Portuguese American Journal

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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 […]

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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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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