Portuguese American Journal

Portuguese American Journal

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Book | The Liberation of Portuguese Africa, 1961-75 | By Pedro Aires Oliveira et al Web Summit | Microsoft confirms $10 billion investment in AI data hub in Sines Community | Portuguese abroad urged to register for the 2026 Presidential Election Terceira | Scientists monitor ongoing seismic volcanic crises FLAD | Portuguese language has become an economic advantage study shows
 

Book | The Liberation of Portuguese Africa, 1961-75 | By Pedro Aires Oliveira et al – Editor’s Note

This book analyzes the liberation struggles that took place in the Portuguese colonies of Angola, Mozambique, Guinea, Cabo Verde, and São Tomé and Príncipe during the second half of the twentieth century, highlighting how they unraveled and challenged colonialism in the international sphere. Activists established headquarters and training camps in various exile settings that were […]

Web Summit | Microsoft confirms $10 billion investment in AI data hub in Sines – Portugal

Speaking during the Web Summit conference in Lisbon, Microsoft President Brad Smith confirmed that Microsoft plans to invest approximately US $10 billion in the creation of a next-generation Artificial Intelligence (AI) data hub in Portugal. The project—one of the largest AI-focused infrastructure investments announced in Europe—will be developed in Sines in partnership with Start Campus […]

Community | Portuguese abroad urged to register for the 2026 Presidential Election – Portugal

Portuguese citizens living abroad are being urged to register or update their voter information before the end of November in order to participate in Portugal’s next presidential election, scheduled for 18 January 2026. The voting roll will freeze 60 days before Election Day, meaning that after November 19, 2025, no new registrations or address updates can be […]

Terceira | Scientists monitor ongoing seismic volcanic crises – Azores

Terceira Island remains under heightened scientific monitoring as the seismo-volcanic crisis that began in June 2022 continues, centered around the Santa Bárbara volcanic complex on the island’s western flank.  The Azores Seismo-Volcanic Information and Monitoring Center (CIVISA) currently maintains Alert Level V3 (reactivated volcanic system) for Santa Bárbara, reflecting persistent microseismic activity consistent with magma […]

FLAD | Portuguese language has become an economic advantage study shows – Portugal

A new study released by the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) finds that speaking Portuguese corresponds to an average 20% salary bonus for Portuguese-American workers in the United States. The report, developed for FLAD by a research group led by Alda Botelho Azevedo of the Instituto de Ciências Sociais (ICS), Universidade de Lisboa, underscores the growing […]

Cuisine: “Simply Ming” heads to the Azores – Travel

11 October 2012

Food cooked in a volcanic geyser, fish from the deep Atlantic and sweet bread, these are just a few of the delights that award-winning chef Ming Tsai explores during a trip overseas to the Azores, part of the special programming events planned to help celebrate the television milestone of his 10th Anniversary Season.  Affiliated with […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Food & Wine, Heritage, Life Style, People, Pico, São Miguel, Terceira, Travel

PEM: Portuguese 15th Century Pastrana Tapestries – Exhibition

09 October 2012

The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM), of Massachusetts, is hosting an exhibition of 15th century Portuguese tapestries titled, The Invention of Glory: Afonso V and the Pastrana Tapestries, on view from October 27 to December 31, 2012. The exhibit is open Tuesday-Sunday and holiday Mondays, 10 am-5 pm. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. Monumental […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, Portugal, World

Holocaust: Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story – Film

06 October 2012

The film, Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story, will inaugurate the Mayim Jewish Film Series of the JCC on the Hudson White Plains (NY), on October 10, at 7:30pm, whose theme this year is tales of Holocaust rescue. The film, directed by Joel Santoni and starring Bernard Lecoq as Aristides de Sousa Mendes, will be introduced by […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Film, Heritage, People, Portugal, Spotlight, World

Poetry: Florbelian Symbology and the Speaking Woman – Essay

28 September 2012

By Billie Maciunas, Contributor (*) Florbela Espanca’s distinctly feminine symbology was recognized in the 1940s by the Portuguese poet and critic, Jorge de Sena.This symbology in part accounts for the scant recognition that Espanca received during her lifetime as a figure in Portuguese letters. As de Sena (1959) recognized, Espanca’s poetry was alien to the […]

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

Labor: Portuguese workers to protest against extreme austerity policies – Update

25 September 2012

Portuguese workers nationwide will protest again Saturday, September 29, against the latest government issued austerity rules. Large gatherings of protesters are expected to concentrate in Lisbon and Porto, Portugal’s largest cities. The protests are being called by CGTP (Central Geral dos Trabalhadores Portugueses) the largest Portuguese union federation, representing 727,000 workers in 81 unions. Last […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Madeira, Organizations, Politics, Portugal, Spotlight

Elected: President Dos Santos to be sworn for five term in office – Angola

24 September 2012

President José Eduardo dos Santos is to be sworn President of Angola, for a five-year term in office, Wednesday, following the Angolan Constitutional Court’s announcement that all appeals presented by opposition parties were dismissed as groundless. The official final results of the 31 August polls gave dos Santos and his MPLA party 71.28% of the […]

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Posted in Angola, People, Politics, Spotlight, World