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Diplomacy | President António José Seguro to meet Pope Leo XIV Diplomacy | Prime Minister Luís Montenegro to address the  81st UN General Assembly Community | Nazaré and Half Moon Bay to establish sister-city partnership Community: Remembering the Portuguese victims of September 9/11 Community | Portuguese citizen detained by ICE has been deported
 

Diplomacy | President António José Seguro to meet Pope Leo XIV – Vatican

Portugal’s President, António José Seguro, arrived in Rome on Wednesday, September 23, for a two-day official visit to the Holy See, with an audience with Pope Leo XIV scheduled for Thursday, September 24, at 9:00 a.m. local time at the Vatican.  The Portuguese Presidency confirms that the official visit program also includes talks with Archbishop […]

Diplomacy | Prime Minister Luís Montenegro to address the  81st UN General Assembly – New York, NY

Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro will travel to New York from September 22 to 24 to represent Portugal at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. On Thursday, September 24, Montenegro is expected to deliver Portugal’s national address to the Assembly at approximately 2:15 p.m. New York time. The theme for this year’s […]

Community | Nazaré and Half Moon Bay to establish sister-city partnership – California

The Municipality of Nazaré, Portugal, and the City of Half Moon Bay, California, are moving forward with a new sister-city partnership designed to strengthen ties between two coastal communities united by the sea, maritime traditions, tourism, Portuguese heritage and an international reputation for big-wave surfing. On July 21, 2026, the Half Moon Bay City Council […]

Community: Remembering the Portuguese victims of September 9/11 – New York, NY

As the United States marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the Portuguese-American community joins the nation in remembering the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives, including five Portuguese citizens and four Portuguese descendants known to have been killed at the World Trade Center in New York City. The nine […]

Community | Portuguese citizen detained by ICE has been deported – Lisbon, Portugal

Hugo Freitas de Sousa, 39, a native of Terceira Island in the Azores, has returned to Lisbon, Portugal, after spending approximately six weeks in U.S. immigration detention in Tacoma, Washington state.  Sousa, who had lived in the United States for about 35 years, emigrated with his parents as a child and held permanent-resident status through […]

History: Did João Maria Celestino conspire to kill Abraham Lincoln? – Report

11 February 2013

Did a mysterious Portuguese sea captain help plot Lincoln’s assassination, or was he an informer?  If he was not involved, why was João Maria Celestino captured by the Secret Service and put in jail for 82 days together with the main conspirators? Portuguese reporter Jorge Castro has researched the story for Sábado news magazine and found […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, People, Portugal

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