Did Isaltino honour the hero or forget the rest of the story?

Otelo played a central role in the overthrow of the Estado Novo. But history did not end on that April dawn, and that is precisely where the problem with this tribute begins.

Olympic Academy of Portugal celebrates anniversary with presence of Pierre de Coubertin's great-niece

The Olympic Academy of Portugal marks its anniversary with the attendance of the great-niece of Pierre de Coubertin.

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April 25th. Moedas wants an Interpretive Centre in Lisbon

“We, the people of Lisbon, obviously have the greatest pleasure, I will propose all possible locations that I have,” said the mayor, after the PS proposed that the municipality oppose the installation outside the capital.

Books: the raw 90s of “LX90”, a time machine made of memories

“LX90”, by Joana Stichini Vilela and Pedro Fernandes, is a book to see, page by page, what Lisbon was like in that decade, as if it were a time machine.

Rediscovering António Ferro: genius or propagandist? (ep. 4)

António Ferro was an essayist and novelist. As a journalist, he interviewed Hitler and Mussolini, and reported from Hollywood, proving his cinephile streak. In 1933, Salazar entrusted him with promoting the image of the State. Once a cursed figure, he is now the subject of master's and doctoral theses. The fourth of six episodes of the narrative podcast 'António Ferro: genius or propagandist?' is now available. It is dedicated to the relationship between the journalist and Salazar. The text and interviews are by Leonídio Paulo Ferreira, with narration and sound design by Nuno Braga.

April does not belong to just a few

Last 25th marked fifty-two years since the end of the dictatorship. Period. This sentence should be enough for this date not to be divisive, but rather a date of unity under a common hope for a better, freer, and fairer life. On this date, we do not celebrate the months that followed, nor...

Toast to the USA with Madeira wine: 250 years of North American independence celebrated aboard a Portuguese sailboat

The sailboat departs this Wednesday for America and only returns on August 23rd. It carries two casks and several bottles of the 'nectar of the gods'.

On the 200th Anniversary of the Constitutional Charter

The result of royal sovereignty, yet compromising with the “moral achievements” of the 1789 Revolution, the Charter sought to create a regime whose centre lay somewhere between legitimism and liberalism.

Latin is not a dead language, speaking Portuguese is speaking Latin

The scandal was when women also started to shave, recounts philologist André Simões in “Lusitânia”, where we read about how people lived 2,000 years ago in Lisbon, a city older than Rome.

The 25th of April does not belong to everyone and never has

The Carnation Revolution occupies an almost untouchable place in the Portuguese collective imagination. Elevated to the founding myth of democracy, it is frequently presented as a moment of liberation and rupture with the authoritarian past. However, this dominant narrative tends to oversimplify a complex historical process and, above all, to ignore the ideological deviations that marked it.

Biel Power Station: discovering the first Portuguese hydroelectric plant after a nature walk

What is considered the first hydroelectric power station in Portugal has been transformed into a museum. It is a space where history and nature, which provides a pleasant walk along the banks of the Corgo River, intersect.

Is Freedom passing through here?

Freedom can be written with a capital or lowercase letter, yet they end up being slightly different concepts. The 25th of April, the 52nd anniversary of which we celebrated last Saturday, was and is—and will be, I hope—a day of Freedom. Not to fulfill a programme, however good it may be, nor to achieve 'conquests', however just they may be. The central idea—and those who were at Largo do Carmo know it—was only one: Freedom! No one thought about getting a raise, working less, or having a decent home. Only Freedom, because with it came the end of the war and, most likely, a series of other consequences that the people, in due time, would demand. It is that Freedom, with a capital letter (uppercase, as they say in typography), that many do not know how, or do not want, to celebrate.

The “Always” of the 25th of April

The vast majority of people living in Portugal did not live through the 25th of April, and this obvious demographic fact has fuelled the thesis of popular disinterest in the date, particularly among young people. Opinion by Manuel Loff

Lecture: The Roman mosaic, a memory of a civilization

The Engenho Novo in Madeira is a journey into the past and future of sugarcane

It may be the most recent and innovative sugarcane processing unit in the region, but it has a long history, as we discovered during a visit in the middle of the harvest season.

What is the use of freedom without exercise?

More than half a century later, the 25th of April remains the greatest symbol of Portuguese democracy — but also an uncomfortable reminder that freedom only gains meaning when exercised in daily life. Opinion by Tatiana Nascimento

'Two Cheers' for Lisbon

At the 1975 Constituent Assembly, freedom, on paper, was written in Portuguese. But today we know that the pen that wrote it also had other hands behind it.

9 PM Report: Lisbon and Porto celebrate the 25th of April in the streets

A report on the public celebrations taking place in Lisbon and Porto to mark the 25th of April anniversary.

The street celebrated the 25th of April against official neglect

One of the indicators that there is, once again, a widespread feeling that something must be preserved is found in the growing popular mobilisation on the 25th of April. Opinion by Pedro Adão e Silva

Dictatorship belongs only in a museum: see the images of the April 25th celebrations on Avenida da Liberdade

The Revolution commemorations took place once again on Avenida da Liberdade in Lisbon. Thousands of citizens of all ages marched there on a magnificent sunny afternoon, celebrating the end of the dictatorship and the achievement of freedom.

Political discourse is becoming increasingly violent

Historian António José Telo analyses the speeches from the solemn session commemorating the 25th of April.

Thousands of people took to the streets to celebrate the 52nd anniversary of the 25th of April

Thousands of people marked the 52nd anniversary of the 25th of April with parades in Lisbon and Porto. We followed the main moments of the day here.

It seems the political class is burying its head in the sand regarding the José Sócrates case

Luís Rosa, a commentator for CNN Portugal, analyses the speeches given during the solemn session commemorating the 25th of April.

Hundreds of people celebrated the anniversary of the revolution at the Belém Palace and Parliament

On the day that celebrates freedom, hundreds of people visited Parliament and the Belém Palace.