Torben Rankine, EUA
Donzelina Barroso, United States
Cerimony in Washington
The President of the Republic decorated, during a ceremony held in the Residence of the Portuguese Embassy in Washington, several Portuguese and North American individualities that had achieved distinction in their professional and civic activities.
Maria Teresa Paiva-Weed, Carlos Andrade, Gregory Rabassa and Fernando Rosa, were awarded the rank of Commander of the Order of Merit, and António Silvestre Matinho the rank of Officer of the same Order
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