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The Minister of Culture met in New York with about 20 members of the Portuguese-American artistic community to make them feel that the State does not forget the diaspora, she explained to Lusa.
A reflection on immigration, emigration and the role of descendants in shaping Portuguese identity. Opinion by Amanda Rattes.
The Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Baltazar Porras Cardozo, praised the integration of the Portuguese into society and thanked them for the human and Christian values and virtues, and for the cultural and faith contributions they brought to Venezuela.
Just arrived in Paris and responsible for 30 countries, Pedro Afonso, the newly appointed director-general of Vinci Energies International & Systems, is just one example of the many Portuguese executives who hold top positions around the world.
Cape Verdeans with various responsibilities, interviewed today by Lusa, say the restrictions imposed by the US on visa issuance for Cape Verde will make it harder to maintain ties with one of the diaspora's main destinations.
Ran Gvili was a Sephardic Jew who held a Portuguese passport.
She is the first person of Portuguese descent to be released. She had been accused of treason, conspiracy and financing terrorism and had been serving her sentence for five years. This Sunday, 80 political prisoners were released.
Four studios, an interactive centre and live coverage from across the country and from the Portuguese community living abroad.
Long-distance travel to in-person polling stations is the main difficulty reported.
The article argues that the current presidential election process effectively disenfranchises some Portuguese citizens living abroad, meaning the incoming President will not represent all nationals. It analyses practical and legal barriers facing the diaspora, the democratic and legitimacy implications of unequal voting access, and points to reforms (expanded consular services, remote voting, legislative change) needed to ensure equal political participation for expatriates.
It was the candidate's only reply to criticism from rival campaigns. Seguro spent the afternoon in Aveiro and attended the 'chuva de cavacas' (a traditional pastry‑throwing event).
António José Seguro accuses Paulo Rangel of saying nothing about the situation of Portuguese people in Venezuela. But the candidate does not answer directly the minister's charge that a vote for Seguro is a “blank vote”. Seguro's campaign visited the Angeiras market this morning in Matosinhos.
Seguro says Rangel ought to be focused on the Portuguese living in Venezuela.
The presidential candidate backed by the Socialist Party (PS) asked, “How are the roughly 500,000 Portuguese in Venezuela doing?”
They moved from poor villages overseen by a fascist regime to democratic cities in the 1960s and 1970s. The FRG's female 'guest workers' built their lives in German cities, where they chose to remain.
Two days after the extraordinary US attack on Venezuela, and exfiltration of its president and first lady to answer criminal charges in the United States, Portugal’s minister of foreign affairs, The post Portuguese community in Venezuela ‘hang in there’ appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Many families work in supermarkets and bakeries.
Milú Almeida, president of the Mulher Migrante Association, describes a “very uncertain situation”, but emphasises that, for now, there are no reported Portuguese victims. Listen here.
Presidential candidate António José Seguro said today he is following 'with great concern' the situation in Venezuela, a country subject to a military intervention by the United States, where around 500,000 Portuguese live.
Family and friends gathered in a café well known to the Portuguese community to honour Nuno Loureiro. Neighbours in the area where Kennedy was born are raising many questions about the death of the physicist.
