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 […]

YAGP 2012: Valentina Codinha top 10 world ballerina – NYC

19 August 2012

Portuguese junior ballet dancer, Valentina dos Santos Codinha, 15, won 3rd place at the 13th Youth America Grand Prix. Valentina is a student at The National Conservatory Dance School [Escola de Dança do Conservatório Nacional] of Lisbon, Portugal. The competition is held annually around the world and in New York City, and is open to […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Featured, People, Portugal, World

MHS: Portuguese language added to the school curriculum – Mineola, NY

17 August 2012

Starting with the 2012-13 school year, incoming eighth-graders at High School (MHS), New York State, will have the option to learn Portuguese as foreign language. Mineola High School (MHS) currently offers Spanish, French, Italian and Latin as foreign languages. MHS will become the first public school in New York State to offer Portuguese as a […]

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

Gordon: Hurricane expected to hit the Azores hard over the weekend – Category 1

17 August 2012

Centered about 1,925 miles (1,925 kilometers) west of the Azores, Gordon became a hurricane Friday. The seventh named storm of the season, Gordon will bring wind and rain to the Azores islands located 970 miles west of Lisbon, Portugal. The storm, which had weakened slightly early Friday,  is expected to approach the Azores late Sunday […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Santa Maria, São Miguel, Spotlight

Portugal: Official statistics show 23% are out of work – Lisbon, PT

16 August 2012

The underemployment rate in Portugal, which includes people excluded from the labor market apart from the unemployed, has hit 23.3% according to figures extrapolated from the National Statistics Institute (INE). The numbers show that in the three months, up to the end of June, there were 827,000 people out of work, about 15% of the active […]

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Posted in Featured, Portugal, Spotlight

Class of 2013: 70% of university graduates plan to move abroad – Portugal

14 August 2012

Survey results released Monday show that 69% of Portuguese university graduates intended to move abroad after finishing their degrees. The survey conducted by the Porto Academic Federation, representing students’ unions, revealed that students surveyed intend to leave Portugal for “better labor conditions.” Students in the areas of engineering, technology, architecture and the arts are among […]

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Posted in Angola, Brazil, Education, Featured, People, Politics, Portugal, World

Memoir: Philip Graham abroad in Lisbon – Interview

13 August 2012

By Millicent Accardi, Contributor (*)  I first discovered the work of Philip Graham in The Moon Come to Earth: Dispatches from Lisbon, a travel memoir published in 2009 about the sabbatical year he spent living abroad in Lisbon with his family. At the start of a recent blog post by Graham is this quote from […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, People, Portugal, Travel, World