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World Tour | The music of Carlos Paredes celebrated in the United States Azores Airlines | Diaspora fears losing a vital lifeline to their homeland Azores Honor | Ana Paula Ribeiro Tavares Awarded the 2025 Camões Prize for Literature Community | The 27th General Assembly Council of Casas dos Açores
 

World Tour | The music of Carlos Paredes celebrated in the United States – Portugal

Celebrating the centenary of legendary Portuguese guitarist and composer Carlos Paredes (1925–2004), the “Paredes Experience” World Tour will visit 15 countries over six months, bringing the timeless sound of the Portuguese guitar to audiences around the globe, including the United States. Honoring Paredes’ artistic legacy and his profound influence on Portuguese cultural identity, the U.S. […]

Azores Airlines | Diaspora fears losing a vital lifeline to their homeland – Azores

The fate of Azores Airlines, the Azores’ international carrier and the only airline maintaining year-round direct service between the archipelago and North America, has become increasingly uncertain as the company’s privatization process faces new delays and mounting financial strain. The airline, part of the SATA Group, connects the islands to Boston, New York, San Francisco, […]

Azores – María Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace laureate, could be of Portuguese ancestry – Venezuela

Although not established, genealogical research may link the ancestry of María Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate from Venezuela, to Portuguese ancestry. Apparently, through Portuguese migrants to South America in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, she descends from the Machado Zuloaga family, a prominent Venezuelan lineage. Her paternal ancestry can be […]

Honor | Ana Paula Ribeiro Tavares Awarded the 2025 Camões Prize for Literature – Portugal 

The Angolan poet, historian, and essayist Ana Paula Ribeiro Tavares is the winner of the 2025 Camões Prize, the most prestigious literary distinction in the Portuguese-speaking world. Born in Lubango, Huíla, Angola, in 1952, Ana Paula Tavares is regarded as one of the most influential voices in Lusophone African literature. Recognized for “her fruitful and […]

Community | The 27th General Assembly Council of Casas dos Açores – Fall River, MA

The 27th World Council (Conselho Mundial das Casas dos Açores – CMCA) is convening its 27th General Assembly from October 10–12, 2025, hosted by the Casa dos Açores da Nova Inglaterra (CANI) in Fall River, Massachusetts. The event brings together representatives of Azorean cultural associations from across North America, Europe, and South America to renew […]

Travel Alert: TAP Air Portugal blasts off turbulent strike action – Portugal

07 December 2022

TAP Air Portugal pilots and cabin crew workers, represented by the National Civil Aviation Flight Personnel Union (SNPVAC), will go on strike on Thursday and Friday, December 8 and 9,. The action will result in a cancellation of 360 flights during the stoppage period. TAP usually flies around 300 flights a day. The TAP strike […]

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Posted in Community, Featured, Portugal, Travel

Opinion | What next for Isabel dos Santos? – By Len Port

06 December 2022

The enigmatic Isabel dos Santos, arguably the most famous and infamous person in modern Portuguese history, has certainly had her ups and downs. Life for her now seems to be at an all time low and it is difficult to see what she can do about it. The incumbent government in her homeland, the former […]

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Posted in Angola, Featured, People, Politics, World

Honor: Jerusalem honors the legacy of Aristides de Sousa Mendes – Israel

02 December 2022

The city of Jerusalem dedicated a square in memory of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, the Portuguese diplomat who rescued thousands of Holocaust victims while stationed in Bordeaux, France, in 1940. Estimates suggest that Sousa Mendes saved 30,000 people during World War II, of whom 10,000 were Jewish, although an exact figure has not been established. […]

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Posted in Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World

Book | Luso-Tropicalism and Its Discontents| Edited by W. Anderson & R. Roque – Editor’s Note

30 November 2022

The volume Luso-Tropicalism and Its Discontents: The Making and Unmaking of Racial Exceptionalism, editors Warwick Anderson & Ricardo Roque, offers modern perceptions of race across much of the Global South are indebted to the Brazilian social scientist Gilberto Freyre, who in works such as The Masters and the Slaves claimed that Portuguese colonialism produced exceptionally […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Brazil, Featured, Heritage, Portugal

Peter Pereira: The wisdom of poetry and healing – Interview

29 November 2022

By Millicent Borges Accardi A Luso American with roots in Asia, physician and poet Peter Pereira is a primary care doctor located in Seattle, Washington, where he cares for an urban, underserved population of immigrants, refugees, housing project residents, and the elderly. The author of two poetry books, What’s Written on the Body (2007) and […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, People, Portugal, World

Community: Global Diaspora Network roadshow visits East Coast – Portugal

26 November 2022

The Global Diaspora Network [Rede Global da Diaspora] is in the United States, between November 28 and December 2, with events in New York, Newark, Providence, and Boston, bringing together more than 150 American entrepreneurs of Portuguese descent. The four cities will host the Portuguese roadshow representing the largest collaborative business platform visiting the Portuguese […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal