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The Carnation Revolution: Portugal's Bloodless Coup of 1974
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore Portugal's Carnation Revolution of April 25, 1974—the military uprising that toppled Europe's longest-surviving dictatorship. They trace the roots of discontent under António de Oliveira Salazar and Marcelo Caetano's Estado Novo, the role of the Colonial War in Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau, and how Captain Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho and the Movimento das Forças Armadas (MFA) coordinated the coup. They discuss the secret signal—the song 'Grândola, Vila Morena' by Zeca Afonso—that launched the tanks, the spontaneous…
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