05 March 2025
Portuguese American pop singer, Katy Perry will fly to space during Blue Origin’s next crewed mission, the Jeff Bezos-owned space company has announced. According to Blue Origin, this will be the first all-female spaceflight since 1963, when the Soviet Union sent Valentina Tereshkova as the sole astronaut on a historic mission. Aboard the New Shepard […]
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05 March 2025
Francisco César, the President of the Socialist Party/Azores and Member of Portugal’s Assembly of the Republic, was elected as President of the Portugal-Canada Parliamentary Friendship Group (GPA) this Wednesday. The Portugal-Canada Parliamentary Friendship Group (GPA), is a body created to strengthen and consolidate bilateral relations between the two countries, by reinforcing cooperation ties at institutional, […]
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05 March 2025
On Women’s History Month 2025, we congratulate Domitília dos Santos for her achievements and leadership, as an Executive Director, Senior Portfolio Management Director, and International Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley. Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm operating in over 40 countries with over 1,300 offices. Headquartered in New York, it employs around 65,000 […]
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03 March 2025
The Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) in Lisbon, Portugal, and the Saab Center for Portuguese Studies in the University of Massachusetts Lowell College of Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences announce the FLAD/Saab Visiting Professorship in Portuguese Studies for Spring Semester 2026. This program sponsors a one-semester, open-rank, Visiting Professor of Portuguese Studies at UMass Lowell. The position […]
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18 February 2025
On Monday, the President of the Regional Government, José Manuel Bolieiro, welcomed State Senator Michael Rodrigues of Massachusetts, who was accompanied by a delegation of U.S. State Senators and Representatives. The visit aimed to strengthen ties with the Azorean community, whose influence in the United States has grown in recent years. José Manuel Bolieiro highlighted […]
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17 February 2025
Long dependent on the Asian spice trade, Portugal suffered serious setbacks during the period of political union with Spain (1580–1640), as the Dutch and others seized key regions and destroyed commercial monopolies. By 1668, the greatest hope for a renewed Portuguese empire lay to the west. This book examines the “Atlanticization” of Lisbon during the […]
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