21 December 2013
By Len Port, Contributor (*) The approach of Christmas brings fresh worries to Portugal and its hopes of returning to something like financial stability next year. Once again, the biggest threat to the government’s efforts to exit the country’s bailout – and to the continued existence of the present government itself – comes not from […]
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20 December 2013
On a positive note, the United States Senate has voted Thursday a measure with a specific reference to the Lajes Air Field, on Terceira island Azores. President Barack Obama is expected to sign it. The bi-partisan measure, which passed the Senate with 84 votes in favor and 15 votes in opposition, had passed Congress last week […]
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18 December 2013
Book review by Nigel Collett (*) Every now and then, a reviewer has the pleasure of being able to write about a book that he has really enjoyed reading and which gives him only pleasure to review. One might expect such a book to be both short and on a subject of which the reviewer might claim […]
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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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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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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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