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Jul 25, 2021 · In April 1974, Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, an army captain who had spent six years fighting guerrilla wars against African independence movements, emerged as a hero of the near-bloodless coup that...
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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 ...
Jul 12, 2023 · During Portugal’s African Wars of 1961-74, young men avoided conscription for military service in Africa by emigrating from Portugal, and most of them went to France. But they were not alone, since many other young people and families also left Portugal – this emigration was known as “O Salto” (the jump, or leap).
Apr 24, 2024 · From 1965 onward, Cuba provided support in training guerrilla forces from the colonial liberation movements fighting the Estado Novo, first in Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde, and then in Angola and...
When asked in 1965 by the pro-independence People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola; MPLA) to boycott trade with Portugal, the Czechoslovak authorities refused, arguing that they had no intention of changing trade policies which had been successfully developed over the preceding years.
Apr 27, 2024 · In the aftermath of the revolution, all five of Portugal's African colonies – Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Angola and Sao Tome and Príncipe – swiftly gained independence.
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While at Caxias in the late 1980s, he established a personal relationship with a prison official, Maria Filomena Morais, who became a longtime companion. Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, military ...
