One of the captains of the Carnation Revolution on April 25, 1975 in Portugal, Otelo DE SARAIVA CARVALHO was the guest of students of the Elsa Triolet College in Saint Denis where 13% of the students are of Portuguese origin. It seems essential to transmit to the younger generations the memory of the history of Portugal according to the Portuguese teacher Marie-Madeleine BERTRAND and Otelo DE SARAIVA CARVALHO. Interview of students Marc TEXEIRA, Katia DEBRITO, Stéphanie ROSA during the report.
Focus on the 42nd anniversary of the carnation revolution, April 24, 1974, a key date in the history and spirit of the Portuguese. So what remains of this Carnation Revolution among the Portuguese of Limousin? Journalist Ingrid GALLOU visited a Portuguese restaurant in Limoges where she collected testimonials from customers and restaurateur José FERNANDES.
In the aftermath of the carnation revolution on April 25, 1974, demonstration for May 1 of the unitary left in Portugal, celebrated for the first time. A huge crowd parades by singing in the streets of Lisbon to celebrate the fall of the dictatorship of Salazar. "The fraternization of Portuguese soldiers and the civilian population is the most important political fact of recent days," comments the journalist. A soldier, wearing a carnation in the cap is interviewed: "The soldiers are only people who are engaged in the army. The army has often been accused of supporting the old regime".
To a question about freedom, a young Lisboete answers: "Freedom does not exist". In the aftermath of the carnation revolution of 25 April, Portugal must consider how it now sees freedom. A few days after the putsch, the international press was invited to a meeting between General SPINOLA, representative of the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) and the major leaders of the Lisbon newspapers. The report raises the ambiguity of the new regime.
Three days after the carnation revolution in Lisbon, the two main left-wing parties, the Portuguese Communist Party and the Socialist Party, came out of hiding to pay tribute to the armed forces. A number of unions are calling for the right to strike and a general amnesty. Interview with a young 25-year-old communist engineer, just released from Caxias prison in the suburbs of Lisbon aspiring to democracy. the young man speaks French about his detention.
An event that was both awaited and feared by the junta of the armed forces, the Unitarian May Day Parade, welcomed a popular crowd in jubilation after the carnation revolution of 25 April. Socialist Mario SOARES and communist Alvaro CUNHAL march side by side. "But what is the victory that this crowd sings? The future remains a big question mark,' comments the journalist. Because one wonders at this stage what will happen to this politico-military coalition to restore democracy in Portugal.
The special envoy of the first channel, Ladislas de HOYOS comments on the images of the return to Lisbon of the general secretary of the Portuguese Socialist Party Mario SOARES who was in exile in France. A cheering crowd greets him on arrival at Santa Apollonia station. Some already designate him as the future Chairman of the Board. Just arrived, he met the general of the military junta Antonio SPINOLA: the two men gave each other the hug. Interview with Mario SOARES on the political future of Portugal.
Back on April 25, 1974, the day of the military insurrection that overthrew the dictatorial Salazarist regime in power for 48 years in Portugal. The Carnation Revolution paved the way for democracy and decolonization. Testimonies of Alvaro MACHADO PIMENTA and Colonel Otelo DE CARVALHO (1974 archive)
In the aftermath of the "coup d'état" of the Armed Forces movement against the Caetano government on 25 April, one of its leaders, Captain Otelo de CARVALHO, was questioned as an officer in Guinea during the war in Africa against decolonization movements. The latter describes the course of the capture of Lisbon, recalling that 3,000 men were mobilized to bring down the capital.
The day after the military coup against the Caetano government, the military marched through the streets of Lisbon, acclaimed by the population. Commentary and sound on the images of the cheerful crowd.
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