Fiftieth Anniversary Of Portugal’s Revolution, Not To Be Confused With Spain’s Transition To Democracy – Analysis

By William Chislett

Little did they know it, but the military captains who overthrew Portugal’s decades-long dictatorship 50 years ago ushered in a wave of democratisation around the world, including Spain, after the death of General Franco in 1975, but in very different circumstances.

Portugal’s dictatorship was...