Coup of 25 November 1975
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The Coup of 25 November 1975 (usually referred to as the 25 de Novembro in Portugal) was a failed military coup d'état against the post-Carnation Revolution governing bodies of Portugal. This attempt was carried out by Portuguese far-left activists, who hoped to hijack the Portuguese transition to democracy in favor of a communist state.[1]
Vasco Gonçalves, the previous prime minister (July 1974 to September 1975), later described the coup as a "provocation" organised by the sixth provisional government, saying that the government had ordered the paratroopers to bomb the occupied Rádio Renascença. These orders, carried out by low-level paratroopers, had subsequently led the paratroopers to invade air bases in an attempt to force the resignation of the Air Force chief of staff.[2] Gonçalves blamed the Group of Nine and related elements.[2]
Events
The political, economic, and social crisis in post-Carnation Revolution Portugal, a period known as
25 of November
On this day, dissident paratroopers tried to seize military complexes across the country,[3] in a coup attempt that was easily defeated by commandos loyal to the government.[3][4] With the country engulfed in political chaos, some hundreds of military personnel sympathetic to the extreme left seized the Monsanto Air Base, the Air Force School, and five other air bases in the capital and in the south of Portugal.[5]
See also
- Carnation Revolution
- Portuguese transition to democracy
- Portuguese Third Republic
- 23-F
References
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- ^ a b Hugo Gil Ferreira, Michael W. Marshall, Portugal's Revolution: Ten Years On. Cambridge University Press (2011 [1986]). p94
- ^ ISBN 978-1472934208.
- ISBN 978-1442219847.
- ^ Falcão, Catarina (24 November 2015). "25 de Novembro. O fim da revolução, mas só para alguns". Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 November 2017.