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Community | Nazaré and Half Moon Bay to establish sister-city partnership Community: Remembering the Portuguese victims of September 9/11 Community | Portuguese citizen detained by ICE has been deported 1976-2026 | Azoreans mark 50 years of Autonomy with solemn ceremony Canada | Brampton to inaugurate replica of Portas da Cidade
 

Community | Nazaré and Half Moon Bay to establish sister-city partnership – California

The Municipality of Nazaré, Portugal, and the City of Half Moon Bay, California, are moving forward with a new sister-city partnership designed to strengthen ties between two coastal communities united by the sea, maritime traditions, tourism, Portuguese heritage and an international reputation for big-wave surfing. On July 21, 2026, the Half Moon Bay City Council […]

Community: Remembering the Portuguese victims of September 9/11 – New York, NY

As the United States marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the Portuguese-American community joins the nation in remembering the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives, including five Portuguese citizens and four Portuguese descendants known to have been killed at the World Trade Center in New York City. The nine […]

Community | Portuguese citizen detained by ICE has been deported – Lisbon, Portugal

Hugo Freitas de Sousa, 39, a native of Terceira Island in the Azores, has returned to Lisbon, Portugal, after spending approximately six weeks in U.S. immigration detention in Tacoma, Washington state.  Sousa, who had lived in the United States for about 35 years, emigrated with his parents as a child and held permanent-resident status through […]

1976-2026 | Azoreans mark 50 years of Autonomy with solemn ceremony – Horta, Faial

The Autonomous Region of the Azores marked a historic milestone with a Solemn Session on Friday, September 4, at the inaugural session of the Regional Assembly in Horta, Faial, honoring the 50th anniversary of the establishment of self-government. The Regional Assembly’s first solemn session took place exactly 50 years ago in Horta and was presided […]

Canada | Brampton to inaugurate replica of Portas da Cidade – Toronto, Ontario

One of the most recognizable symbols of the Azores, Portas da Cidade (City Gates) of Ponta Delgada, will soon have a new home in Brampton, in Canada’s Greater Toronto Area. The inauguration of a full-scale replica of the historic monument is scheduled for September 12, 2026, at Azores Park, 100 Malta Avenue.  The monument will […]

Book | In America, I Discovered I Was European| by Natália Correia (1923-1993) – Editor’s Note

07 October 2022

Natália Correia lived one of the most productive and flamboyant lives in the history of Portuguese culture. In June 1950―a month bracketed by Senator Margaret Chase Smith’s denunciation of McCarthyism and the outbreak of the Korean conflict―Correia made her first visit to the United States. Moving from Boston, coastal Maine, and New Bedford, Massachusetts, to […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal

Community: PALCUS 24th Annual Leadership Awards Gala – Washington, D.C.

02 October 2022

The Portuguese American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS) is celebrating the 24th Annual PALCUS Leadership Awards Gala with a program of cultural and social events. This year’s festivities will take place in Washington, D.C., October 7-9, during Columbus Day weekend. The weekend-long celebration will include a reception and awards ceremony, brunch cruise, and […]

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Posted in Awards, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People

Opinion | Catholics shocked by sexual abuse revelations – by Len Port

01 October 2022

With the approach of the 105th anniversary of The Miracle of the Sun at Fatima in central Portugal, Catholics have been shocked by yet another revelation about the sexual abuse of children within the church. The Vatican has at long last acknowledged that in 2020 a Nobel Peace Prize-winning Catholic bishop received “disciplinary restrictions” and was […]

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Community: President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa visiting California – Portugal

23 September 2022

The President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, is visiting California from September 23 to 29, at the invitation of the resident Portuguese American community, where he will participate in several community events. Although no official program is available, his itinerary will include stops in San Diego, Artesia, Turlock, Gustine, San Jose, and San Francisco, […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Travel Alert: TAP hit by cyberattack exposing personal data – Portugal

22 September 2022

The Portuguese Attorney General’s Office has opened an investigation into the cyberattack that hit TAP Air Portugal which may have affected 1.5 million customers. Hackers have obtained the personal data of some of its customers and have been publishing the information on the dark web. On Thursday, Christine Ourmières, TAP’s chief executive, has apologized to […]

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Opinion | The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance bond of friendship – By Len Port

18 September 2022

For a fully independent republic like Portugal to officially declare a three-day period of national mourning for a foreign monarch is remarkable, but such is the respect for the late Queen Elizabeth ll and this country’s centuries of close ties with Britain. The mourning here overlaps the funeral in London on Monday attended by Portugal’s […]

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