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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, [2] producing major social, economic, territorial, demographic, and political changes in Portugal and its overseas colonies through the Processo ...
A coup by military units in November 1975 led by Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, referred to as the 25 of November, marked the decline of leftist influence in Portugal. [1] On this day, under the pretense of a left-wing takeover of a radio station, [ citation needed ] Colonel António dos Santos Ramalho Eanes declared a state of emergency [ 1 ] and ...
The 28 May 1926 coup d'état or, during the period of Estado Novo, the National Revolution (Portuguese: Revolução Nacional), was a military action that put an end to the chaotic Portuguese First Republic and initiated the Ditadura Militar (Military Dictatorship) which in 1928 transitioned into the Ditadura Nacional (National Dictatorship).
The Coup of 25 November 1975 (usually referred to as the 25 de Novembro in Portugal) was a military movement led by parts of the Portuguese Armed Forces, whose outcome would later lead to the end of the Ongoing Revolutionary Process (PREC) and to a stabilization process of the representative democracy in Portugal.
Location: Portugal. Military Dictatorship: Buda Groups. Paris League. Victory: Milk Revolt (1936) Location: Portugal. Estado Novo: Madeira protesters Victory: Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) Location: Spain. Spanish Nationalists. FET y de las JONS [e] FE de las JONS [f] Requetés/CT [f] CEDA [f] Renovación Española [f] Army of Africa Italy ...
Domestically, factions within Portugal's elite, including business, military, intellectuals and the church started to challenge Salazar and his policies. Later, despite tentative overtures towards an opening of the regime, Marcelo Caetano balked at ending the colonial war, notwithstanding the condemnation of most of the international community.
The 1970s (pronounced "nineteen-seventies"; commonly shortened to the "Seventies" or the "' 70s") was the decade that began on January 1, 1970, and ended on December 31, 1979. In the 21st century, historians have increasingly portrayed the 1970s as a "pivot of change" in world history, focusing especially on the economic upheavals [ 1 ] that ...
The Ditadura Nacional (Portuguese pronunciation: [ditɐˈðuɾɐ nɐsiuˈnal], National Dictatorship) was the name given to the regime that governed Portugal from 1926, after the accession of General Óscar Carmona to the posts of Prime Minister and President, until 1933.