Informação: Regional Director for the Communities participates in Congress on the 400 years of Azorean presence in Maranhão, Brazil
The Regional Director for the Communities travels to Brazil to participate in the "International Congress on the 400 years of Azorean presence in Maranhão: history, culture and identity" that will take place from October 23 to 25. Paulo Teves will attend the opening session of the congress, which will be held in São Luis do Maranhão. He will also be the speaker of the opening confe... Mais >>

Informação: 22nd General Assembly of the World Council of Houses of the Azores to take place in Bermuda
The 22nd General Assembly of the World Council of Houses of the Azores (CMCA) will take place in Bermuda between October 10 and 12 and will be attended by the Regional Assistant Secretary of the Presidency for External Relations, Rui Bettencourt. For three days, 13 Houses of the Azores that make up the World Council, from Canada, the United States, Bermuda, Brazil, Uruguay and Mainland Portugal, w... Mais >>

Informação: Rui Bettencourt to participate in Fabric Arts Festival in Fall River, USA
The Regional Assistant Secretary of the Presidency for External Relations travels to the United States of America to participate in the first edition of Fabric - Fall River Arts Festival, which runs in this city of the State of Massachusetts until Saturday, September 28. The initiative reaches out to the Azorean youth from the diaspora in an experience of the cultural reality of the Azores. The Fa... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Director for the Communities visits Azorean communities in California
The Regional Director for the Communities begins Friday, September 20, a visit to the state of California, during which he will meet with various organisations and the Azorean communities residing in that state. On the first day of his visit, Paulo Teves will meet with Azorean leaders of associations headquartered in the city of Chino at the Holy Spirit Society. On Saturday, the Regional Directo... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Director for the Communities participates in Holy Christ Festivities in Brampton, Canada
The Regional Director for the Communities, Paulo Teves, travels to Canada to participate in the Holy Christ of Miracles Festivities to take place in the city of Brampton from September 6 to 9, being the largest religious festival ever held in Canada. This event, held for the first time in 2006, brings together thousands of devotees from the provinces of Ontario and Quebec in Canada and even from t... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Director for the Communities praises promotion and dissemination of Portuguese Language in the USA
The Regional Director for the Communities highlighted in Fall River the efforts undertaken by various educational institutions in the “promotion and dissemination” of Portuguese Language in the United States of America. “There is an increase in exchange programmes and field trips to the Region on the part of educational institutions in countries where there are significant Azorea... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Director for the Communities defends more open diaspora associations to the world and young people
The Regional Director for the Communities defended in the United States of America the importance of the Azorean Diaspora's community associations being “open to the world” from a “comprehensive and congregating” perspective. Paulo Teves spoke at the closing session of the Great Feast of the Holy Spirit of New England, considering that this important manifestation of the Az... Mais >>

Informação: Diaspora Council is unique opportunity to congregate the Azorean People, says Regional Director for the Communities
The Regional Director for the Communities stated today in New Bedford, USA, that the newly created Azorean Diaspora Council “a unique opportunity” to congregate the Azorean People and to promote their active participation in the Autonomous Region of the Azores. “After hundreds of years of emigration since the 17th century to various destinations, especially to North and South Ame... Mais >>

Informação: Diaspora Council opens a new period for affirmation of the Azorean People, says Rui Bettencourt
The Regional Assistant Secretary of the Presidency for External Relations expressed today the Regional Government's satisfaction with the publication of the Regional Legislative Decree establishing the Azorean Diaspora Council in the Official Gazette. “This Council of the Azorean Diaspora opens a new period for the affirmation of the Azorean People as far as it will enable all Azorean citiz... Mais >>

Informação: Azorean Government expresses deep regret to Mayor of Gilroy in California
The Regional Assistant Secretary of the Presidency for External Relations, Rui Bettencourt, expressed, on behalf of the Azorean Government, his “deep regret” for the tragic event that took place during the Gilroy Garlic Festival in California, United States of America. In a message addressed to the Mayor of Gilroy, Roland Velasco, the Regional Government regrets that “a moment of... Mais >>