Portuguese American Journal

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Sports | Cristiano Ronaldo retiring from Portuguese national team Diplomacy Community | Azores Government offers cultural exchange grants for diaspora applicants Travel | TAP and SATA airlines move forward with privatization Community | Barack Obama in Lisbon praises Portuguese Americans
 

Sports | Cristiano Ronaldo retiring from Portuguese national team – Portugal

Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the greatest players in world sports history and Portugal’s most celebrated footballer, announced on Thursday, November 5, that he is retiring from the Portuguese national team. The 41-year-old Madeira-born superstar announced his decision in an emotional social media video, saying the time had come to relinquish Portugal’s iconic No. 7 jersey. […]

Diplomacy – Portugal and the United States reaffirm cooperation with the Azores – Washington, DC

Portugal and the United States have reaffirmed this week their strategic partnership, emphasizing continued American military cooperation at Lajes Air Base, on Terceira Island in the Azores, at the 53rd meeting of the Portugal–United States Standing Bilateral Commission, held in Washington on November 3. Under the framework of the 1995 bilateral Defense Cooperation Agreement, commonly […]

Community | Azores Government offers cultural exchange grants for diaspora applicants – Azores

The Government of the Azores has opened applications for grant opportunities supporting cultural and community projects in Azorean emigrant communities abroad, as well as educational exchanges and immigrant integration initiatives for 2027.  The funding opportunities are particularly relevant to Azorean organizations, cultural associations, and educational institutions in the United States, Canada, Bermuda, Brazil, and other […]

Travel | TAP and SATA airlines move forward with privatization – Portugal

Portugal has selected Germany’s Lufthansa Group as the strategic investor in TAP Air Portugal, marking a significant turning point for the country’s aviation industry and with important implications for Portuguese communities in the United States, Canada, and beyond.  The selection does not mean that Lufthansa has already taken ownership of TAP. Rather, it represents a […]

Community | Barack Obama in Lisbon praises Portuguese Americans – Portugal

Former United States President Barack Obama returned to Lisbon on Saturday, October 10, where he delivered a keynote address at the 6th edition of the Game Changers Forum.  During his two-day stay in Lisbon, Obama met with Portuguese President António José Seguro at the Palácio de Belém, the official residence of the Portuguese head of […]

Portugal places very high in Internet speed

17 September 2011

Portugal is the third country in the world with highest speed of access to broadband Internet, according to the most recent publication by the ITU – International Telecommunications Union. In its annual report “Measuring the Information Society – 2011” the ITU reports that among the countries that offer the fastest broadband, Portugal comes immediately after […]

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Posted in Education, Entertainment, Featured

Carbono at the 6th Tennessee Williams Theater Festival – Provincetown,MA

15 September 2011

Lisbon-based Carbono Theatre Company will present its latest production “Alma” at the 6th Annual Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival in Massachusetts. The festival celebrates the centenary of playwright Tennessee Williams. The world premiere of Alma, by the Carbono Theatre Company, takes place on September 22, 24, and 25. After the premiere in Provincetown, the play […]

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Posted in Entertainment, Featured, People

Film: Heaven’s Mirror: A Portuguese Voyage – World premiere

14 September 2011

The world premiere of Heaven’s Mirror: A Portuguese Voyage will take place at the Santa Rosa International Film Festival in Kenwood, California, on September 17th , and in Santa Rosa, California, on September 18th. It took six years for Joshua Dylan Mellars to direct and produce this Portuguese themed documentary, a film aspiring to capturing […]

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Posted in Community, Entertainment, Featured, Film, Heritage, Music

Miss Angola crowned Miss Universe 2011

13 September 2011

In a live telecast that reached over a billion viewers around the world, Miss Angola, Leila Lopes 25, was crowned Miss Universe 2011 at the Creditcard Hall in São Paulo, Brasil, defeating the competition from 88 contestants. Leila Luliana da Costa Vieira Lopes was crowned Miss Universe Monday night, smoothly handling an interview question about […]

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Posted in Angola, Awards, Brazil, Community, Entertainment, Featured, People, World

Young professionals will look for opportunities abroad – Azores

13 September 2011

Young professionals will leave the Azores in the near future to seek job opportunities abroad in richer European countries or will “rediscover the Americas,” warned the Luso-Canadian immigration expert José Carlos Teixeira, at the 16th International Metropolis Conference underway in Ponta Delgada, September 12-16. “Azorean young professionals will have to leave. I do not see […]

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Posted in Azores, Canada, Faial, Featured, Pico

Portuguese film competing for 2012 Oscar nomination

12 September 2011

A documentary film about the life of José Saramago, the 1998 Nobel Prize of Literature, and his lifelong companion Pilar del Rio, will represent Portugal at the 2012 Oscars in Hollywood. A co-production of Fernando Meireles (Brazil) and Pedro Almodóvar (Spain), the documentary titled “José e Pilar ” will compete for the Best Foreign Film […]

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