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Book | Reduction in Force: Poems by Hugo dos Santos  Community | Portuguese diaspora entrepreneurs network to be created Debate | Portuguese lawmakers propose shift in gender identity laws Vatican City | Pope Leo XIV to visit Fátima in the near future Community | Boston Red Sox to honor Portuguese Heritage Night
 

Book | Reduction in Force: Poems by Hugo dos Santos  – Review

By Millicent Borges Accardi Born in Lisboa, Portugal, Hugo dos Santos was raised in New Jersey. An award-winning writer and translator, his books include a collection of short stories about Newark, Then, there (Spuyten Duyvil, 2019), his upcoming book, book A Reduction in Force (Bauhan Publishing, 2026), winner of the May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry […]

Community | Portuguese diaspora entrepreneurs network to be created – Portugal

The Secretary of State for Portuguese Communities, Emídio Sousa, has expressed his intention to foster the creation of an economic community that connects Portuguese citizens and their descendants worldwide, aiming to strengthen ties between the diaspora and Portugal’s economy. His proposal centers on leveraging the global Portuguese diaspora, estimated at more than five million people, […]

Debate | Portuguese lawmakers propose shift in gender identity laws – Portugal

Portugal’s parliament has voted in a preliminary session to advance three controversial bills that would significantly alter the country’s gender identity framework, marking a potential shift away from one of Europe’s most progressive legal models.  The proposals, backed by center-right and right-wing parties including the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Chega, and CDS-PP, would move forward […]

Vatican City | Pope Leo XIV to visit Fátima in the near future – Portugal

Pope Leo XIV has expressed a clear desire to visit Portugal, fueling growing expectations that a future papal trip will include the Sanctuary of Fátima, one of the world’s most significant Catholic pilgrimage sites.  While the Vatican has confirmed there is no imminent official visit being planned, recent diplomatic and ecclesiastical signals suggest the visit […]

Community | Boston Red Sox to honor Portuguese Heritage Night – Massachusetts

The Boston Red Sox have announced a special Portuguese Heritage Night on June 3 at Fenway Park, as the team takes on the Baltimore Orioles.  June’s designation as Portuguese-American Heritage Month in Massachusetts gives added significance to the Red Sox celebration at Fenway Park.  The honor is part of the club’s ongoing commitment to celebrate […]

Pico: New archaeological evidence reveals human presence before Portuguese occupation – Azores

28 August 2013

Archaeologists from the Portuguese Association of Archaeological Research (APIA) have identified new archaeological evidence on Pico island that supports their belief that human occupation of the Azores predates the arrival of the Portuguese by many thousands of years. The new evidence comprises of a great variety of protohistoric pyramidal rock structures, some of them 13 […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Heritage, Pico, Portugal, Terceira, World

Opinion: Portugal’s UN hopes on Syria fade – by Len Port

27 August 2013

By Len Port, Contributor (*) As the international rhetoric ratchets up over the use of chemical weapons, Portugal may to be drawn into possible foreign military intervention in the civil war in Syria, but only on the fringe. The US Secretary of State John Kerry issued the strongest signal yet that the United States intends […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Politics, Portugal, World

Arts: Alexandre Farto (VHILS) represented at the Life is Beautiful Festival – Las Vegas

27 August 2013

Portuguese artist, Alexandre Farto  (Vhils), one of the biggest names in international street art, will be represented  at the first Life is Beautiful Festival taking place October 26-27 in Las Vegas (NV). The interactive art programming, complete with theatrical, visual and street art projects is comprised of three separate initiatives, bringing artists out of their […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World

Travel: Portugal ranks high on global ranking of visa restrictions – Henley & Partners

26 August 2013

Portugal, Canada, France, Ireland, o Japan, Norway, and Spain hold a joint fourth rank (170) on the 2013 Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index – A Global Ranking of Countries based on Freedom of Travel for their Citizens. Visa restrictions are an important tool for governments to control the movement of foreign nationals across borders. […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Portugal, World

Travel: The 2013 “Portugal no Coração” edition is open to seniors – Portugal

23 August 2013

The Portuguese Government, through the Department of the Portuguese Communities, is sponsoring the 2013 edition of the “Portugal no Coração” program  dedicated to seniors of Portuguese descent. The goal of the program is to offer the opportunity to visit mainland Portugal for a week, to 15 Portuguese citizens, 65 years old or older, living in […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, Portugal, Travel

Travel Alert: SATA’s workers issuing a four month long strike action warning – Azores

21 August 2013

The National Civil Aviation Workers Union (SINTAC) issued Tuesday a strike action advance notice regarding a stoppage to be carried out by SATA Airlines’ workers from September 1 through December 31. Workers have concerns over the labor policies drafted in a memorandum of understanding by SATA Airlines regarding working overtime, breaking time, on-call employee policies […]

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

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