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Apr 21, 2024 · How Lisbon’s Carnation Revolution turned Portugal into the country you love today. Fifty years after Portugal’s fascist dictatorship was overthrown, the symbols of hope which inspired a revolt...
Apr 25, 2024 · LISBON, April 25 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people marched through Lisbon on Thursday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Portugal's "Carnation Revolution" that toppled the longest...
Apr 25, 2024 · UN News Debate on the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution in Portugal. On 25 April 1974, military officers overthrew the nearly 50-year dictatorship in Portugal in a largely peaceful coup known as the Carnation Revolution. Named after the flowers civilians stuffed in the muzzles of the soldiers’ guns, the revolution put Portugal on ...
Apr 25, 2024 · By BARRY HATTON. Updated 3:40 PM PDT, April 25, 2024. LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Military vehicles and red carnations returned to the streets and squares of downtown Lisbon on Thursday as Portugal reenacted dramatic moments from the army coup that brought democracy to the country 50 years ago.
Apr 25, 2022 · 1. This day ended a fascist dictatorship. The Carnation Revolution of April 25th, 1974 overthrew the authoritarian Estado Novo Regime. The Estado Novo was installed in 1933 and was inspired by right-wing conservative, fascist, anti-democratic, and autocratic ideologies, developed by Antonio de Oliveira Salazar.
Apr 25, 2024 · Thousands of people are expected to attend celebrations of the so-called Carnation Revolution, which ended a stifling four-decade dictatorship established by Antonio Salazar. It also paved the way ...
Feb 13, 2018 · The Carnation Revolution refers to the period in Portugal’s history when the Marcelo Caetano-led Estado Novo dictatorial government was deposed through a military coup on April 25, 1971, ushering the country into a new era of democracy.
