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Diplomacy | President António José Seguro to meet Pope Leo XIV Diplomacy | Prime Minister Luís Montenegro to address the  81st UN General Assembly Community | Nazaré and Half Moon Bay to establish sister-city partnership Community: Remembering the Portuguese victims of September 9/11 Community | Portuguese citizen detained by ICE has been deported
 

Diplomacy | President António José Seguro to meet Pope Leo XIV – Vatican

Portugal’s President, António José Seguro, arrived in Rome on Wednesday, September 23, for a two-day official visit to the Holy See, with an audience with Pope Leo XIV scheduled for Thursday, September 24, at 9:00 a.m. local time at the Vatican.  The Portuguese Presidency confirms that the official visit program also includes talks with Archbishop […]

Diplomacy | Prime Minister Luís Montenegro to address the  81st UN General Assembly – New York, NY

Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro will travel to New York from September 22 to 24 to represent Portugal at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. On Thursday, September 24, Montenegro is expected to deliver Portugal’s national address to the Assembly at approximately 2:15 p.m. New York time. The theme for this year’s […]

Community | Nazaré and Half Moon Bay to establish sister-city partnership – California

The Municipality of Nazaré, Portugal, and the City of Half Moon Bay, California, are moving forward with a new sister-city partnership designed to strengthen ties between two coastal communities united by the sea, maritime traditions, tourism, Portuguese heritage and an international reputation for big-wave surfing. On July 21, 2026, the Half Moon Bay City Council […]

Community: Remembering the Portuguese victims of September 9/11 – New York, NY

As the United States marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the Portuguese-American community joins the nation in remembering the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives, including five Portuguese citizens and four Portuguese descendants known to have been killed at the World Trade Center in New York City. The nine […]

Community | Portuguese citizen detained by ICE has been deported – Lisbon, Portugal

Hugo Freitas de Sousa, 39, a native of Terceira Island in the Azores, has returned to Lisbon, Portugal, after spending approximately six weeks in U.S. immigration detention in Tacoma, Washington state.  Sousa, who had lived in the United States for about 35 years, emigrated with his parents as a child and held permanent-resident status through […]

Submissions: International Porto Surf Film Festival 2014 – Porto, PT

20 November 2013

The Porto Surf Film Festival is calling for submissions for its Short Rides 2014 competition. The organization will accept features with a total running time under 30 minutes, coming from any country in the world. On its 2nd edition, the 2014 Porto Surf Film Festival will include in its program a short film competition with surfing, windsurfing, kitesurfing, […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Featured, Film, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, Sports, World

Arts: Lena Gal’s painting expresses passion and contemplation – Interview

18 November 2013

By Carolina Matos, Editor (*) Helena Maria Galvão Amaral – “Lena Gal” –  has been painting professionally for over twenty five years. The apparent ease of her composition reveals mastery, dedication and nurturing. Her art is eclectic, dynamic and technically skillful. She likes to explore the borderline between dreams and reality and paints largely from […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Featured, Heritage, Painting, People, Portugal, São Miguel, World

Reading: Book talk by novelist Jacinto Lucas Pires – UMD

13 November 2013

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture, Department of Portuguese, the MA & PhD Program in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies and Theory and the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives announce a book talk by novelist Jacinto Lucas Pires scheduled for Wednesday, November 20, at 12:00 noon. The event, free and open to the public, will […]

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Posted in Books, Community, Conferences, Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Appointed: Sara Oliveira Director of Brand & Communications at Vodafone – Portugal

13 November 2013

Sara Oliveira has been appointed Director of Brand and Communications at Vodafone Portugal. Oliveira has 16 years of experience in management, working as vice president of the Portuguese-American Post-Graduate Society (PAPS), in Boston, MA. Oliveira, who has a degree in Economics from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, with a major in Business Economics, was responsible […]

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Posted in Community, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Petition: Tell Congress to support Lajes Air Force Base – PACP

12 November 2013

A petition sponsored by the Portuguese-American Citizenship Project (PACP) was posted on Facebook to stop the proposed reduction of  US military presence at Lajes Air Force Base, on Terceira, Azores. The initiative urges Portuguese-Americans to undersign the petition requesting Congress to continue supporting  Lajes Air Force Base on Terceira.  Petition Background  For more than six […]

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

NASA: Jocelino Rodrigues finalist at the AXE Apollo Space Competition – KSC, Florida

11 November 2013

Jocelino Rodrigues, 19, is one of the top four UK finalists who will compete December 1 for astronaut training in the AXE Apollo Space competition at the NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA.   Born in Porto, Portugal, Rodrigues is a 2nd year Aerospace Engineering student at the University of Bristol, UK. He will spend the […]

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