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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, […]

Travel: Beacon Hill Athletic Clubs and SATA Airlines team up for joint promotion – Boston. MA

09 September 2013

Portuguese Airline SATA and the Beacon Hill Athletic Clubs announced a unique promotion today.  Existing and prospective members at the Boston-area chain of clubs can enter to win a trip for two to the Azores for one week. While that may sound like an unusual partnership – the pairing makes perfect sense.  “Beacon Hill Athletic […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, Travel, World

Opinion: Portugal’s partners confer on Syria – By Len Port

08 September 2013

By Len Port, Contributor (*) While the main international organizations with which Portugal is most closely associated have all condemned the use of chemical weapons in Syria, there is no consensus yet on what should be done about it and little support for President Obama’s call for military intervention. NATO and the European Union believe […]

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Posted in Featured, Politics, Portugal, World

2013: António Champalimaud Vision Award granted to four Nepalese institutions – Portugal

07 September 2013

Four Nepalese blindness prevention institutions are de recipients of the 2013 António Champalimaud Vision Award. The award was presented by the President of Portugal, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, to the Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh, the Eastern Regional Eye Care Programme and the Lumbini Eye Institute. The four Nepalese non-governmental organizations (NNJS) have […]

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Posted in Awards, Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, Scholarships, World

Sailing: The VII International Azorean Whaleboat Regatta is underway– New Bedford, MA

07 September 2013

The Azorean Maritime Heritage Society is sponsoring the VII International Azorean Whaleboat Regatta in partnership with the New Bedford Whaling Museum.  The goal of the event is to connect the common whaling heritage of the Azores and New Bedford. First held in New Bedford in 2004, the competition alternates each year between the New Bedford and […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Faial, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Pico, World

Appointed: Francisco Semião president of the Alumni Advisory Board – Marymount University, VA

06 September 2013

Francisco Semião was appointed the president of the Marymount University Alumni Advisory Board, his alma mater, for the 2013-2014 academic year. The Marymount University Alumni Advisory Board is a volunteer board who assists in advancing the mission of Marymount University by serving as the voice of all alumni to the greater University community. Semiao’05, who […]

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Posted in Community, Heritage, Organizations, People, World

Book: Land as Far as The Eye can See: Portuguese in the Old West – Editor’s Note

05 September 2013

Tagus Press at UMass Dartmouth, in partnership with the University Press of New England (UPNE), has launched the publication of Land, As Far As the Eye Can See: Portuguese in the Old West by Donald Warrin and Geoffrey L. Gomes, an entertaining account of pioneering Portuguese men and women who settled the vast frontier of […]

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

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