11 January 2023
On a map, the Azores appear as nine tiny specks in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, but their location was to prove strategically vital in two world wars. The Atlantic became a crucial battleground twice within the space of 25 years, as the U.S. arsenal of democracy sent firstly stores, arms, and equipment, followed […]
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31 December 2022
Benedict XVI (1927-2022) visited Portugal from May 11 to May 14, 2010, at the invitation of President Aníbal Cavaco Silva, to preside over the religious ceremonies at Marian Sanctuary of Fátima on May 13th where he was joined by over 500,000 pilgrims. On his pastoral visit to Portugal, Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass at the […]
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22 December 2022
(Dis)connected Empires takes the reader on a global journey to explore the triangle formed during the sixteenth century between the Portuguese empire, the empire of Kotte in Sri Lanka, and the Catholic Monarchy of the Spanish Habsburgs. It explores nine decades of connections, cross-cultural diplomacy, and dialogue, to answer one troubling question: why, in the end, […]
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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 […]
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