05 June 2011
Pedro Passos Coelho (PSD) is the winner of the June 5 legislative elections. He said the vote represented the opnening of “a window of hope for the future.” José Socrates (PS), in power for six years, congratulated Passos Coelho, conceded defeat and resigned as Socialist Party leader. He said “This defeat is entirely mine and I want to assume full […]
05 June 2011
Edwin Honig (1919-2011), a translator of Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa, died May 25, at his home in Providence, RI, of Alzheimer’s disease. A poet, critic, playwright and translator, he taught at Brown University for over 25 years before retiring in 1983. He wrote 10 books of poetry, 3 plays, 5 books of criticism and 8 […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, People
04 June 2011
Portugal’s life expectancy rate has risen to 79.2 years of age, one of the highest in the world, according to the Mortality Index for the years between 2008 and 2010, released by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). The figures show that women are now expected to live until age 82.05, compared to men expected […]
04 June 2011
Facebook is growing at a very fast pace, gaining new users by the million every month. According to the most recent figures, released by Facebook statistics blog Socialbakers, the social network had an increase of 80 million new users in the first quarter of 2011, nearing a total of 700 million. Brazil, with 19 million users, […]
Posted in Brazil, Canada, Social networks
03 June 2011
President Obama presented de 2011 Pritzker Prize for Architecture to Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura in a ceremony held Thursday evening at Andrew Mellon Auditorium, in Washington, DC. In his speech, President Obama praised Souto de Moura’s ecological work for using natural materials, appearing to be “effortless as it is beautiful.” With the First Lady Michelle […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Community, People, World
03 June 2011
Portuguese animal defense activists are willing to compromise to preserve bullfighting by transforming the traditional bloody spectacle into an artistic performance. Paulo Borges, the leader of PAN – National Party for Animals and Nature – said in a recent interview for Lusa that his organization would support the preservation of bullfighting if the animal abuse and […]
