Carnation Revolution
1974 revolution in Portugal and its colonies
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The Carnation Revolution, also known as the 25 April, was a military coup by left-leaning military officers that overthrew the authoritarian Estado Novo government on 25 April 1974 in Lisbon, producing major social, economic, territorial, demographic, and political changes in Portugal and its overseas colonies through the Processo Revolucionário Em Curso. It resulted in the Portuguese transition to democracy and the end of the Portuguese Colonial War.
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Portugal: 50 years after the revolution, are the carnations wilting? Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 02:54Published | |
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