Portugal and the Carnation Revolution Part 1

In this episode, I set the stage for the beginning of the Carnation Revolution. I bring 3 main causes:Diplomatic Repression in Portugal under Salazar with the PIDEWar in the ColoniesFinancial Pressure from the European Economic CommunityI then talk about the leadup to the coup itselfBibliography:Fishman, Robert M. "What 25 April Was and Why It Mattered." Portuguese Studies 34, no. 1 (2018): 20. https://doi.org/10.5699/portstudies.34.1.0020.Gallagher, Tom. "Controlled Repression in Salazar's Portugal." Journal of Contemporary History 14, no. 3 (1979): 385–402. https://www.jstor.org/stable/260013.Story, Jonathan. "Portugal's Revolution of Carnations: Patterns of Change and Continuity." International Affairs 52, no. 3 (July 1976): 417–33. https://doi.org/10.2307/2616554.Wikipedia. "Estado Novo (Portugal)." Accessed May 25, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_Novo_(Portugal).