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On 25 April 1974, the Movimento das Forças Armadas (Armed Forces Movement – MFA) brought an end to the political regime of the Estado Novo, which had dominated Portugal for nearly half a century.
It is well known that one of the key motivations that inspired the revolutionary movement and which became one of the priorities of the forces who subsequently took control of the country, was the independence of Portugal’s colonies in Africa. This political intention, which the MFA made clear from the outset, was in fact one of the most significant and immediately visible consequences of 25 April, and arguably the one that had the greatest impact on Portuguese society, which had been tormen- ted since 1961 by a war that endlessly devoured human lives and economic resources. There is no doubt that, for the new African nations that gained their independence thanks to this decision, 25 April is of equally fundamental importance.