About 15% to 20% of Hawaii residents claim some Portuguese ancestry, with many tracing their roots to the first immigrants who arrived from 1898-1913.

Maryland lawmakers are scheduled to end their legislative session late Monday in a challenging budget year that was aggravated by uncertainties with the Trump ...

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is leading a rally in support of an amnesty law that could free him from criminal ...

Trinity Rodman scored in the fifth minute of her return from a lengthy injury absence, and the U.S. women’s national team ...

To permanently protect 150 million acres of the Brazilian Amazon, Brazil established the Amazon Region Protected Areas (ARPA) ...

Despite having to rein in its ambition to be the leading fair representing the entire South American region due to ...

The number of people in Connecticut’s labor force grew by 30,393 from January 2024 to January 2025, a high of nearly 1.96 ...

Before, anyone who wanted to grow cacao at 1,200 or 1,500 meters [3,900 to 4,900 feet] altitude was considered crazy,” says ...

As the world braces for the impact of US tariffs, Brazil is hoping its strong economic ties with China will keep its export economy humming. The World’s Carolyn Beeler spoke to Oliver Stuenkel, a ...

By 2024 (see chart) it had become Brazil’s most popular payment technology, displacing both cash and cards. The number of ...

In August 2024, the Jasper House Museum in Oranjemund, Namibia, unveiled a new exhibition dedicated to the artifacts recovered from the Bom Jesus, a 500-year-old Portuguese shipwreck discovered in the ...

Brazil’s ex-President Jair Bolsonaro arrives at Brasilia airport on Mar. 25, 2025. SAO PAULO — A panel of Brazil Supreme ...