Portugal's Carnation Revolution – archive, April 1974 | Portugal
On 25 April 1974, an almost-bloodless coup brought down more than 40 years of dictatorship in Portugal and ended Europe’s longest-lasting dictatorship
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On 25 April 1974, an almost-bloodless coup brought down more than 40 years of dictatorship in Portugal and ended Europe’s longest-lasting dictatorship
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