"In 1974, I was 18 and beginning my university studies in Lisbon. However, on 25 April, I found myself in Porto, seeking the tranquility of family to study. We sensed that something significant was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Crowds of Portuguese people hold carnation flowers on Avenida da Liberdade in Lisbon to celebrate the military coup that overthrew ...

Two local scholars have published a new edition of Wilfred Burchett’s account of Portugal’s 1974 Carnation Revolution. The book is based on Burchett's original English manuscript, which was found ...

A group of military captains planned the coup that toppled the regime, which was helmed by dictator António Oliveira Salazar from 1932 to 1968. It only crumbled four years after his death with the ...

LISBON, PortugalLISBON, Portugal — Military vehicles and red carnations returned to the streets and squares of downtown Lisbon on Thursday as Portugal reenacted dramatic moments from the army coup ...

On April 25, 1974, military officers staged a peaceful coup in Portugal, ending four decades of authoritarian rule by the Estado Novo regime. In a show of solidarity, civilians placed carnations in ...

LISBON (Reuters) - Thousands are expected to take to the streets to celebrate the 50th anniversary on Thursday of Portugal's "Carnation Revolution" that toppled the longest fascist dictatorship in ...

DARTMOUTH – The Carnation Revolution was an important milestone in Portuguese political history but also a springboard for the mobilization of the Portuguese diaspora, including in New England. As ...

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Euphoria gripped Portugal during the 1974 Carnation Revolution, when junior army officers swept away a four-decade dictatorship. The almost bloodless coup brought what for the ...