22 December 2022
By Millicent Borges Accardi With roots in the Azores. activist and a poet Dian Sousa has been writing poems since she was five years old. She is the author of two books of poetry: Lullabies for the Spooked and Cool (Millie Grazie Press, 2004), The Marvels Recorded In My Private Closet ( Big Yes Press […]
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20 December 2022
Eugénio de Andrade was Portugal’s most popular poet at the time of his death in 2005. In the course of his career, he won all of his country’s poetry awards, including the prestigious Camōes Prize, as well as The European Prize for Poetry and France’s Prix Jean Malrieu. Here in the United States, he […]
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19 December 2022
Reports of a breakthrough in the treatment of Alzheimer’s have given hope to countless people close to the estimated 50 thousand people in Portugal and 50 million worldwide suffering from this disease. There is still no cure for Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia. The latest reports refer to positive results from trials conducted […]
Posted in Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, World
11 December 2022
Cristiano Ronaldo issued a statement after Portugal exited World Cup 2022, being eliminated from the tournament by Morocco. The statement was posted on Instagram, on Sunday, where Ronald maintained that he would never turn his back on his teammates and on playing for Portugal. The statement, in Portuguese, followed Portugal being defeated 1-0 by Morocco, […]
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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 […]
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 […]
