“For a long period, the country grew accustomed to being governed by a man of genius, but from now on it must adapt itself to being governed by men like other men.” With those words, Marcello Caetano, ...

ALL over the world the winds of change are sweeping away the remnants of empires, but Portugal, the world’s last empire, drives stubbornly ahead into a roaring gale, convinced of the righteousness of ...

To the sensitive traveler the government of a country is almost as palpable as its geography. The ruler prints his own lineaments upon the ruled clearly as he stamps them on his medals. Everywhere the ...

MAPUTO, Mozambique – It is a curious vestige of Portugal's former rule over Mozambique, a statue of a dictator from the colonial era that faces a wall in downtown Maputo in what some observers joke is ...

José Filipe Costa, the director of the Rotterdam Film Festival entry about Portugal's António de Oliveira Salazar, reflects on religious themes, politics in the U.S. and Germany, and "the violence of ...

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LOWELL - Ever wondered what was going through the minds of ordinary Portuguese citizens during António de Oliveira Salazar’s regime – Europe’s longest dictatorship in the 20th century? On Wednesday, ...

António de Oliveira Salazar was a Portuguese politician and economist who served as the country's Prime Minister from 1932 to ...