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    Human Right of Religious Freedom

    President Obama: "This freedom is an essential part of human dignity, and without it our world cannot know lasting peace.”

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    Climate Change Is Focal Point of Arctic Summit

    “Temperatures, we know, in the Arctic are increasing more than twice as fast as global averages,” Kerry said, “and they are endangering habitats and they are endangering ways of life.”

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    Celebrating America’s Diaspora Communities

    Secretary Kerry: "More than 60 million Americans are first or second generation. They are members of strong and vibrant diaspora communities – communities who have strong linkages to other nations but for whom America is now home."

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    Secretary Kerry, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov

    “We believe that the Geneva communique is the important track to end the blood­shed in Syria, and it should not be a piece of paper … It should be the roadmap, the implemented manner by which the people of Syria could find their way to the new Syria, and by which the bloodshed, the killing, the massacres can end.”

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    DCM at Launch of the Observatory on Disability and Human Rights

    On Tuesday, May 14, DCM Tamlyn offered remarks at the launch of the Observatory on Disability and Human Rights, a partnership between the Superior Institute of Social Sciences and Politics (ISCSP), the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the National Institute of Rehabilitation (INR). 

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    Professor Rebecca L. Oxford, Ph.D. at Universidade de Lisboa

    On April 29, students of English and scholars at the Faculty of Letters, Universidade de Lisboa, had the opportunity to listen to a talk by visiting Professor Rebecca L. Oxford, Ph.D.  

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    U.S. Embassy Participates in the 27th APPI Conference

    The Office of Public Affairs in Lisbon supported the visit of Dr. Rebecca L. Oxford at the 27th annual conference of the Portuguese Association of English Teachers (APPI) in Lisbon, April 25 -27, 2013.  

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    School Outreach: Vila Velha de Rodão

    Celebrating Earth Day, Public Affairs Officer Virginia Staab gave a presentation on “Earth Day: The Face of Climate Change” to a group of forty 8th and 9th grade students in the picturesque village of Vila Velha de Ródão. 

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    "Ask the Consul" on Immigrant Visas

    On April 19, 2012, Embassy Lisbon hosted our second session of “Ask the Consul” chat on Facebook. Consul General Christopher Richards, assisted by Consular and Public Affairs staff, answered numerous questions. 

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    StartMeUp: 4th DVC Focuses on Exit Strategies at Catolica

    On April 19, in partnership with the Nova Business School and Catholic University Lisbon, the Embassy hosted the fourth DVC session of the StartMeUp project, featuring James Green, CEO at Magnetic.