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Community | Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho remains on paid leave FLAD | Carlos Costa Neves appointed director of the Luso-American Development Foundation 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
 

Community | Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho remains on paid leave – Los Angeles, CA

Alberto M. Carvalho, the Portuguese-American superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), remains on paid administrative leave following a federal investigation involving the nation’s second-largest school system.  The move comes after agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executed search warrants at Carvalho’s residence and district offices in late February 2026, in […]

FLAD | Carlos Costa Neves appointed director of the Luso-American Development Foundation – Portugal

The Board of Trustees of Lisbon based, Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) appointed Dr. Carlos Henrique da Costa Neves, 72, to the Executive Board, chaired since January 15, 2026, by José Manuel Durão Barroso. Born in Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, Azores,  Costa Neves, 72, holds a degree in Law from the University of Lisbon. He has […]

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 […]

Film: André Almeida featured at the Northside Film Festival – Brooklyn, NY

15 June 2013

The film, From New York with Love, by Portuguese filmmaker André Valentim Almeida, will be screened June 18, at the Northside Film Festival, the largest annual talent discovery festival taking place June13-10, in Brooklyn, New York. The screening is scheduled for 6:30pm, in the UnionDocs, 322 Union Brooklyin, NY. Through a tourist camera, the 70 […]

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Television: Diogo Morgado nominee for the 2013 Emmy Awards – Hollywood, CA

14 June 2013

Portuguese screen actor Diogo Morgado is a nominee for an Emmy Award in the category of “Best Actor” in a miniseries or filme, announced the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Diogo is a contender against Al Pacino (Phil Spector ‘), Luke Pasqualino ( Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome ‘) and Mitch Rouse (Call Me Crazy). Nominations […]

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Book: As Paixões de Pessoa – By George Monteiro – Review

13 June 2013

By Carolina Matos, Editor (*) Launched in Lisbon, Portugal, the book As Paixões de Pessoa (Ática/Babel) is a selection of essays by George Monteiro, dedicated to the work of Fernando Pessoa. Translated into Portuguese by Margarida Vale de Gato, the essays appeared previously in English in various publications in the United States and abroad. The author […]

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Festival: Lisbon celebrates Fernando Pessoa’s literary legacy – Portugal

12 June 2013

Lisbon is marking the 125th anniversary of the birth of Fernando Pessoa with the “First Festival Desassossego” taking place in Casa Fernando Pessoa, the last home where Portugal’s renowned modernist poet lived. Co-sponsored by the Embassy of Brazil in Portugal, organizers described the three-day festival as “a meeting of Portuguese-Brazilian poetry,” with the participation of […]

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Book: Pessoa, The Metaphysical Courier – By Judith Balso – Review

12 June 2013

By Michael Colson, Contributor (*) Judith Balso’s Pessoa, The Metaphysical Courier, translated by Drew Burk (NY: Atropos Press 2011) is the most informative full-length study on the Portuguese poet’s philosophical interests that’s available in English. Balso specialty is in poetry and philosophy, and she currently teaches at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland. The […]

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Community: Power of Spirit wins 2nd place in the Latino Book Awards – NYC

11 June 2013

The Portuguese Heritage Publications Inc. has announced  that the book Power of the Spirit: The Journey of English Building Faith and Churches in California was awarded second place by the 15th International Latino Book Awards (ILBA), Category Non Fiction, Multi-Author, in a ceremony held at Instituito Cervantes, in New York City. Power of the Spirit […]

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