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Military vehicles and red carnations have returned to the streets and squares of downtown Lisbon as Portugal re-enacted dramatic moments from the army coup that brought democracy to the country 50 yea...
04.24.2024 abcnews.go.com , dailymail.co.uk , breitbart.com and 177 sitesIn musical terms, Portugal’s entry for the final of the Eurovision song contest on 6 April 1974 was not what you would typically call a success. E Depois do Adeus (And After the Goodbye), performed by...
04.21.2024 Theguardian.com and 3 sites
By Sergio Goncalves and Miguel Pereira LISBON (Reuters) – Thousands are expected to take to the streets to celebrate the 50th anniversary on Thursday of Portugal’s “Carnation Revolution” that toppled ...
04.24.2024 dailymail.co.uk , indianexpress.com and 31 sitesA t 4am on 25 April 1974, Filipe Villard Cortez got the signal. He barricaded the door of the Monte Real air base commander’s room and cut his phone line. A few hours earlier, Portugal’s Carnation Rev...
04.25.2024 Theguardian.com and 1 sites
Portugal on Thursday marks 50 years since the Carnation Revolution, a military coup that ended its colonial wars in Africa and ushered in a democracy that has recently had a brush with the far right. On April 25, 1974, the oldest authoritarian regime in Western Europe at the time fell within a matter of hours, virtually without bloodshed, thanks to an uprising by non-commissioned officers that was immediately backed by the public. The red carnations placed in the muzzles of the rifles carried by...
04.21.2024 yahoo.com , standardmedia.co.ke , ibtimes.com and 6 sites
By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira SANTAREM, Portugal (Reuters) – Veteran military officer Captain Joaquim Correia Bernardo, 84, remembers the revolution that toppled Portugal’s fascist dictatorshi...
04.24.2024 dailymail.co.uk , investing.com , thestar.com.my and 19 sites
Once the club football season ends, there is just the small matter of a European Championship for football fans to get their teeth stuck into. The tournament will get underway when hosts Germany take ...
04.22.2024 Dailymail.co.uk and 2 sites
Chris Pine channelled his character Darren Barrenman at the Los Angeles premiere of his directorial debut, Poolman, with co-stars Danny DeVito and Jennifer Jason Leigh. The 43-year-old actor plays the...
04.25.2024 Dailymail.co.uk and 1 sites
Portugal marks Thursday 50 years since a military coup ended a decades-long dictatorship and 13 years of colonial wars in Africa, an anniversary that comes as a far-right party gains prominence. The a...
04.24.2024 rfi.fr , yahoo.com , ibtimes.com and 5 sitesThe starting gun has been fired on the next European parliamentary elections with more than 600 MEPs departing Strasbourg urged to use their “strength and patience” to fight the far right and disinformation and return a vote across the bloc for democ...
04.25.2024 Theguardian.com and 1 sites
