It was the movement that overthrew the Salazar regime in Portugal, in 1974, in order to establish democratic freedoms promoting social transformations in the country. After the military coup of 1926, a dictatorship was established in the country. In 1932, Antônio de Oliveira Salazar became prime minister of finance and virtual dictator. Salazar installed a regime inspired by Italian fascism. Freedoms of assembly, organization and expression were suppressed with the 1933 Constitution.
Portugal remained neutral during World War II. The refusal to grant independence to the African colonies stimulated guerrilla liberation movements in Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and Angola. In 1968 Salazar suffered a stroke and was replaced by his former minister Marcelo Caetano, who continued with his policy. Economic decay and wear and tear from the colonial war caused discontent among the population and the armed forces. This favored the emergence of a movement against the dictatorship.
On April 25, 1974, the revolution breaks out. The password for the beginning of the movement was given at midnight by a radio station, the password was a song prohibited by censorship, Grândula Vila Morena, by Zeca Afonso. The military caused Marcelo Caetano to be deposed, which resulted in his flight to Brazil. The presidency of Portugal was assumed by General António de Spínola. The population took to the streets to celebrate the end of the dictatorship and distributed carnations, the national flower, to the rebel soldiers as a thank you.
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