portugese revolution

  • beginning of the revolution

    On April 25th, 1974. a radical faction within the Portuguese Armed Forces, the MFA, revolted against the government.
  • Workers Struggled

    Portugal was the most underdeveloped country in Europe. At the time 400,000 people were unemployed.150,000 people lived in shanty towns, one million had emigrated and infant mortality was nearly 8.5%.
  • DIA DE 25 DE ABRIL

    The carnation revolution was initially a military coup in Lisbon, Portugal, on 25 of April 1974 which overthrew the authoritarian regime of the Estado Novo
  • AFTER APRIL 25 HOUSING STRUGGLES

    People began occupying empty property, unwilling to wait for government action, the government, afraid of people's anger, decreed a rent freeze an allocated money and tax exemption to builders that were working