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Opinion | Portugal standing by Ukraine Compassion Fatigue: The weird world of Humberto da Silva May 5th | World Portuguese Language Day – Portugal Terceira: Senator Marc Pacheco on a mission to save the planet Feast
 

Opinion | Portugal standing by Ukraine – Len Port

Peaceful Portugal remains a firm ally of Ukraine, which is now under increasing bombardments, with fears of eventual defeat by Russia Russia’s advances have intensified so much recently that there are worsening worries in the Western world about Ukraine’s prospects for survival as a sovereign nation. President Vladimir Putin has been visiting his “friend” Chairman […]

Compassion Fatigue: The weird world of Humberto da Silva – Interview

By Milicent Borges Accardi “Given the overriding dystopian themes, a dirty martini shaken up from cheap vodka and garnished with a fistful of pimentoed supermarket olives will probably do the trick.” Toronto-born, Portuguese-Canadian writer Humberto da Silva is famous for his creative literary posts in social media, pairing short reviews with cocktails (to compliment the […]

May 5th | World Portuguese Language Day – Portugal

World Portuguese Language Day is celebrated on May 5th, in about 50 countries, every year. On this day, various cultural events and activities are organized worldwide to raise awareness of the importance of Portuguese as a global language and encourage people to learn the language. The events include lectures, literature readings, cultural shows, art exhibitions, […]

Terceira: Senator Marc Pacheco on a mission to save the planet – Azores

Senator Marc Pacheco, Democrat of Massachusetts, visited Angra do Heroísmo on Terceira Island in the Azores, where he met with regional authorities and officially launched the Transatlantic Climate Alliance initiative. The founding president and executive director of the Alliance, Senator Pacheco highlighted the climate change crisis and stressed the urgent need for collaborative solutions. The […]

Feast & Faith | Festa do Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres returns – Azores

The religious celebrations of the 2024 Festa do Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres, [The Holy Feast of Christ of the Miracles] will be held on the weekend of May 3-9, in Ponta Delgada city, in São Miguel, Azores. Established nearly 400 years ago, the tradition has been held since the 16th century following a severe seismic […]

Conference: The Carnation Revolution: Global Perspectives – UMass, Dartmouth

29 March 2024

The Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture (CPSC), in coordination with the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives, announced that it is hosting an international conference on the 4th, 5th, and 6th of April 2024. The year 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, a seminal event in Portuguese history.  The theme is “The Carnation Revolution: […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Conferences, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Position | FLAD/Saab Visiting Professorship in Portuguese Studies – UMass, Lowell

23 March 2024

The Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) in Lisbon, Portugal, and the Saab Center for Portuguese Studies in the University of Massachusetts Lowell College of Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences announce the FLAD/Saab Visiting Professorship in Portuguese Studies for Spring Semester 2025. This program is a three-year collaboration that sponsors a one-semester a year, open-rank, Visiting Professor […]

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Posted in Community, Education, Featured, Organizations, World

Opinion | Portuguese diaspora defines national elections – Len Port

21 March 2024

The more than 1.5 million Portuguese registered voters living abroad had the final say in the outcome of March 10 Portugal’s parliamentary early election. The overall tally, concluded this week, showed 28.84% for the center-right Democratic Alliance (PSD/AD) and 28% for the center-left Socialist Party (PS).  The turnout was 59.8%. With the counting finished, President […]

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Posted in Azores, Featured, Madeira, People, Politics, Portugal, Uncategorized

Book | Welcome to Forever | by Nathan Tavares – Editor’s Note

20 March 2024

Fox is a memory editor – one of the best – gifted with the skill to create real life in the digital world. When he wakes up in Field of Reeds Center for Memory Reconstruction with no idea how he got there, the therapists tell him he was a victim in a terrorist bombing by […]

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Travel Alert | TAP aviation workers announce three-month long strike – Portugal

20 March 2024

The National Union of Civil Aviation Workers (SINTAC), representing TAP Air Portugal ground workers, has issued a three-month strike notice regarding overtime work between March 28th and July 30th. The union claims an agreement for salary increases, of between 6% and 10%, retroactive to July 2023, was not honored by the carrier and that TAP […]

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Nuno Júdice: Most prized Portuguese contemporary poet died – Portugal

18 March 2024

Nuno Júdice, one of the most significant figures in contemporary Portuguese literature, known for his contributions as a poet, essayist and literary critic, died at age 74. Born on April 29, 1949, in Algarve, Portugal, he wrote his first poems when he was eight years old. Influenced by structuralism, he made his literary début in […]

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