Portuguese Leftist Coup Fails: Democracy's Crucial Test
Far-left military officers attempted a coup to hijack Portugal's democratic transition and install a communist regime, deploying paratroopers and armored units in Lisbon eighteen months after the Carnation Revolution toppled the dictatorship. Moderate military forces crushed the uprising within hours, securing Portugal's path to parliamentary democracy and eventual European Community membership.
November 25, 1975
51 years ago
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