19 April 2023
The San Joaquin Valley Portuguese Festival takes place on April 22 and 23, organized by the Carlos Vieira Foundation, in Turlock, California’s Central Valley. In its fourth edition, its goal has been to reach more Portuguese American younger generations and communities, according to Elaina Vieira president of the Carlos Vieira Foundation. The annual event, which […]
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13 April 2023
Suspect Jack Douglas Teixeira, who was arrested on Thursday over leaking online US defense and intelligence documents, is of Portuguese American descent, CNN.Portugal has reported. The suspect, a 21-year-old US Air Force National Guard member, is a resident of North Dighton, Massachusetts, a third-generation Portuguese American, the grandson of Azorean immigrants, Francisco Viveiros, president of […]
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13 April 2023
Portugal continues to keep a close eye on foreign affairs all over the world, even though it has greatly downsized and is now just a small country on the sidelines of major power politics. Starting from the early 16th century, Portugal controlled an empire that stretched from Asia across Africa to South America. After granting […]
07 April 2023
The Chinese Ambassador to Portugal, Zhao Bentang, met with the Vice President of the Regional Government, Artur Lima, in Angra do Heroísmo, on Terceira island, to offer projects in the areas of Culture, Research and Science. Among the projects discussed at the meeting was the setting up of a Mandarin teaching institute on Terceira Island […]
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04 April 2023
The University of Massachusetts’ Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture and Tagus Press announced that Maria Lawton, the host and executive producer of the award-winning PBS series Maria’s Portuguese Table, will be giving a presentation at UMass. The event will take place on Sunday, April 23, 2023, from 2-5 pm in the Grand Reading Room […]
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04 April 2023
Poems of effervescent grace―about nature, magpies, reality, “the unreasons of this world,” and spiders―from one of Portugal’s most beloved poets, published in a beautiful bilingual edition. World offers a new exhilarating set of poems that convey wonder, bemusement, and an ever-deepening appreciation of life. Weaving the thread that connects the poem to life, World speaks […]
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