Who was Salgueiro Maia, the soldier who always dreamed of being an Army officer, fought in Africa, led the revolution on the ground, and refused any spotlight after April 25th? Listen here to the first of twenty-five ‘Portraits of April’, a special podcast by Expresso, originally released for the 50th anniversary of the Revolution in Portugal in 2024.
“Alone, with a grenade in his pocket, he did not yield”: Salgueiro Maia, the captain who etched his name into history on the dawn of April 25th
Sunday, 19 April 2026RSS
