17 March 2011
National hero, civil rights activist, stated politician and community leader, the Honorable George Silva Lima died March 15, at the age of 93. He served as the State Representative for Portuguese-speaking District 83 in East Providence, Rhode Island, for two terms. He graduated from Brown University and attended North Carolina A & T College where he […]
Posted in Cape Verde, Community, Heritage, People
17 March 2011
According to Zeferino Martins, Minister of Education of Mozambique, the implementation of the new reforms of the Portuguese orthography will cost $100 million dollars to the country. The costs include new textbooks, teacher training, journalists and government officials training, and expenses with activities to implement and disseminate the recent orthographic changes. The changes resulted from […]
Posted in Education, Mozambique, World
16 March 2011
Global ratings agency Moody’s has downgraded Portugal’s sovereign debt rating today, citing the country’s need to cut debt and its poor growth prospects while Portugal’s main opposition party announced it will oppose the government’s austerity plans. Prime Minister José Socrates has warned the country could face a bail-out. “The consequence of a political crisis would […]
16 March 2011
Denis Kehoe, an Irish writer based in Dublin, is the author of Walking On Dry Land (2011) a cross-cultural novel about a young Portuguese woman, Ana de Castro, searching for her biological mother. The narrative deals with the unvailing of family secrets, missing parents, secret children and betrayals. The narrative moves between Ana’s quest for her […]
Posted in Angola, Arts&Culture, Books, World
16 March 2011
According to the Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences a long-necked, plant-eating sauropod – discovered in Angola in 2005 – is believed to be one of the largest creatures ever to have walked the earth. Portuguese paleontologist Octávio Mateus, who found the new dinosaur, and named Angolatitan Adamastor – Angolatitan means “Angolan giant” and the Adamastor […]
16 March 2011
The Luso-American Education Foundation, in partnership with the Tulare Joint Union High School District, is promoting the 35th Annual Conference on Education, to take place Mach 25-27, in Tulare, California on the topic “Portuguese-American Communities: Our Heritage — Our Future.” More than 250 people are expected to attend. The Luso-American Education Foundation was organized by […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Conferences, Education, Heritage, Organizations, Scholarships
