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FLAD | Essay Competition for Young Portuguese-Americans July 4th | Portugal and the United States have remarkable historical ties Community | Nicholas Ferraz graduates from Harvard University Honor | Writer Lídia Jorge awarded prestigious Camões Prize 50th Anniversary | Regional leaders of Azores and Madeira call for broader powers
 

FLAD | Essay Competition for Young Portuguese-Americans – Portugal

The Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) has launched a new essay competition inviting young Americans of Portuguese descent to reflect on the enduring relationship between Portugal and the United States.  Announced to coincide with the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence, the initiative encourages a new generation of Portuguese-Americans to explore the historical, cultural, political, and human […]

July 4th | Portugal and the United States have remarkable historical ties – Azores

As the United States commemorates its 250th Independence Day on July 4, the longstanding relationship between Portugal and the United States offers a remarkable chapter in the history of the Atlantic world.  Although Portugal remained officially neutral during the American Revolutionary War, due to its centuries-old alliance with Great Britain under the Treaty of Windsor […]

Community | Nicholas Ferraz graduates from Harvard University – Cambridge, MA

This spring, Nicholas Ferraz graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education with a Master of Education in Teaching and Teacher Leadership, earning a 4.0 GPA. Already a certified mathematics teacher in Massachusetts, Ferraz represents a generation of Portuguese American educators whose professional journeys reflect both academic excellence and a deep commitment to multilingual and […]

Honor | Writer Lídia Jorge awarded prestigious Camões Prize – Portugal

Portuguese novelist Lídia Jorge has been named the recipient of the prestigious Camões Prize, the highest literary distinction in the Portuguese language. One of the most celebrated Portuguese-language authors of her generation underscores the global reach and enduring influence of her literary work. Jointly awarded by the governments of Portugal and Brazil, the annual prize […]

50th Anniversary | Regional leaders of Azores and Madeira call for broader powers – Portugal

Portugal’s Assembly of the Republic commemorated on Friday the 50th anniversary celebration of the constitutional autonomy of the Azores and Madeira archipelagos with a special solemn plenary session honoring one of the most significant democratic achievements of the 1976 Constitution. The anniversary also became a platform for renewed calls to deepen the autonomy of the […]

Appointed: Attorney Robert Sherman nominated Ambassador to Portugal – Washington, DC

27 July 2013

President Barack Obama has nominated Boston attorney Robert Sherman Ambassador to Portugal. Sherman, who helped found the Boston office of mega-law firm Greenberg Traurig, has contributed with more than $2 million in donations in both the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections. Sherman replaces Ambassador Allan Katz nominated by President Obama in November 2009. The nomination […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Madeira, People, Portugal

Opinion: Crises, climate changes and calamities

25 July 2013

By Len Port, Contributor (*) Economic chaos, political scandals, social violence, revolutions and wars punctuated by natural disasters sparked by extreme weather conditions dominate the headlines across the world in the second decade of the 21st century. So what’s new? We tend to think we live in unique times, but the world has seen it […]

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Posted in Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World

US House of Representatives prohibits military reduction at Lajes – Washington, DC

24 July 2013

The United States House of Representatives passed unanimously yesterday, Tuesday, July 23rd , an amendment to the defense appropriations bill that prohibits the US Air Force from reducing the force structure at Lajes Field in Fiscal Year 2014. Last year, the United States had informed the Portuguese government that the future of the Lajes Air […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, Terceira

Appointed: Rui Machete new Minister of Foreign Affairs – Portugal

23 July 2013

The President of Portugal, Anibal Cavaco Silva, has appointed Rui Machete, 73, Minister of Foreign Affairs. Rui Machete, the former President of the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD), is a senior leader of the ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD). He had served as Minister of Justice and Minister of Defense before being appointed Deputy Prime Minister […]

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Posted in Featured, Heritage, People, Politics, Portugal

WYD: Pope Francis presiding at the World Youth Day – Brazil

22 July 2013

Pope Francis arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to preside at the World Youth Day  [Jornada Mundial da Juventude] sponsored by the Catholic Church. The event will be held from  July 23 to July 28.  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff welcomed the Pope on arrival from his flight from Rome. More than 2 million people are […]

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Posted in Brazil, Featured, People, World

Essay: An Anatomy of Saudade – By George Monteiro

21 July 2013

An art gallery in Toronto in 2009 entitles its exhibit “Saudades for Tomorrow,” and a politician in New Bedford, Massachusetts, defines saudade as “nostalgic longing… the spirit of Portugal.”  While a London copy-editor, apologizing for his heresy in suggesting that “saudade need only pass into English when it refers to something more metaphysical, e.g. discussing […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Portugal

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