Welcome to Portugal, 1968! António de Oliveira Salazar’s political life has reached its end after decades as the head of Portugal’s regime. That fact is known and acknowledged by everyone, except the ...

STORY: Antonio Oliveira Salazar ruled Portugal from 1932 to 1968, but the regime lasted for a further six years under successor Marcelo Caetano, only crumbling on April 25, 1974. The almost bloodless ...

LOWELL - Ever wondered what was going through the minds of ordinary Portuguese citizens during António de Oliveira Salazar’s regime – Europe’s longest dictatorship in the 20th century? On Wednesday, ...

LISBON (Reuters) - Thousands are expected to take to the streets to celebrate the 50th anniversary on Thursday of Portugal's "Carnation Revolution" that toppled the longest fascist dictatorship in ...

Portugal in election week was like a nation under siege—and, in a sense, it was. The air force was alerted. Naval patrol boats growled offshore, and ground troops earmarked for the revolt-torn African ...

Along Lisbon’s sunny streets last week nearly all available space was filled with election posters. One bore the likeness of Dictator Antonio de Oliveira Salazar and of President Antonio Oscar de ...

Alguns membros da direção da União de Resistentes Antifascistas Portugueses foram recebidos pelo vice-presidente da Assembleia da República. Lusa Uma petição contra a construção do Museu Salazar, ...

LISBON (Reuters Life!) - A plan by a Portuguese town hall to honour former dictator Antonio Salazar in the form of a red wine produced in his home region is stirring controversy 42 years after his ...

LISBOA (Reuters) - Milhares de pessoas comemoraram nesta quinta-feira o 50º aniversário da "Revolução dos Cravos" em Portugal, que derrubou a mais longa ditadura fascista da Europa e deu início ao ...

FILE PHOTO: Participants pass a card with words 'Never again, always remember' during the annual "March of the Living" to commemorate the Holocaust at the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz, in ...

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal paid tribute on Tuesday to former diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes, who defied the Salazar dictatorship to issue visas to tens of thousands of Jews and other refugees, ...