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The Carnation Revolution (Portuguese: Revolução dos Cravos), also known as the 25 April (Portuguese: 25 de Abril), was a military coup by military officers that overthrew the authoritarian Estado Novo government on 25 April 1974 in Lisbon, producing major social, economic, territorial, demographic, and political changes in Portugal and its ...
- Armed Forces Movement
A mural dedicated to the MFA, it reads: "Towards freedom....
- Portuguese Transition to Democracy
The 28 May 1926 coup d'état replaced the First Portuguese...
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Apr 25, 2024 · Fifty years on, the chip is still there, a rare physical trace of a revolution that swept away 48 years of Portuguese dictatorship in less than 24 hours: a discreet notch, barely 50 centimeters...
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Sep 30, 2021 · The Carnation Revolution – which took place on 25 April 1974 – brought down more than 40 years of dictatorship in Portugal and ended Europe’s longest-surviving authoritarian regime. But how much do you know about it?
Apr 24, 2024 · The 50th anniversary of Portugal’s Carnation Revolution – the peaceful uprising that toppled a dictatorship and ended a decade of colonial war. Crowds of Portuguese people hold carnation flowers...
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Apr 27, 2024 · Led by low-ranking officers within the Portuguese army and backed by widespread public support, the so-called Carnation Revolution not only toppled Portugal's authoritarian regime but signalled...
I thought it was important to review the political and military events that made up the "Carnation Revolution", which only really ended on 25 November 1975. So I prepared for this publication a brief description of the most important
Apr 25, 2024 · Thousands of people in Portugal are marking the fiftieth anniversary of the country's Carnation Revolution – a military coup that put an end to Europe's longest dictatorship and to 13 years of...