Armed Forces Movement
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The Armed Forces Movement was an organization of lower-ranking officers in the Portuguese Armed Forces that overthrew the Estado Novo dictatorship on 25 April 1974, an event known as the Carnation Rev
A mural dedicated to the MFA, it reads: "Towards freedom. Long live the 25th of April!"
Estado Novo (Portugal)
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The Estado Novo was the corporatist Portuguese state installed in 1933. It evolved from the Ditadura Nacional formed after the coup d'état of 28 May 1926 against the unstable First Republic. Together,
Armed Forces Movement
…Movement (Portuguese: Movimento das Forças Armadas; MFA) was an organization of lower-ranking officers in the Portuguese Armed Forces that overthrew the Estado Novo dictatorship on 25 April 1974, an event known as the Carnation Revolution. This ended the Portuguese Colonial War in Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau, leading…
António de Oliveira Salazar, aged 50, in 1939
Mocidade Portuguesa (Portuguese Youth) members working in the Monsanto Forest Park, Lisbon, c. 1938
António de Oliveira Salazar in 1940
President Truman signing the North Atlantic Treaty with Portuguese ambassador Teotónio Pereira standing behind