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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, […]

Travel: Enter to win! Free trip for two to Cascais! – Portugal

06 February 2013

If you are a U.S. resident and love to travel, you may qualify to win a free trip to Cascais, mainland Portugal, by entering the “Portugal Travel Guide” contest sponsored by VirtualTourist.com. The winner will receive a free round trip for two to Cascais, including four nights of hotel accommodations with breakfast. To enter, applicants […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Portugal, Travel

Who is Who? To be or not to be Portuguese at the U.S. House and Congress – Washington, DC

06 February 2013

Identity politics can be briefly defined as political attitudes or positions that focus on the concerns of social groups identified mainly on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. Yesterday, February 5,  Associated Press (AP) Washington correspondent, Suzanne Gamboa, reported about  her findings revealing varying, and at times contradictory, definitions for Hispanic, Basque, Latino […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Politics, World

Contest: Portuguese added to International Latino Book Awards – Call for entries

05 February 2013

The 15th Annual International Latino Book Awards (ILBA 2013) is calling for entries. For the first time, ILBA has included the Portuguese language as a book category.  Portuguese has also been added as a language in the translation category. Under the Portuguese language books category, ILBA has included: Best Children’s Picture Book; Best Young Adult Book; […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Azores, Books, Brazil, Community, Featured, Madeira, Organizations, Portugal, World

BAM!!!: Emeril Lagasse recipient of the 2013 JBF Humanitarian of the Year – Award

05 February 2013

Portuguese-American celebrity Chef, Emeril Lagasse, is the recipient of the 2013 Humanitarian of the Year Award, by the James Beard Foundation, for his charity work. The award is given to an individual or organization “whose work in the realm of food has improved the lives of others and benefited society at large,” says the announcement. […]

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Posted in Awards, Azores, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Food & Wine, Heritage, Life Style, People, World

Art: Joana Vasconcelos’s exhibit in Paris was the most visited in the last 50 years – France

04 February 2013

The art exhibit by Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos, at the Palace of Versailles, in 2012, topped the ranking of the five most visited art exhibitions in Paris, France, in the past 50 years, the French newspaper Le Figaro revealed. According to the newspaper, with 1.6 million visitors the exhibition surpassed others like the Tutankhamen exhibit in […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture

Music: Nelly Furtado performing duo for Andrea Bocelli’s new album – Italy

03 February 2013

Portuguese-Canadian singer-songwriter, Nelly Furtado, is now featured singing a duet with Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, in a newly released album produced by David Foster for Universal Music. Actress and vocalist Jennifer López is also featured in this romantic new released studio album. For the new release, titled “Passione,” Nelly Furtado and Andrea Bocelli honor Brazilian composer António Carlos Jobim […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Heritage, Music, People, São Miguel, World