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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 […]

Conference: Portuguese American Experience for the Classroom – Call for Papers

13 September 2012

The Institute for Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies at Modern Languages Department, Rhode Island College, has issued a call for papers under the topic, A Portuguese American Experience for the Classroom? The papers will be presented at a panel, at the 44th Annual Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA), scheduled for March 21-24, 2013, in […]

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Posted in Conferences, Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations

PALCUS: Scholarship Fund established for Portuguese American students

13 September 2012

The Portuguese-American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS) has announced the launching of the PALCUS Scholarship Program and Fund with the purpose of providing nationwide, merit-based scholarships in support of Portuguese American students in the pursuit of their higher education goals. Scholarships will be awarded annually to students of Portuguese ancestry who have demonstrated […]

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Posted in Awards, Community, Education, Featured, Organizations, Scholarships

Portugal named one of the most beautiful countries in the world – Travel

12 September 2012

Portugal was named one of the most beautiful countries in the world by online travel advisor UCITYGUIDES.com . Portugal ranked 5th on the top 10 list after Italy, Spain, France, Australia and Greece, followed by the United States, Brazil, South Africa and Germany. Each country was selected for its natural beauty and man-made wonders, from […]

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Posted in Awards, Azores, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Portugal, Travel

Protest: Portuguese labor unions to call general strike – Portugal

12 September 2012

The Portuguese largest trade union federations, CGTP and UGT, are meeting Wednesday to debate calling a general strike and other protest actions against the austerity measures announced by the government last week. João Proença, the leader of the UGT , said the protests will culminate in a nationwide strike with the CGTP. CGTP union leader, […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Madeira, Politics, Portugal

Poetry: Reading by Salgado Maranhão from Brazil – UMD

11 September 2012

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture and Department of Portuguese, announced a bilingual poetry reading by distinguished Brazilian poet Salgado Maranhão, accompanied by the translator Alexis Levitin. The event will take place on Monday, September 17, 2012 at 10:00am in LARTS 397D, parking lot 7. There will be opportunity for […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Brazil, Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, People

Neuroscience: Tiago Reis Marques recipient of the 2012 NARSAD Young Investigator Grant – Los Angeles, CA

10 September 2012

Portuguese neuroscientist, Tiago Reis Marques, M.D., is one of the recipients the 2012 NARSAD Young Investigator Grants, by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Scientific Council. He is the first Portuguese scientist to be awarded the grant. Dr. Marques is a researcher at the Institute of Psychiatry at the King’s College, London, UK. He has […]

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Posted in Awards, Education, Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, Spotlight