12 March 2012
By John Howard Wolf ♦ But there are plenty of opinions around offering (for a high fee) solutions to the current Portuguese crisis. “Oh, yes,” they reply, “It’s bad everywhere.” But I’m not everywhere else, I am here in Portugal! That’s the first hurdle to pass, evasive relativisms, and defensive nationalisms. Somewhere along the way […]
11 March 2012
The Portuguese film “Blood of My Blood,” written and directed by João Canijo, received Sunday the Grand Jury Discretionary Prize at the 29th Miami Film Festival (MIFF). The distinction includes a cash award of $5,000 by the Miami-based John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Bonsái, the Chilean drama based on the novel by Alejandro Zambra […]
Posted in Awards, Featured, Film, Heritage, People, Portugal, Spotlight, World
10 March 2012
Filipa Sousa singing, Vida Minha, a song in the Portuguese fado style, was the finalist Saturday, by televote, of the 48th Festival da Canção promoted by the Portuguese national broadcaster Rádio Televisão Portuguesa (RTP). The winner song will represent Portugal at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Baku (Azerbaijan). The Azerbaijani song was […]
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10 March 2012
Recurrent seismic activity on Graciosa island was considered to be above normal according to the Center of Volcanology and Geological Risk Assessment (CVARG)at the University of the Azores. Three seismic events, magnitudes II and III on the modified Mercalli scale, were felt during the week in the southwestern areas of Almas, Guadalupe, Ribeirinha and Pedras Brancas on the island. […]
Posted in Azores, Faial, Featured, Graciosa, Pico, São Jorge, São Miguel, Spotlight
09 March 2012
The government of the Azores archipelago said Thursday it was trying to “reduce any possible impact on the (local) economy and society,” following the announcement by the United States of a partial military withdrawal from the Lajes Air Field, on Terceira, the second largest employer on the island. André Bradford, Regional Secretary for the Presidency, […]
09 March 2012
The National Marine Fisheries Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth with an $11,850 grant to conduct an oral history project designed to document the experience of Portuguese fishermen in southeastern Massachusetts. According to NOAA’s statement: More than half of the New […]
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