09 September 2024
Today, September 9, Pope Francis arrived in the former Portuguese colony of East Timor (Timor-Leste) for a three-day visit. This is the first papal visit to the country in over 30 years. The visit is part of his 12-day tour across Southeast Asia and Oceania, with East Timor being the third stop. Upon arrival in […]
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30 August 2024
A century after the publication of the controversial Two Portuguese Communities in New England, Migration and Mill Work brings together analytical research essays, personal testimonies, poems, fiction, photos and drawings on Portuguese and Portuguese-Americans in their predicaments, struggles, encounters and achievements experienced under the pressures of upwards mobility, racialized tensions, politics of assimilation or multiculturalism, and labor and […]
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30 August 2024
The Portuguese Transport Workers’ Union (Sindicato dos Trabalhadores dos Transportes de Portugal – STTAMP) has issued a strike notice involving the Portuguese Handling Services, scheduled to impact all national airports from 00:00 on August 31 until midnight on September 1, 2024. The union has warned of potential delays and widespread disruptions to airport services, noting […]
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24 August 2024
The Regional Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs and Communities, Paulo Estevão, announced that the Government of the Azores is making a historic commitment to recognizing and valuing the Azorean diaspora. Speaking at a meeting with representatives of the Azorean communities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, held at the House of the Azores of New England, in […]
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23 August 2024
The wildfires that erupted in Madeira on August 14, 2024, initially began in the mountainous region of Ribeira Brava. Still active, the fires have since spread to neighboring areas, including Câmara de Lobos and Ponta do Sol, and beyond. Now entering their tenth day, the wildfires have scorched over 5,000 hectares of land and temporarily […]
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15 August 2024
The Great Feast of The Holy Ghost of New England will be held in Kennedy Park in Fall River, Massachusetts, from August 21 to 25, attracting more than 100,000 participants from across the country, Canada and abroad. Established in Fall River in 1986, and held every year on the last weekend of August, the festival […]
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