Portuguese American Journal

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Space | Portugal launches satellites honoring national literary figures Community | 2026 International Portuguese Music Awards (IPMA)  Community | Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho remains on paid leave FLAD | Carlos Costa Neves appointed director of the Luso-American Development Foundation Book | Reduction in Force: Poems by Hugo dos Santos 
 

Space | Portugal launches satellites honoring national literary figures – Santa Barbara, CA

Portugal successfully launched six satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, US. The mission reinforces Portugal’s growing role in the global space economy, while also strengthening strategic, scientific, and economic links across the Atlantic. Among the satellites are four named after some of the nation’s most celebrated literary figures […]

Community | 2026 International Portuguese Music Awards (IPMA)  – Providence, RI

The International Portuguese Music Awards (IPMA) will return on Saturday, April 25, 2026, for its 14th annual edition at the Providence Performing Arts Center, bringing together leading artists from across the global Portuguese-speaking world.  The event, scheduled for 7:00 p.m. and hosted by Daniella Ruah and Ricardo Farias, will be broadcast internationally, continuing its mission […]

Community | Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho remains on paid leave – Los Angeles, CA

Alberto M. Carvalho, the Portuguese-American superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), remains on paid administrative leave following a federal investigation involving the nation’s second-largest school system.  The move comes after agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executed search warrants at Carvalho’s residence and district offices in late February 2026, in […]

FLAD | Carlos Costa Neves appointed director of the Luso-American Development Foundation – Portugal

The Board of Trustees of Lisbon based, Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) appointed Dr. Carlos Henrique da Costa Neves, 72, to the Executive Board, chaired since January 15, 2026, by José Manuel Durão Barroso. Born in Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, Azores,  Costa Neves holds a degree in Law from the University of Lisbon. He has held […]

Book | Reduction in Force: Poems by Hugo dos Santos  – Review

By Millicent Borges Accardi Born in Lisboa, Portugal, Hugo dos Santos was raised in New Jersey. An award-winning writer and translator, his books include a collection of short stories about Newark, Then, there (Spuyten Duyvil, 2019), his upcoming book, book A Reduction in Force (Bauhan Publishing, 2026), winner of the May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry […]

ICOM: “Soluções à Portuguesa” best 2011 advertising campaign – Licor Beirão

06 May 2012

The outdoors billboard advertising campaign, to promote “Licor Beirão” worldwide, was awarded the best advertising campaign of 2011 by ICOM, one of the world’s most respected advertising agencies. Created by Portuguese advertising agency UZINA, the campaign was designed to cheer up the Portuguese people enduring the current unpopular austerity measures which include pay cuts and […]

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Posted in Awards, Featured, Food & Wine, Heritage, Portugal, World

SFIFF: Film by Gonçalo Tocha wins Golden Gate Award – San Francisco, CA

03 May 2012

The film “It’s Earth Not the Moon,” by Portuguese director Gonçalo Tocha, won Wednesday the Golden Gate Award, for Best Documentary Feature, at the 55th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF). The 185 minute award-winning 2011 documentary was filmed on Corvo , the smallest of the nine island of the Azores. Gonçalo received a $20,000 […]

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Posted in Awards, Azores, Corvo, Entertainment, Featured, Film, Heritage, People, Portugal

Gold: Mining project to pay millions over the next ten years – Portugal

02 May 2012

In the near future, Portugal may become a major producer of gold, Forbes online reported Tuesday. Quoted by Forbes, Nikolas Perrault, president and chief executive officer of Cold Resources Inc. (TSX-V:GTP), said that, although Portugal has been overlooked as a gold-producing country, it has got the potential in terms of a major discovery. Colt Resources […]

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SATA: Pilot’s standoff upsets Santo Cristo Religious Festivities – Azores

01 May 2012

Thousands of Azoreans living abroad face ruined plans for the 2012 Santo Cristo Religious Festivities due to a labor dispute standoff with pilots flying SATA International and the SATA Group. On April 12,  SATA International pilots announced a three-phased nine-day strike planned for April and May. On April 25, the first stage of teh strike […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, Travel

Algarve: Vila Joya Restaurant voted among the world’s best – Portugal

01 May 2012

Stylish Vila Joya Restaurant, located in Praia da Galé, Albufeira, Algarve, was voted into the 2012 list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants. Placed 46th on the 2012 list, it climbed 35 places on the 2011 list , becoming the first Portuguese restaurant to join the list. The first place  went to “Noma” of Denmark, […]

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Posted in Awards, Featured, Food & Wine, Life Style, People, Portugal, Travel, World

Gartner: ISA nominated “Cool Vendor 2012” – Stamford, CT

30 April 2012

Portuguese company, Intelligent Sensing Anywhere (ISA), based in Coimbra, Portugal, specializing in Telemetry and Remote Assets Management, was nominated “Cool Vendor for Smart City Applications”   by Gartner Inc.. The nomination lists ISA in the Gartner’s annual  “Cool Vendors 2012” report which ranks the most innovative IT solutions companies in the world. Launched in 2004, the […]

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