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July 4th | Portugal and the United States have remarkable historical ties Community | Nicholas Ferraz graduates from Harvard University Honor | Writer Lídia Jorge awarded prestigious Camões Prize 50th Anniversary | Regional leaders of Azores and Madeira call for broader powers FIFA’26
 

July 4th | Portugal and the United States have remarkable historical ties – Azores

As the United States commemorates its 250th Independence Day on July 4, the longstanding relationship between Portugal and the United States offers a remarkable chapter in the history of the Atlantic world.  Although Portugal remained officially neutral during the American Revolutionary War, due to its centuries-old alliance with Great Britain under the Treaty of Windsor […]

Community | Nicholas Ferraz graduates from Harvard University – Cambridge, MA

This spring, Nicholas Ferraz graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education with a Master of Education in Teaching and Teacher Leadership, earning a 4.0 GPA. Already a certified mathematics teacher in Massachusetts, Ferraz represents a generation of Portuguese American educators whose professional journeys reflect both academic excellence and a deep commitment to multilingual and […]

Honor | Writer Lídia Jorge awarded prestigious Camões Prize – Portugal

Portuguese novelist Lídia Jorge has been named the recipient of the prestigious Camões Prize, the highest literary distinction in the Portuguese language. One of the most celebrated Portuguese-language authors of her generation underscores the global reach and enduring influence of her literary work. Jointly awarded by the governments of Portugal and Brazil, the annual prize […]

50th Anniversary | Regional leaders of Azores and Madeira call for broader powers – Portugal

Portugal’s Assembly of the Republic commemorated on Friday the 50th anniversary celebration of the constitutional autonomy of the Azores and Madeira archipelagos with a special solemn plenary session honoring one of the most significant democratic achievements of the 1976 Constitution. The anniversary also became a platform for renewed calls to deepen the autonomy of the […]

FIFA’26 – Cristiano Ronaldo makes World Cup History – Houston, TX

Portugal’s squad delivered a commanding response to its opening-match disappointment at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, defeating Uzbekistan 5-0 today in Houston, Texas. The performance of captain Cristiano Ronaldo highlighted the match.  The milestone further cemented Ronaldo’s legacy as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport and silenced critics who questioned […]

Book: “Ana de Castro Osório” by Célia Cordeiro – Review

26 August 2012

By Carolina Matos, Editor (*) Célia Carmen Cordeiro, a doctoral candidate at the University of Texas-Austin, is the author of “Ana de Castro Osório e a Mulher Republicana Portuguesa” a book based on her Master’s dissertation (2011) at the University of Minnesota. At the turn of the 20th Century, Ana de Castro Osório (1872-1935) was […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, São Miguel

BOOK: “A School for Fishermen” by Carlo Matos – Review

23 August 2012

By Jason Peters, Contributor (*)  Three separate strands of thought to begin with. First, a fishing net endlessly connects itself to itself, neither beginning nor ending. Second, astronomers believe dark matter resembles a neural network spanning the universe, stars traveling its paths like chemicals in a giant web. Finally, in Fernando Pessoa’s poem Tobacco Shop, […]

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

Symposium: Portuguese Language Teaching in the USA – Harvard University

23 August 2012

Harvard University, through the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures,  is hosting a symposium dedicated to the topic “Portuguese Language Teaching in the United States: Theory, Practice and Communities.” The event will take place from 9:00am to 4:00pm, August 25, at the Boylston Hall, Cambridge (MA). Fausto Martin Sanctis, from the Regional Tribunal of São […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Brazil, Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, Scholarships, World

Book: “Sopas” the Feast of the Holy Ghost by Lewis White – Review

22 August 2012

By Carolina Matos, Editor (*) Lewis A. White, 66, the author of Sopas: A brief History of Portuguese Islanders, the Cape Cod Town of Falmouth, and the Feast of the Holy Ghost (2012) , is a native of Falmouth, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. A fourth generation descendant of Azorean immigrants, he still can trace his roots back […]

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Posted in Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, People, Pico, São Miguel

Gordon: Waiting for the storm in the dark of the night – Azores

20 August 2012

By Sarah Bishop-Valentine, Contributor (*) Waiting is one of the least considered events concerning a hurricane. In the dark of night in the early hours of Monday morning, Hurricane Gordon tore through the islands of São Miguel and Santa Maria, in the Azores, in a few short hours. After a day of intensive preparations on […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, People, Portugal, Santa Maria, São Miguel, Spotlight

FADO: Sandra Correia reviving nostalgic old Porto – Review

20 August 2012

By David Mendonça, Contributor (*) Live fado CDs tend to be big, bustling affairs, rather than intimate and personal ones. The latest work from Sandra Correia, entitled simply Ao vivo [Live], fits squarely in the second category—despite having been recorded in larger venues. The fadista, who sings in the city of Porto and who was […]

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

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