele was originally brought to Hawaii by Portuguese immigrants where it became an integral part of the Hawaiian culture. The bill which has passed through a House Committee Wednesday with a unanimous vote will […]
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