The subject of this paper is the purge process in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the Carnation Revolution, using the Portuguese diplomatic mission in France as a case study. We begin by highlighting some of the peculiarities of the Portuguese diplomatic corps and their relationship with the Portuguese community abroad. Then we examine the legislative and institutional evolution of the purge process and the procedures followed inside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Lastly, we present the results of the process at the time of the dissolution of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' own purge commission in March 1976.
Mozambique, then a Portuguese colony, was affected by the Spanish flu from October 1918. This pandemic arrived via South Africa and Southern Rhodesia in mid-October. The outbreak occurred at a time when military hostilities were still ongoing following Portugal's involvement against German troops in central and northern Mozambique during the First World War. The spread of the Spanish influenza was facilitated and accelerated by colonization and modernization, particularly through the movement of people via rail and maritime transport, the concentration of people at public and private gatherings, and weak epidemiological surveillance.
This article analyses the influence of the Portuguese revolution (1974-1975) on Andal & aacute;n, a journal promoted during the Spanish political transition by left-wing and autonomist intellectual circles in Aragon. Through a case study, it examines publications that directly addressed the issue or contained references to this political process. The results show that the events triggered by 25 April 1974 served as a reference for the Spanish democratic press, including at the regional level, and that this journal expressed explicit support for the most progressive sectors among those leading the revolution.
Taking as its starting point the question of the interactions of the Portuguese nation with the events of 25 April, this article begins by highlighting the break that characterized Portuguese democratization. From a political and ideological perspective, we consider the window of opportunity created in the revolutionary context for a reaction to the past, in particular the colonial past. Thus, by highlighting a redefinition of the image of the nation linked not only to a change in the territorial framework but also to a reconfiguration of historical narratives, this article examines the interactions that occurred in the context of the redefinition of the national imaginary following 25 April. It also analyses the political activation of past themes related to democratization, in particular decolonization, by the new far-right in conjunction with post-25 April Portuguese nationalism. The article thus contributes to the study of the Portuguese Revolution and its interaction with the national imaginary in the politico-ideological sphere on the occasion of this 50th anniversary.
The Carnation Revolution is not limited to the Portuguese context. A broader global history unfolds both before and after the coup of 25 April 1974. The anti-colonial war, the processes of independence, and the transfer of power in former African and Asian colonies are just some facets of this process. The diplomatic and political work of liberation movements also played a crucial role. This article focuses on the political turmoil that emerged from the Carnation Revolution, which had significant reverberations within the global context of the Cold War. The case of Timor-Leste, Portugal's most distant colony in Southeast Asia, serves as an example of the political influences arising from the Portuguese context. This article puts into perspective the global networks and connections that existed during the Carnation Revolution and the decolonization of Timor-Leste between 1974 and 1975.
