"The country was experiencing very high political tension." Mário Crespo and Henrique Garcia recall the 1986 presidential duel
Mário Crespo and Henrique Garcia recall the 1986 presidential elections, one of the most intense in the history of Portuguese democracy.
The Marinha Grande Blow
The most emblematic presidential election of 1986 was the only one in which a President of the Republic was elected in the second round. The race for Belém Palace began with four candidates but ended up pitting Mário Soares against Freitas do Amaral.
Mário Soares and Freitas do Amaral: the historic 1986 presidential elections, 40 years on
In this episode of 'History Repeats Itself', Margarida de Magalhães Ramalho and Lourenço Pereira Coutinho invited journalist João Reis Alves, author of the book 'The Second Round, 1986: the elections that changed the country', to discuss the historic 1986 presidential elections. What was the Portuguese political, economic and social context on the eve of those elections?
"A Duas Voltas" and the 1986 presidential election: "In the shantytowns there was political debate; there wasn't the fear-mongering we have now"
In the midst of the presidential campaign, Ivan Nunes and Paulo Pena released a series about the same election, but from the heady year of 1986. A poorer country, more politically mobilised and with major candidates. What parallels can we draw? In the podcast “No Último Episódio”, film and television critic José Paiva Capucho hosts the authors of “A Duas Voltas”.
Pintasilgo almost withdrew, Zenha could have been elected and other stories from Januaries past
The 1986 presidential election bears similarities with the present: parliamentary fragmentation, a minority government and a divided left. But presidential elections in Portugal have rarely been predictable.
