19 January 2026
Portugal’s presidential election, held on January 18, concluded without a decisive winner, sending the country to a runoff election on February 8, 2026, following one of the most polarized presidential contests since the return of democracy. According to the official provisional results, the socialist left-center candidate, António José Seguro, led the first round with 31.1% […]
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16 January 2026
Portugal will hold its next presidential election on Sunday, January 18, 2026, with a possible runoff scheduled for February 8, 2026, if no candidate secures a majority. In what analysts describe as one of the most unpredictable presidential contests in decades, the presidential election is expected to be closely watched both domestically and internationally as […]
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15 January 2026
This book aims to explore the multiple ways in which Portuguese colonialism in former “Portuguese Asia” has been imagined. It focuses primarily on how Estado Novo (1933–1974), the longest-running European dictatorship, “imagined” these territories and peoples. Images played a pivotal role in the exercise of colonial power, propagating established ideas and portraying a colonial reality […]
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07 January 2026
Portuguese-American entrepreneur Manuel Eduardo Vieira, known as a world leader in organic sweet-potato farming, has been awarded the Comenda da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique, one of Portugal’s highest civilian honors., The decoration, in recognition of his accomplishments and outstanding contributions to the promotion of Portuguese culture, values, and excellence abroad, was conferred by the […]
07 January 2026
In a new development, US authorities have released the official transcript of a series of videos recorded by suspect Claudio Manuel Neves Valente in the ongoing investigation into the mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of Nuno Loureiro, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The videos, originally recorded in Portuguese, were translated […]
02 January 2026
This volume highlights factors that led to the onset of the U.S. presence within colonial Brazil’s mercantilist economy and then the independent Brazilian empire’s agricultural, scientific, religious and educational institutions. The book examines the interaction of U.S. businessmen, explorers, scientists, immigrants, missionaries, and educators with the dominant institutions of the Luso-Brazilian empires. Employing an institutionalist […]
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