In Portugal, during the night of April 24-25, 1974, a peaceful uprising put an end to the last government of the Estado Novo, the authoritarian regime established in 1933 by dictator António de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970), paving the way for full democracy: a chronicle of the Carnation Revolution.
1970s
revolution
coup d'etat
anti-communism
colonialism
communism
portuguese history
european history
popular uprising
anti-colonialism
salazarism (1933-74)
political conspiracy
estado novo (1933-74)
carnation revolution (1974)