13 January 2013
By Michael Colson, Contributor (*) Carlo Matos and I are both college English instructors and have been friends for over eight years. We formed a creative writing cooperative called “The Alchemists.” Matos’s family is from São Miguel, in the Azores, and he was born in Fall River, MA. He has published four books: A School […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, People, Portugal, São Miguel, World
11 January 2013
The U.S. Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, will visit Portugal next week to discuss the future of Lajes Air Field, on Terceira, Azores, according to Portuguese Defense Minister Jose Pedro Aguiar-Branco. Panetta is scheduled to visit Lisbon, Madrid, Rome and London during the weeklong trip. “The U.S. Secretary of State Panetta will be in Lisbon Monday […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, Spotlight, Terceira, World
10 January 2013
The International Monetary Fund (FMI) has issued a report, to the Portuguese Government, proposing additional severe austerity measures aimed to “reforming the Portuguese State.” According to the report, Portugal’s current social welfare system was “too wasteful and especially unfair to young people,” adding that the “unemployment benefits was still too long and too high.” The […]
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10 January 2013
Portuguese-American vocalist Katy Perry was the big winner at the 2013 People’s Choice Awards on the music category, taking home awards for favorite video, favorite female artist, and favorite pop artist, plus favorite music fan following. On January 2012, Perry was honored as favorite female artist, at the 38th annual People’s Choice Awards, in five […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Azores, Community, Entertainment, Faial, Featured, Heritage, Music, People, Portugal, Spotlight, World
08 January 2013
Data from the Bank of Portugal has revealed that remittances from the Portuguese living abroad have increased 12,6%, between January and October of 2012, accounting for a total of € 2,254 million, representing € 253 million more over the same period of 2011. France (€718,934 million) and Switzerland (€540,870 million) are the main sources of […]
Posted in Angola, Brazil, Community, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, Spotlight, World
08 January 2013
Azorean Portuguese historian, Maria de Fátima Silva de Sequeira Dias, 54, died on Monday, in Ponta Delgada, Azores. A lecturer, researcher and author, she was a Full Professor in the Department of Management and Economics at the University of the Azores. She published several books on the History of the Azores and specialized in the […]
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