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Community | The FABRIC Arts Festival explores themes of identity and place Diplomacy | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to visit Lisbon this week Community | PALCUS celebrates 35th Anniversary with a Leadership Awards Gala in Ponta Delgada Arts Diplomacy | President António José Seguro to meet Pope Leo XIV
 

Community | The FABRIC Arts Festival explores themes of identity and place – Fall River (MA)

The FABRIC Arts Festival, founded in 2019 and now in its seventh edition, returns to Fall River October 8–11, showcasing Portuguese contemporary art, music, performances, exhibitions, food, and storytelling, exploring themes of migration, identity, memory, belonging, and place and connections across borders. With particular significance in Fall River, historically one of America’s leading textile-manufacturing centers […]

Diplomacy | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to visit Lisbon this week – Portugal

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to visit Portugal this coming week as part of a European tour from October 5–8, with Lisbon as the final stop. Secretary Rubio is expected in Lisbon on Thursday, October 8, following visits to Reykjavík, Iceland, and Athens, Greece.  He is expected to meet with Prime Minister […]

Community | PALCUS celebrates 35th Anniversary with a Leadership Awards Gala in Ponta Delgada – Azores

The Portuguese American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS) prepares to celebrate its 35th anniversary and 28th Annual Leadership Awards Gala on October 17 at the Coliseu Micaelense in Ponta Delgada, Azores. For the first time in the organization’s history, the PALCUS Leadership Awards Gala will be held outside the continental United States, bringing […]

Arts & Letters | Portugal Takes Center Stage at Lincoln Center – New York, NY

Portuguese culture will take center stage at New York City’s Lincoln Center on Saturday, October 3, with a full day of cinema, literature and live music featuring acclaimed Luso-American writer Katherine Vaz, Portuguese musical performances by Expresso Transatlântico and The Gift, and a festival of Portuguese animated short films. The program, titled “Contemporary Portugal at […]

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 […]

Guitar virtuoso: Carlos Paredes reissued in two albums – Chicago

07 November 2011

Two new reproduced albums by Portuguese guitar virtuoso Carlos Paredes were released for international audiences, November 7, by Drag City a Chicago-based record label. The two reissued LP vinyl albums by Paredes are Guitarra Portuguesa from 1967 and Movimento Perpétuo from 1971. The albums were reproduced in the original covers from the first editions launched […]

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Posted in Featured, Heritage, Music, People, World

UNDP: Portugal ranked very high in human development – United Nations

06 November 2011

Portugal ranked 41st among countries considered to have “very high” human development, according to the Human Development Report for 2011 released by the United Nations last week. Portugal was ranked among 187 countries according to factors such as life expectancy, schooling, per capita income and gross national revenue. Of the eight Portuguese-speaking countries, Portugal was […]

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Posted in Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guiné-Bissau, Mozambique, Organizations, São Tomé and Prince, World

Wallpaper Magazine: Favorite global destinations – Portugal

06 November 2011

Portugal is among 10 countries featured in the October edition of  Wallpaper magazine, top 20 issue, as best places to visit. Praising Portugal for its tranquility and beauty, the fashion and design magazine offers 20 reasons to visit the country for its architecture, its rural tourism network destinations, historical cities, cafes, restaurants and chocolatiers, among others. […]

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Posted in Featured, Heritage, Life Style, Travel

Prime Minister Passos Coelho to visit Angola

06 November 2011

Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho will pay a one-day visit to Angola, November 17, Lusa news reported. Passos Coelho will meet the Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos, the speaker of the Luanda parliament, Paulo Cassoma, as well as Portuguese and Angolan business representatives. Significant bilateral investments and the possible participation of Angola in […]

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Posted in Angola, Politics, World

President Cavaco Silva meeting President Barak Obama – Washington

05 November 2011

President of Portugal Cavaco Silva will meet President Barak Obama in the White House, November 9. The meeting is scheduled for 4:15pm at the Oval Office, the office of President Cavaco Silva announced Saturday. The agenda for the meeting was not revealed, but a statement from the White House, released November 5 by the Office of […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Organizations, People, Politics, World

Top scorer: Cristiano Ronaldo receives 2011 Golden Shoe – Award

05 November 2011

Real Madrid Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo was officially awarded Friday with the prestigious “European Golden Shoe Award” for finishing the 2010-11 season as the top scorer of all European leagues. This was the second Golden Shoe trophy won by Cristiano Ronaldo. He first won the award – formally called “Golden Boot” – in 2008 when he […]

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Posted in Awards, Featured, Madeira, People, Sports, World