Liberation struggles in Africa brought democracy to Portugal

Fifty years ago, on April 25, 1974, the people of Portugal took to the streets of their cities and towns in enormous numbers to overthrow the fascist dictatorship of the Estado Novo (‘New State’), formally established in 1926.

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