Portuguese American Journal

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Terceira | Scientists monitor ongoing seismic volcanic crises FLAD | Portuguese language has become an economic advantage study shows Maria João Pires: Acclaimed piano virtuoso announces the end of her career  Award | Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida wins the Fernando Namora Literary Prize  Citizenship
 

Terceira | Scientists monitor ongoing seismic volcanic crises – Azores

Terceira Island remains under heightened scientific monitoring as the seismo-volcanic crisis that began in June 2022 continues, centered around the Santa Bárbara volcanic complex on the island’s western flank.  The Azores Seismo-Volcanic Information and Monitoring Center (CIVISA) currently maintains Alert Level V3 (reactivated volcanic system) for Santa Bárbara, reflecting persistent microseismic activity consistent with magma […]

FLAD | Portuguese language has become an economic advantage study shows – Portugal

A new study released by the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) finds that speaking Portuguese corresponds to an average 20% salary bonus for Portuguese-American workers in the United States. The report, developed for FLAD by a research group led by Alda Botelho Azevedo of the Instituto de Ciências Sociais (ICS), Universidade de Lisboa, underscores the growing […]

Maria João Pires: Acclaimed piano virtuoso announces the end of her career – Portugal

Maria João Pires, one of the world’s most acclaimed pianists and a central figure in Portuguese and European classical music, has formally announced that she has ended her career as a performer. The declaration was made during the award acceptance ceremony for the Helena Vaz da Silva European Award, held on November 1 at the […]

Award | Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida wins the Fernando Namora Literary Prize  – Portugal 

Lusophone writer Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida, 43, has been distinguished with the Prémio Literário Fernando Namora, one of Portugal’s most prestigious awards for fiction, for her novel Livro da Doença. The prize recognizes outstanding works of narrative prose published in Portuguese during the previous year. Almeida’s win marks a significant moment in contemporary Lusophone literature, […]

Citizenship – Portuguese Parliament approves new nationality law – Portugal

Portugal’s Parliament [Assembleia da República] approved yesterday a sweeping reform of Portugal’s Lei da Nacionalidade [Citizenship Law], marking one of the most significant shifts in the country’s citizenship framework in more than a decade. As an organic law, the reform now moves to the desk of the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. […]

Theater: Drama brings Fernando Pessoa to life – NYC

10 July 2013

New York based teather production Yinzerspielen is presenting Casa de Pessoa an international performance collective bringing Fernando Pessoa to life. The performance takes place, July 21, 25, and 27, at 9pm, at the IATI’ Theater, 64 East 4th Street, Manhattan, NY,NY. Using its audience as material, the immersive performance  is part of the IATI Theater’s […]

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

Book: Jorge de Sena & João Gaspar Simões Correspondência 1943-1977 – Review

09 July 2013

By George Monteiro (*) It was singularly fitting, from my perspective, that this book had its launching at Lisbon’s  Grémio Literário, that venerable institution founded, it is said, by Eça de Queiroz.  Over forty years ago, in the summer of 1980, to be exact, I was the luncheon guest of João Gaspar Simões, whom I […]

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Crisis: President Cavaco Silva to decide whether to call early elections – Portugal

08 July 2013

Portugal’s President Aníbal Cavaco Silva is holding two days of a new round of meetings, with representatives of the major parliamentary parties, to address the political crisis resulting from the resignation, last week,  of Minister of Finance Vitor Gaspar and Paulo Portas Minister of Foreign Affairs. On Monday morning, the President held a meeting with […]

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

Azores: President Vasco Cordeiro demands national early elections – Portugal

07 July 2013

In a prepared statement to the press, on Sunday President Vasco Cordeiro, the head of the Regional Government of the Azores, said that holding early elections is the “only way to create, not just the possibility of a fresh solution leading to government stability but, and above all, to rebuild a new relationship of trust […]

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Crisis: The woman at the center of the storm – Portugal

05 July 2013

By Len Port, Contributor (*) No sooner had she been appointed minister of finance than the most senior woman in the Portuguese cabinet found herself at the heart of a political eruption that threatened to bring down the government and derail the bailout recovery process. Less than 24 hours after the surprise resignation of Minister […]

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

Arts: São Miguel hosting 3rd International Walk & Talk Art Festival – Azores

04 July 2013

The Walk & Talk International Public Art Festival is returning to the island of São Miguel, Azores, a world destination for creative tourists with interest in public art projects. On its third edition, the event will take place from July 12 through July 27. Founded in 2011 by local artists Diana Sousa and Jesse James, the […]

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