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Community | Fundraiser for slain MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro surpasses $350,000 Book | Three Stories of Forgetting | By Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida Update | Portuguese national identified as suspect in the killings at Brown and MIT – Boston, MA Community | Portuguese physicist Nuno Loureiro fatally shot in Brookline Portugal Named “Economy of the Year 2025” by The Economist
 

Community | Fundraiser for slain MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro surpasses $350,000 –  Boston, MA

The family of Nuno Loureiro, a respected Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor, who was tragically killed earlier this month, continues to receive an extraordinary outpouring of support from the community and friends.  Professor Loureiro was fatally shot at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, on December 15, 2025, and died the following day at a […]

Book | Three Stories of Forgetting | By Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida – Editor’s  Note

Three men haunt these pages. Perhaps they are tormented ghosts who cannot find rest. All three have been expelled in some way, sent on solitary journeys into the night. Celestino, an old slave trader, returns to the solitude of his home and garden after a life of horrors. Boa Morte da Silva, an Angolan who […]

Update | Portuguese national identified as suspect in the killings at Brown and MIT – Boston, MA

In a major development, law-enforcement officials have publicly identified the suspect in the killings at Brown University and MIT’s Professor Nuno F. Gomes Loureiro, as Cláudio Neves Valente, 48, a Portuguese national from Torres Novas, Portugal. Authorities said Valente was later found dead in Salem, New Hampshire, on Thursday, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Professor […]

Community | Portuguese physicist Nuno Loureiro fatally shot in Brookline – Massachusetts

Portuguese physicist Nuno F. Gomes Loureiro, 47, a distinguished professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center, was fatally shot at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, late on the evening of Monday, December 15. Authorities confirmed that Loureiro, originally from Viseu, Portugal, was found with multiple […]

Portugal Named “Economy of the Year 2025” by The Economist – London, UK

Portugal has been selected by the British magazine The Economist as the “Economy of the Year” for 2025, placing the country at the top of a ranking of the world’s 36 richest economies   Titled “Which economy did best in 2025?”,  the magazine highlighted Portugal’s strong blend of macroeconomic indicators, including solid GDP growth, low inflation, […]

Fado: A night of nostalgia at Alfama Restaurant – NYC

10 February 2013

By David Mendonça, Contributor (*) There’s a warm and winning group of singers and musicians evoking the fado in Manhattan, at the Alfama restaurant on E 52nd St. While Newark, NJ is the place to hear big, bustling fado–in larger venues, with lots of singers–Alfama gives you a chance to hear and feel this music […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Heritage, Life Style, Music, People, Portugal

Travel: Portugal named top most country to visit in 2013 – Globe Spots

09 February 2013

Portugal has just been named by travel guide Globe Spots, number one in their top 10 list of countries to travel in 2013. According to Globe Spots, Portugal “oozes ‘old European charm” and history: “Medieval towns and historical quarters are full of squares, churches and monasteries. Narrow lanes are flanked by old skew houses with […]

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Posted in Featured, Heritage, Life Style, Portugal, Travel, World

Book: Brazil at the Dawn of the 18th Century by André João Antonil – Editor’s Note

08 February 2013

Tagus Press at UMass Dartmouth, in partnership with the University Press of New England (UPNE), has announced the publication of Brazil at the Dawn of the Eighteenth Century by André João Antonil, edited and translated by Charles R. Boxer, completing a partial translation begun by Charles R. Boxer, with a preface by Stuart B. Schwartz. […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Brazil, Education, Featured, Heritage, Portugal

Art: Filipe Andrade illustrates Carol Danvers for Captain Marvel – Comics

08 February 2013

Portuguese artist, Filipe Andrade, is the main illustrator for the new Captain Marvel series, by Marvel Comics, dedicated to fictional superhero Carol Danvers. Illustrations of Carol Danvers by Andrade were featured in the Captain Marvel #9 issue and will appear again in the Captain Marvel #10 issue on sale February 20. Filipe Andrade, 27, has been collaborating for Marvel Comics […]

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

Travel: Flores named exotic romantic destination – Azores

07 February 2013

For Jamie Miles, editorial assistant at More magazine, the island of Flores, in the Azores, is one the world’s 18 most “exotic destinations for a sexy couple’s getaway.” In broad strokes, Flores is described as “the western-most island in the Azores archipelago off the coast of Portugal. The island gets its name from the wild […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Flores, Heritage, Life Style, Travel

Film: Night Train to Lisbon debuts at the Berlin International Film Festival – Germany

07 February 2013

The movie adaption of bestselling novel, Night Train to Lisbon, by Pascal Mercier, will have its world premiere, February 7-17, at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival. The top prize will be awarded by a seven-member jury under Chinese director Wong Kar-wai, presiding over 19 film submissions. Last year’s Golden Bear went to Caesar Must […]

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