Pidjiguiti massacre
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The Pidjiguiti massacre was an incident that took place on 3 August 1959 at the Port of Bissau's Pijiguiti docks in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea. Dock workers went on strike, seeking higher pay, but a ma
Aerial photo of Bissau, 1955; Pidjiguiti docks are front and centre
PIDE
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The International and State Defense Police was a Portuguese security agency that existed during the Estado Novo regime of António de Oliveira Salazar. Formally, the main roles of the PIDE were the bor
Pidjiguiti massacre
…1959 at the Port of Bissau's Pijiguiti docks in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea. Dock workers went on strike, seeking higher pay, but a manager called the PIDE, the Portuguese state police, who fired into the crowd, killing at least 25 people. The government blamed the revolutionary group African Party for the…
Vila Algarve in November 2011, the former headquarters of PIDE in Mozambique, at Lourenço Marques (presently Maputo).