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Encyclopedia - Carnation Revolution: Encyclopedia - Carnation Revolution
The Carnation Revolution (Portuguese, Revolução dos Cravos) was an almost bloodless left-leaning military-lead revolution started on Ap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carnation Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Carnation Revolution - Context
In the beginning of the 1970s, the authoritarian regime of the Estado Novo continued to weigh heavily on the country, after a half-centur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carnation Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Carnation Revolution - Consequences
The revolution in Portugal initiated the process which political scientist Samuel P. Huntington, called the "third wave of democratisatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carnation Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Carnation Revolution - Events
In February 1974, Caetano was obliged by the old guard to remove General António Spínola and his underlings as the General tried to cha...   » Read the article