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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 FIFA’26
 

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 […]

FIFA’26 – Cristiano Ronaldo makes World Cup History – Houston, TX

Portugal’s squad delivered a commanding response to its opening-match disappointment at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, defeating Uzbekistan 5-0 today in Houston, Texas. The performance of captain Cristiano Ronaldo highlighted the match.  The milestone further cemented Ronaldo’s legacy as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport and silenced critics who questioned […]

Award: Mia Couto recipient of the 2013 Camões Prize for Literature – Brazil

27 May 2013

Mia Couto is the winner of the 2013 Camões Prize for Literature, one of the most prestigious international awards honoring the work of Portuguese language writers – it was announced Monday, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The awarding jury included writers José Eduardo Agualusa and Joao Paulo Borges Coelho, journalist José Carlos Vasconcelos,  professor Clara […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Books, Brazil, Featured, Heritage, Mozambique, People, Portugal, World

Book: ‘The Travels of Mendes Pinto’ – Editor’s Note

27 May 2013

This text, ostensibly the autobiography of Portuguese explorer Fernão Mendes Pinto, came second only to Marco Polo’s work in exciting Europe’s imagination of the Orient. Chronicling adventures from Ethiopia to Japan, Travels covers twenty years of Mendes Pinto’s odyssey as a soldier, a merchant, a diplomat, a slave, a pirate, and a missionary, and continues […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Damão, Diu, East Timor, Featured, Goa, Life Style, Politics, Portugal, Travel, World

Book: Yeats and Pessoa: Parallel Poetic Styles – By Patricia Silva McNeill – Review

23 May 2013

By Michel Colson, Contributor (*) W.B. Yeats and Fernando Pessoa seem to be ill-suited for comparison.  True, they were both Modernist poets who were near contemporaries, but the Portuguese man-of-letters was hardly among Yeats’s literary friends.  Although he was conversant in English, Pessoa didn’t have the credentials that would have situated him in the elder […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World

Travel: Azores named best European sustainable destination – Award

22 May 2013

An international panel has presented the Azores, again, with the QualityCoast Gold Award as the best European most sustainable holiday destination. The award was announced Monday, in Gozo, Malta, at the Year on Coastal Tourism event, during the 6th edition of European Maritime Day Conference. The QualityCoast Awards are considered a most prestigious international honor […]

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Posted in Awards, Azores, Featured, Heritage, Travel

Portugal Day: Portuguese American community to honor their own – Nassau County, NY

21 May 2013

Nassau County, one of the largest counties in the United States, has officially announced their honorees and program for its 2013 Portugal Day Celebration on Long Island, NY. County Executive Ed Mangano and Comptroller George Maragos will also honor the 75 year-old community of almost 7,500 Portuguese-Americans at the Theodore Roosevelt Legislative & Executive Building […]

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Posted in Awards, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People

Terceira: China’s interest in strategic Lajes Field unfolding – Azores

21 May 2013

Evidence of Chinese fleets routinely patrolling the Atlantic Ocean, near the Azores, is raising speculation that China may have thrown an eye on the military Lajes Air Field, on Terceira Island, jointly managed by Portugal and the United States. According to the Asia Times, “The whole psychodrama unfolded at the end of June 2012, when […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Politics, Portugal, Terceira, World

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