Carnation Revolution

Carnation Revolution
Part of the portuguese transition to democracy and the Cold War
Mural reading "25th of April always!", 1978
Date	25 April 1974 (1974-04-25)
Location	Portugal
Caused by	Repression of civil liberties, political freedom and freedom of speech
Methods	Coup d'état
Resulted in	AF Movement victory Dissolution of the Estado Novo dictatorship Beginning of the portuguese transition to democracy End of the Portuguese Colonial War and independence of Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe Indonesian invasion of East Timor
Parties to the civil conflict
Armed Forces Movement Partido Communista Partido Socialista