05 February 2024
The President of the Government of the Azores, incumbent José Manuel Bolieiro, was reelected for a second term following the snap elections held on February 4. The leader of the Social Democrat Party (PSD), he defeated former President of the Azores, Vasco Cordeiro, the leader of the Socialist Party (PS) in the region. This was […]
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31 January 2024
Rhode Island College has announced the establishment of the “Joseph George Ray Portuguese American Archives Endowed Fund” endowed by Marie Fraley, co-founder and former director of the Institute for Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies at Rhode Island College (RIC). The “Joseph George Ray the Portuguese American Archives”, named in honor of Fraley’s father, aims to […]
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31 January 2024
By Millicent Borges Accardi The writer Nathan Tavares hails from southeastern Massachusetts, where he grew up in a Portuguese-American community that helped develop his love for fantastical stories: everything from superheroes to mythology. In college, he studied English, receiving an MFA in creative writing from Lesley University, in Cambridge, MA. His short fiction has appeared […]
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30 January 2024
By Len Port Wind farms in Portugal are continuing to break records with more energy being generated on January 16 than on the previous all-time record day, October 17, 2023. The energy produced from wind on January 16 accounted for 63% of Portugal’s total electricity needs, according to REN, the national grid operator. On the […]
25 January 2024
The Portuguese passport was ranked 4th in the world, according to the latest release by the Henley Passport Index (HPI), allowing visa-free access to 191 destinations worldwide without needing a tourist visa. Portugal shares the ranking with Belgium, Luxembourg, Norway, and the United Kingdom, while Greece, Malta and Switzerland ranked 5th. Last year, the London-based […]
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23 January 2024
The exact birth date of Luís Vaz de Camões, the author of Os Lusíadas, (The Lusiads), is not definitively known. Still, it is believed he was born on January 23, 1524, which marks a yearlong national celebration of his 500th anniversary. Camões is widely regarded as the greatest poet of the Portuguese language, best known […]
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