15 November 2011
The Portuguese Civil Aviation Pilots Union (SPAC) announced Tuesday a eight-day strike scheduled for 9, 10, 11, and 12 of December, 2011 and 3, 4, 5 and 6 of January 2012. In a statement, SPAC said the decision to strike is a demand to the administration of TAP Air Portugal, the government run airline, “to comply with […]
15 November 2011
The Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth announces an evening of traditional cantorias with singers José Plácido and António Resendes accompanied by musicians Tony and Abel Lina. The event will take place on Friday, November 18, 6:00 – 7:30 P.M. in the Prince Henry Society Reading Room at the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives, parking […]
15 November 2011
Ending his weeklong visit to the United States, President Aníbal Cavaco Silva said Monday in San Jose, California, he hopes Portugal will return to economic growth in 2013, at the end of its three-year bailout program. After a meeting with venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, the President said, “I hope that at the end of […]
14 November 2011
By John Howard Wolf • With these two words — Portugal Infinito — Fernando Pessoa opens his poem “Saudação a Walt Whitman” one of the most emblematic American poets [Greetings to Walt Whitman], in his book of poetry under the pseudonym of Álvaro de Campos. In this way he establishes a warm and reverent link between […]
14 November 2011
The International Literary Program (ILP), a project of Dzanc Books, has announced its 2nd Annual Disquiet International Literary Program (DISQUIET 2012) to take place July 1-13, in Lisbon, Portugal. The program will feature some of the most interesting contemporary writers from North America and Portugal. ILP is currently accepting entries for its International Literature Award. […]
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13 November 2011
By Carolina Matos, Editor – The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has announced a new year-round study abroad program called “UMass in Lisbon” starting during the Fall semester of 2012, in addition to its 11th Annual Summer Program in Portugal, both of which are co-sponsored by its Center for Portuguese Studies & Culture and financially supported […]
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