When a Dictator Ruled Portugal: Inside Salazar’s Dictatorship

[@Thehistoriann]

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[@jalonglover4488]

It's beautiful.

[@waxwing235zcct]

yup, deafening at one point

[@mandadadudu]

a bit annoying??? IT'S FUCKING IMPOSSIBLE TO WATCH!

[@mariavieira9600]

I’m from Angola. I was born under the Portuguese colonial rule. We never had it so good. He made Angola one of the most beautiful countries in Africa. For us the way of life was God, Country and family. We took it literally. There was law and order. There was a good education and health system. No corruption, no cronyism. Racism was illegal. Then the scramble for power from Russia and America ended it all. Their puppies so called freedom fighters for independence emerged under the communism flag. Since then Angola had a 30 years brutal civil war. One party rule, famine, destruction, basic sanitation non existent, no human rights, no freedom. Ask me which would I prefer? Independence or live a life with integrity. The latter obviously. I had to immigrate to Europe. I am a stateless person. The talk of immigration is all around us, demonising us, and makes me feel insecure. I have no country to call my own. For no fault of mine.

[@humbertomonteiro6742]

Very true, comunist destroyed almost all africa.. Like South Africa, Zimbabwe etc.....

[@dinismantas7265]

Who were the "we"? Life wasn't that good for a lot of people. Under the New State the litteracy levels of the population was absolutely miserable. The whole regime was putrified and corrupt. Quickly crumbled when the charismatic figure of Salazar disappeared. Just that old formula "God, Country, Family" says it all. Amazingly so similar to the one from Vova Putin and his Russkiy-Mir. Those who have different views are often repressed, violently if needed. Now people all over want to repeat that formula, with the Trumps, the Orbans, the Putins, the Maduros or Bolsonaro/Lula (two sides of the same coin, really). The illusion of stability and safety even if it means repression and the even the oppression of others. Always the fear of instability and the unknown! You even said it in your last sentences. Newsflash - the unknown and the unexpected will always be around the corner, no matter how many "strong man" you chose for leaders.

[@davidmoreira8046]

It was fantastic if you were a part of the very small minority of whites or mixed race people known as assimilados, for everyone else, it was a ridiculous system just like the one in European Portugal, bleak healthcare, virtually non-existent education (less than 10,000 schools at the peak of spending), a couple hundred university students. Labour conditions in the coffee mills and cotton were so disgraceful, that armed revolt (native catanas vs. an air force with Napalm) broke out. Even the whites in the colonies were fed up with mismanagement and harangued the government in Lisbon routinely for incompetent management. Until 1961, you could be drafted into forced labour for practically nothing, many were sent to be essentially enslaved in S.Tomé, leading to world famous campaigns by the Cadbury family and other anti-slavers... in the 20th century... The civil war that came after does not exonerate Salazar's management of Angola

[@yeraninunes3181]

Wow, agradeço à senhora por este pedaço de informação. Eu cresci sempre a ouvir mal de Salazar, mas com o tempo, questionei-me imenso em relação ao porquê da situation miserável de hoje em Portugal. Nunca ouvi quaisquer relatos de Angola no tempo salazarista. O meu avô esteve na guerra em Angola, mas nunca falou muito nisso e sempre cresci a ouvir relatos de africanos (especialmente angolanos) a detestarem portugueses e o colonialism. Realmente, há muito que a gente não sabe porque quetem-nos bombardear com as ideologias falhadas da esquerda e do comunismo. Um abraço de uma portuguesa 🇵🇹 ❤ 🇦🇴

[@mariavieira9600]

@ minha querida. Salazar não era nem de esquerda nem de direita. Ele era apenas um estadista com integridade. Ele sabia que apenas um pulso de ferro poderia manter as hambicões partidárias bem afastadas, do quotidiano dos cidadãos que apenas aspiravam prosperidade, paz e progresso. A direita tambémn não é alternativa.. América teve tanto haver com a descolonização como a Rússia. Veja a desgraça que eles espalham pelas nações actualmente. Querem dominar tudo e todos. Tudo uma luta pelo poder. O imperialismo tanto Britânico como Português teve muita influência positiva nas colónias. Até ao momento que América e Rússia decidiram que também queriam as nossas riquezas. Um abraço fraterno.

[@Janika-xj2bv]

The Portuguese Monarchy didn't "collapse". It was overthrown by jacobin Freemasons.

[@judeirwin2222]

The king was in the process of preparing to abdicate when he was assassinated in the Praça do Commercio in Lisbon. His son, the Crown Price was also killed.

[@duartesimoes508]

@@judeirwin2222Those who killed King D. Carlos I and the Prince were killed by the Guard immediately afterwards, but it was too late. It is said that the Queen met her Mother in Law shortly afterwards and exclaimed "they killed my Son!" to what her Mother in Law replied "and mine too! _How horrible._ This left his younger Son, King to be D. Manuel II who was too young and totally unprepared. And I am not even going to dwell into the terrible shock of having his Father and Brother killed. He did what he could and actually fared quite well under the circumstances, but the turmoil and social unrest were simply irreversible. In October 1910, their lives threatened, the remaining Court left in the Royal Yatch from Ericeira, North of Lisbon, to Gibraltar and from there to Britain, where they would end their days in exile. They were being pursued by anarchists and it is said that they escaped by a question of minutes only, or would have ended up like the Romanovs. My Grandmother was from Ericeira and actually witnessed the going to exile! she was 10. Our last King died young from illness, in 1932 and his Mother and last Queen passed away in 1951, at 86. She is buried in Portugal in the National _Pantheon,_ next to his Husband and King slain in 1908 and her Sons. The unfortunate family was finally reunited at last. And so ended the Portuguese Monarchy. With a Winchester rifle. Certainly nothing to be proud of.

[@duartesimoes508]

@judeirwin2222 And those who killed them were killed by the Guard immediately afterwards, but it was too late. It is said that the Queen met her Mother in Law shortly afterwards and exclaimed "they killed my Son!" to what her Mother in Law replied "and mine too! How horrible. This left his younger Son, King to be D. Manuel II who was too young and totally unprepared. And I am not even going to dwell into the terrible shock of having his Father and Brother killed. He did what he could and actually fared quite well under the circumstances, but the turmoil and social unrest were simply irreversible. In October 1910, their lives threatened, the remaining Court left in the Royal Yatch from Ericeira, North of Lisbon, to Gibraltar and from there to Britain, where they would end their days in exile. They were being pursued by anarchists and it is said that they escaped by a question of minutes only, or would have ended like the Romanovs. My Grandmother was from Ericeira and actually witnessed the departing to exile! she was 10. Our last King died young from illness, in 1932 and his Mother and last Queen passed away in 1951, at 86. She is buried in Portugal in the National _Pantheon,_ next to his Husband and King slain in 1908 and her Sons. The unfortunate family is currently reunited at last. And so ended the Monarchy in Portugal: with a Winchester rifle. Nothing to be proud of.

[@joaovaladao]

The monarchy had been collapsing for many years before being overthrown. The cause of it was the political suicide of the monarchical parties. If the monarchy had any political and popular support, it could have easily defended itself in October 1910.

[@the1greko]

fact

[@TimSerras]

I was born in 1954, lived in Mozambique until independence in 1975. Education and health system were free and it functioned in those days. There were no millionaires, not one, and no hunger either. The regime was authoritarian, not a dictatorship. You were free to leave the country if you so wished. Mozambique after 1975 became a comunist dictatorship. Hospitals became junkyards with Cubans trying to run them without proper medicine. Education was mainly under a mango tree since most schools were destroyed. No books and pens were available. Teachers were known to use sex as a passing tool. Most ministers and those close to the regime bacame millionaires. Hunger is endemic in Mozambique. Crime and political executions are common. Salazar was a saint compared to the thugs that rule Mozambique today.

[@paulkenneally789]

When about the freedoms of Black peoples? Of course Salazar didn’t care…along with his boyfriends from South Africa they committed Genocide!!

[@TheRichardSpearman]

A sad report; I share your age, but born and lived in the UK. I was at university in 1970s, and recall the 1974 revolution in Portugal, and subsequent independence of Mozambique, Angola, Cabo Verde and Timor Este. Unlike the independence of former French and British colonies,which was planned and arranged for many years, the 1975 independence of Portuguese colonies seemed to me, a complete outside, as unplanned.

[@TimSerras]

@@TheRichardSpearman The manner that the Portuguese suddenly packed their bags and left, without consulting or even prepare their colonies for independence was simply atrocious and disgraceful. All were responsible. The Communist Party, that Socialist Mario Soares considered a hero today but the main responsible, the Armed Forces who fought bravely for over a decade, loosing almos nine thousand killed in action but tired of the war, changed their minds and left, leaving behind, completly lost without a clue, millions, black, brown or white that lost everything they had in the name of freedom. 500 years of presence in Africa washed away just like that.

[@Loo-lp1fs]

But why Mozambique locals whacking portuguese overlords

[@Loo-lp1fs]

​@@TheRichardSpearmantimor Leste was subsequently occupied by indonesia

[@jamesmcnamara6473]

The music track is much too loud, hard to hear the voice

[@Thehistoriann]

Yes, unfortunately, between 00:30 and 01:00, the soundtrack volume increased slightly-an error on our part. Thank you for your feedback!

[@philipalcock9867]

My father who had much to do with Portugal in Salazar’s time always described him as a benign dictator who tried to rule justly and never tried to excessively enrich himself at the cost of his country.

[@pedrovasconcelos3204]

true

[@addabboo]

He enriched all those (not many) powerful families who served him. Dictator and begnin and justly don't mix.

[@SomePotato]

He was a brutal oppressor and murderer. That's hardly benign.

[@philipalcock9867]

@ Don’t shoot the messenger. My father died almost fifty years ago. But I will say two things, first, compared with the worst dictators like Papa Doc or Saddam, he was benign (everything is relative ), and second, now that I am almost eighty years old, I am beginning to doubt that any administration of a State can be achieved without a degree of violence.

[@duartesimoes508]

"He died with nothing but lint in his pockets" is a quote that can still be occasionally heard. It is _virtually impossible_ to accuse Salazar of any sort of corruption, bribery, embezzlement, wrongful enrichment or any other wrongdoing. His Honesty is legendary, largely verified, and used as a reference. And he absolutely did not tolerate any sort of misdemeanor in his Government. "He kept at distance both friend and enemy" is another telling quote that we hear sometimes.

[@duartesimoes508]

What disabled Salazar in 1968 was actually a domestic accident. Oficially he fell from a chair, banging his head on the stone floor. (others insist it was a fall in the bathtub) Apparently no harm was done, but two days later Salazar suddenly complained of an unbearable headache and underwent emergency brain surgery, having suffered a severe brain hemmoragy. Very impaired afterwards, he never recovered and was _unwittingly_ succeded by Professor Marcello Caetano. Eventually Antonio Salazar passed away in 1970 aged 81, a sorry shadow of his former brilliance.

[@Daniel-OConnell]

Yet Salazar was voted as "The greatest Portuguese ever" the winner of the Os Grandes Portugueses contest 35 + years after his death. He was far from a fascist dictator and steered well clear of, having anything to do with, Hitler & Nazi Germany. He was in many ways an austere figure who was honourable and did what he felt best for his country, but failed to move with the times and realise that Portugal was no longer a colonial power.

[@nicholasrevill6610]

Not strictly true. In the Os Grandes Portugueses he only received a 7% of the vote. With King Alfonso 1 having 21% of the votes.

[@TravelingGuy]

"He was far from a fascist dictator" *Rubbish* - Censorship of the press. - Imprisonment of political opponents both in mainland Portugal ( Caxias, Peniche are two) and the colonies. Tarrafal in Cabi Verde was a penal colony aka concentraton camp that was known as Campo da Morte Lenta (the “Camp of the Slow Death” in Portuguese). At least 32 political prisoners _were known to have died in the camp._ - In the 1930s, Salazar and his regime drew close to Italian fascists, creating a 40,000-strong youth movement, the Portuguese Legion. - "Lusotropicalism" Look it up. - His PIDE murdered Humberto Delgado who defeated Americo Tomas, the choice of Salazar for president of Portugal. Delgado won the election but the votes were suippressed, proven by the fact that after this election Salazar gave the Assembly the right to choose the president. *Only Salazar could have given the order to kill Delgado.* These are only a few examples that are easy to prove through your own research. \\Trying to say Salazar did good for Portugal is nothing less than revisionism and people might not know the truth, so people like OP try to get away with the whitewashing of history. *Salazar was a dictator and fascist !*

[@Loo-lp1fs]

Errrrrrr........ involved in massive colonial wars in Africa..... but then he was not successful from macao local chinamen from humiliating portuguese overlords in macao

[@Daniel-OConnell]

@nicholasrevill6610 I don't know where you are getting your information from. Salazar had 41% of the vote Àlvaro Cunhal was 2nd with 19.1% and Alfonso 1 (who died 950 years ago) 4th with 12.4%

[@loubaxo9339]

No, he was a fascist, he just wasn't as brutal as other fascists which permitted modern-day sympathiser to diminish Salazar's role in keeping a backwards portuguese society and economy for almost half a century for the benefit of an oligarchy of a few rich and/or aristocratic families.

[@EdSmith7464]

The greatest portuguese of the 20th century. He's sorely missed by his people.

[@Lucky28PT]

pahahaha

[@eyesofibad2461]

Agreed

[@DarlsGaming]

AHAHAHA not true! No one missing him and the people that defend him should read and better understand the poverty that exists!

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

Lmfao no he's not. He was a monster. He's hated from Minho to Algarve. Dafaq you on about? Wdym "his people"? His simps and meatriders? FOH lol

[@markskoda]

I was a young export manager and saw the peaceful revolution from my room at the Avenida Palace Hotel in Lisbon. I ventured out to observe at close hand as all seemed very spirited yet orderly. I was embraced by the locals and thanked for my interest in their affairs.

[@Thehistoriann]

Thank you so much for sharing such an incredible story. Your perspective adds a unique and personal touch to the history we’re sharing.

[@2kool4myskool]

After WW2 world powers chose to isolate Portugal and Spain just because they wanted neutrality during the war, SHAME ON THEM! The likes of Amnesty International and other NGO’s plus countries like the UK chose to portray Portugal as a pariah state when in fact it was governed by a benevolent dictator. They forced Portugal to relinquish their African possessions when strict law and order was required to combat communist ideology, yes Africa would look different today but for the better!! Salazar and Franco were good men and a product of their times, they were what both countries needed, history proves that!

[@johnnotrealname8168]

Well Portugal joined N.A.T.O.

[@paulosilva3350]

The Salazar regime was not fascist but catholic conservative, like Horty's hungariam regime.

[@richardshiggins704]

Or de Valera's Ireland of the 40s-60s .

[@antoniomachado1808]

nope, he was a fascist and even kept a picture of Mussolini in his desk. More to the point, the portuguese 'estatuto do trabalho nacional' of 1933 was openly based on the italian 'carta del lavoro' of Mussolini. corporatism is fascism and salazar was a murderer

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

You're lying. Salazar was a fascist. The Portuguese Youth had tranning with the Hitlerian Youth, in an hotel in Cascais filled with nazis the nazi flag with the swastika flew high for years and after Hitler's death Salazar had the flags at half-mast for 3 days.

[@Paul-r3v]

Salazar established the house renting, all Portuguese had an affordable house.

[@lima_plays2492]

And had no money for food lol

[@PapitchuloConquistador1488]

@lima_plays2492 lmfao where do you got that idea? you still believe of the lie that the avg household share a fking fish hahahaahah

[@humbertomonteiro6742]

Very true... He also developed the interior lands of Portugal.. Today, a lot of that lands are abandoned....

[@humbertomonteiro6742]

​@lima_plays2492😢😢, lies... Deves ser comuna...

[@AbiBrown-q9k]

perhaps, but don't forget portuguese had limited freedoms

[@Baresi-Unico-Capitano]

Having spent a lot of time in Portugal, and also being married to one, I'd argue that the values that seemed central to Salazar's rule are still very much prevalent in today's Portuguese society. Whilst they're honourable and proud people, they are very much gripped by the significance of religion and a version of traditionalism that is more looking backward than forward. My in-laws who alongside cheesemaking also operated (we still do) a sanctuary for donkeys were almost insulted when I said I wanted to buy them a new tractor. They seemed to enjoy the tradition of doing things by hand, struggling twice as hard and yet somehow being pretty indifferent about it all 😂 Optimism isn't really a Portuguese trait - one could almost say that they revel in the feeling of absence or a version of sadness.

[@ivario]

Sounds like "saúdade" is a backbone of Portugese life :)

[@duartesimoes508]

Seems to me that you dealt with typical old fashioned traditional Portuguese. The younger people is totally different, extremely ambitious, tending to be arrogant, demanding and impatient, and they don't give a damn about religion. Note that I did not say "they're better".

[@Baresi-Unico-Capitano]

@@duartesimoes508 In all honesty, that has not been my personal experience. They might be ambitious and demanding but 9 times out of 10, they tend to still be brought up right. of course there will be exceptions but good upbringing is still very much important in today's Portuguese society. AND. They value education.

[@duartesimoes508]

@@Baresi-Unico-Capitano As Portuguese, I sincerely regret not being able to agree. I'd say that maybe 50% of the current offspring is brought up right. But in too many occasions, I'm left with the impression that the little - or not so little - goblins only exist because their immature parents wanted to have sex. Sex, not children.

[@judeirwin2222]

You’re married to a Portugal? Good lord. What size shoes does it wear?

[@tacodias]

It’s incredible that 50 years after the fall of Estado Novo, that reinforced Portugals position as a peripheral country with a dying economy, ensuring that its people would remain uneducated and over exploited, there are some morons believing that somehow this was a good thing!

[@eyesofibad2461]

In a time of war, it was best to remain quiet and almost nonexisting. It was a means to an end, and a good one. WW2 didnt take a major toll on Portugal due to that. Even if a leader is not good in general terms, it can be good for given circumstances

[@tacodias]

@ I’m sure you’ve heard about the colonial war and the impact it had in the Portuguese society! Even a broken watch is right two times a day

[@eyesofibad2461]

@@tacodias yes i did (i am portuguese) but even then, from what i read and hear from those who lived or experienced those times, it was the lesser evil. Salazar was the person we needed for the time we lived. Perfect? Definitely not. Sacrifices were made but these still allowed us persevere in the long term. I wish he was reborn nowadays… we could bring a much needed iron first to our current society…

[@tacodias]

@ I see you’ve spoken to either the preferitti or to oblivious people. Was Salazar’s regime less agressive than Franco’s? Yes for sure! But people still died, families were still torn apart, lives were still miserable, development was halted! Stop being a promoter of an authoritarian despot who sealed Portugal’s future for good

[@eyesofibad2461]

@ nop, i spoke to reasonable people who see the bigger picture and think by themselves. Development has halted indeed, for a time. I dont see a lack of opportunities for good and intelligent people in portugal nowadays. Also i need to stop promoting nothing, and neither do you. We have our views, which differ, and that’s it

[@gui18bif]

Whilist he was a dictator, he was recently voted the best Portuguese person in history The only thing authoritarian about the regime was the fact that he was the one to rule, despite what the extreme left might say The only people who seem to hate his legacy are city dwellers and communists

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

😂😂😂 stop lying! From Minho to Algarve everybody hates the mfkr😂😂😂

[@Marklloret950]

There was a clear difference between Salazar and Franco from Spain.

[@duartesimoes508]

You bet. When he was an Army Captain in Morocco, Franco himself shot dead with his pistol in front of the whole Platoon a Moroccan soldier who had just laughed at Franco's very high pitched voice. 😄 Imagining something similar with Salazar is inconceivable, although he did send to jail every hard core Communist Party Member he could put his hands on. No one else had nothing to fear.

[@MrKlipstar]

Yes,Franco left Spain in Top 10 countries in 1975. Salazar left US with gold and a War in the African Overseas...

[@pedrocsantos8]

@@MrKlipstar The most complete statesman, the one most worthy of respect, that I have known is Salazar. I regard him as an extraordinary personality for his intelligence, his political sense and his humility. His only defect is probably his modesty. Francisco Franco, Le Figaro

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

Salazar was gay

[@Marklloret950]

@MerryXmasMfkrs Some say the same about Franco. They even imply that his brother sired this only daughter.

[@cmcn723]

Viva Portugal. Honra e Glória

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

Honra e Glória dos padres paparem meninos nas igrejas católicas em Portugal, e do Cardeal Cerejeira mandar meninos de sacristia à sexta-feira a Santa Comba Dão "entregar correspondência" ao senhor doutor Salazar e só voltar Domingo à tarde? A correspondência não podia ser entregue por um carteiro ou mensageiro adulto, porquê um catamito de sacristia? E porque é que o pobre rapazinho só voltava 48 horas depois? Porque é que Salazar nunca casou, mmm?

[@nmgscp]

Just a small note: at 6:45 those are WW1 conscripts, not colonial war conscripts

[@matthewtelepneff2168]

The music is so loud, so sorry to moan. Pretty off putting. But thank you for putting this together, I had no idea about this part of Portugals' history.

[@judeirwin2222]

Portugal’s history. There is only one Portugal.

[@pedrocsantos8]

"Who is not patriotic can not be considered Portuguese." -António de Oliveira Salazar

[@pedrorodrigues7285]

Salazar gives 100 zero to Franco in intelligence.

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

He left Portugal as the poorest country in Europe lmfao

[@pedrorodrigues7285]

@MerryXmasMfkrs richer than now, you are completely in debit.

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

@pedrorodrigues7285 We had to take Portugal from the medieval-like state the mfkr left the country in and take it to the 20th century, and that costs a lot of money. Plus the rich elites of landowners and industrialists hoarded all the money and with the help of bank workers who were staunch pro-regime and moved billions to foreign countries where they fled to. Portugal was left with no money and our currency plunged to nothingness. Portugal had millions of people living in belts of slums around major cities where there was no clean water, no sewer and no electricity. People dumped bedpans in the street gutter. Because of the lack of hygiene and maternity medical care the child mortality was as high as in some african countries. You're brainwashed and don't know the craphole Portugal was like.

[@pedrocsantos8]

"No one has to thank me for accepting the burden, because it is so big sacrifice for me to please or I would not do for kindness to anyone. I do this to for my country, as a duty of conscience, coldly, calmly completed." Salazar

[@pedrocsantos8]

Salazar and his colleagues have virtually the solid backing of their fellow-countrymen behind them. The two opposing minorities are, on the Right, some of the younger university people who would like a government that would think more of national prestige and who criticize the existing régime for the modesty of its pretensions. On the Left, the Freemasons and the anti-clericals have not laid down their arms. But against the triumphant success, material and moral, of Oliveira Salazar's rule, the opposition makes but a feeble and ineffective display. It is a dictatorship that has secured its hold on the country without recourse to force, by no other means than the straightforward honesty of its methods, and by the prosperity, the real prosperity and activity which it succeeded in imparting to Portugal at the very time when all the other nations of the world were complaining of the severity of the crisis. It was the most upright, the wisest and the most moderate in Europe, and, at the same time, one of the strongest and one of the most persevering in pursuing the practical application of its principles.

[@fairpair-h2w]

Thumbs up! Well made video! Keep going. Looking forward to seeing your channel evolve.

[@Thehistoriann]

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[@calexico66]

The problem of simplified narratives is that the devil in the details isn't understood... And that's why people still think so highly of Salazar, and don't understand the reasons for the opposition to the regime by large sectors of the urban middle classes. The so-called saviour of Portuguese finances did something that if it was done today would be considered a debt default, and would plunge Portugal into a currency crisis. The financial problems of the Portuguese state of the time were the result of a low tax base, and people that could pay tax would avoid paying them, instead the state resorted to borrowing using bond issuances. A situation very similar to the current day Italy... The problem was the Portuguese state was clientele based, it had important sectors of society that received salaries from it and it managed large infrastructures like railways. The operational deficit was compounded by increased debt servicing, and generating inflation to deflate the current debt wasn't working. The situation was unsustainable, and the important sectors of society weren't in agreement to reach some kind of solution or who would bear the brunt of the costs of the solution. Salazar managed to navigate in a particular period of time when its actions would go mostly unnoticed by outsiders, the solution that he devised was to structure a large part of the issued bonds from annuities to perpetuities. This meant that instead of paying the principal and the interest until the bond maturity, it would pay only the interest until the end of time. This freed a lot of the financial pressure from the state but had major consequences. The thing was, small size credit unions were the major holders of state bonds and these financial institutions were the holders of the savings of the small and medium bourgeoisie and working people in urban centers. Salazar's debt restructuring wiped out the credit unions and forced a major restructuring that centralized the sector into a single institution dominated in part by the Catholic church. A large part of the opposition to the regime and to Salazar was born at this time, the bourgeoisie and working classes that had to pay the cost of saving the State finances. These were a constant thorn in the regime, but they had too much to lose to be more militant against it.

[@judeirwin2222]

Wow. Thank you. I emigrated from the UK to Portugal ten years ago, and I have never found this clear explanation anywhere.

[@humbertomonteiro6742]

😂😂, It is so easy to analyze and criticize the old regime from a distance of so many years...

[@calexico66]

@@humbertomonteiro6742 @humbertomonteiro6742 hm? Do you prefer to believe in myths or know what happened? If you want to believe the propaganda then believe the propaganda. Just check the history of Montepio Geral, the truth is in plain sight.

[@calexico66]

@@humbertomonteiro6742 look at the history of Montepio Geral, or not if you're a Salazar fan.

[@thecommentatorofreallynoth9966]

Life don't sound that bad, frankly. Sounds so much like Singapore in the 1970s.

[@josephfreedman9422]

I was visiting France in 1973 and met a Portuguese national who had left to avoid the wars in Africa. I used to collect stamps and remember the beautiful stamps of both Spain and Portugal, sometimes picturing their remaining colonies. I visited Lisbon several years ago, and noticed that many residents seemed to be of African or Portuguese-African ancestry. It seemed to be a nation formed by both Europe and Africa, and I wonder if it ever was part of the cult of race, as in Spain, signified by the phrase, "pure Spanish blood".

[@bernd_das_brot6911]

Yeah before the migrants came of African colonies it probably was. Most moors were sent away after the reconquista. Not that it matters much ofcourse, but I think those are recent arrivals (well recent, I think there’s been a community there for centuries, just that in 1400/1500 there wasn’t)

[@bhsultan7806]

@bernd_das_brot6911 Portugals borders were finalised in 1200s with a final decision to expel Jews in the 1400s after being barred from leaving. Bear in mind these edicts were on practicing / quasi-practicing communities. I don’t think the “Moors”and Jews were ethnically cleansed or as dictated ‘banished’ as a ‘race’ in Portugal’s context they were converted and are evident in rural Portuguese social and cultural fabric- because they were originally mostly of indigenous west Iberian descent - Mozarab. This is certainly evident in Lisbon and the regions south of the Tagus.

[@duartesimoes508]

_Officially,_ Salazar's State was defined as "Pluricontinental and Pluriracial". That means that a pitch black Portuguese from Guinea Bissau or a dark skinned Portuguese from Goa in Portuguese India were as Portuguese as a white Portuguese from downtown Lisbon.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

Strictly speaking there is a theory, I am not writing it is correct, that Portuguese colonialism did not look at race as much. This is not entirely incorrect (Mostly is incorrect at least until the 1900s.).

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

​@@duartesimoes508Salazar literally established the "Day of the Race". His multicultural, multiracial discourse was total bs to prevent rebellions in the colonies... excuse me, "overseas provinces"🤡🌍 He was a white supremacist.

[@t.p.mckenna]

There's a very good thriller of this era which was on Netflix. Gloria. I recommend it.

[@youngknight65]

Family, church and hard work. Doesn't seem a bad policy after all.

[@maxdepasquale2351]

At least he kept Portugal far from the catastrophes and bloodsheds of World War II, though fighting colonial wars. And Jews were safe. But in order to do all this, he became a dictator and his regime oppressive. No sorry, you can't do evil to do any good.

[@Loo-lp1fs]

Frankly speaking .....I dare to say that Franco is a much better dictator than salazar

[@LucianoMMatias]

@@Loo-lp1fsyes he was, at least Franco tried to create a midle class as oposed to Salazar that favored iliteracy and poverty.

[@royale7620]

" jews were safe " 🤓🤓🤓 they matter so much dont they cupcake?

[@Loo-lp1fs]

@royale7620 not happy right...... be a melayu in South east asia. Then u can be maga white type just like those in usa

[@wonjubhoy]

​@@Loo-lp1fsSalazar didn't kill people in great big bleeding batches the way Franco did

[@mohamedihab5771]

Love the content you’re making, keep it up

[@Thehistoriann]

Thanks! We are glad you enjoy it!

[@MyBuddyJohn]

Well done video! Thank you!

[@Thehistoriann]

We’re glad you liked it!

[@rogeriopaulo5899]

Yeah, now its much better. We have a 1000 dictators that do wath they want.

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

Keep lying, lil fash

[@joaomorais3124]

You live under de most totalitariam regime in history - liberal democracy - and you dare to criticcize Salazar's regime? FY!

[@larenslarens]

Testemunho de um banana. 😅

[@lima_plays2492]

Grande banana que tu saiste

[@ErwinMaas]

Very good documentary!

[@Thehistoriann]

Thank you!

[@muntherelsaddig5272]

Great Content! Keep it up

[@cristianosousa2220]

In portugal most elder that i know or even young people liked him

[@duartesimoes508]

In Portugal, even older _black_ people praise him. I hear their nostalgic comments occasionally, when something is not right... nowadays they are a generation disappearing fast.

[@cristianosousa2220]

@duartesimoes508 its sad that they are disappearing but in surprise that they also liked him i thought the opposite

[@duartesimoes508]

@@cristianosousa2220 The Portuguese black people had a hard toiling life in the Colonies, but they had medical assistance, perfect Social services, no sort of Apartheid was ever in force, they could mix freely and life in the cities was actually of a pretty high standard. Even when the war started it never spread to the populated areas and the guerrillas almost never attacked civilians except in the beginning of the war in Angola. All this crumbled when we left. Suddenly in Angola the war reached the Capital and in a few weeks you had the three movements - the Victor to be USSR supported MPLA, the US sponsored FNLA, and UNITA - savagely fighting each other in urban warfare in downtown Luanda with heavy weapons. There were hundreds of people killed every day. _I remember watching on TV trucks dumping dozens of bodies in common graves every morning, day after day._ That was in 1975. A reduced contingent of the Portuguese Army was still there but saw little reason for participating in the fight when the Independence date was already scheduled. Their main mission was to keep the Airport perimeter safe, since everyone was desperately trying to escape the Country The Capital slowly started to die, without tap water, electrical current, garbage collecting, body collecting, Medical care or any other social service. A chaos similar to Cambodia a few years later. You could be shot dead with your family for no reason in any crossroad, just because, or for taking your car away. The civil war would continue until 2002(!!) and all this time and even today Angola was a totally dysfunctional State. It was similar although not as brutal in Guinea Bissau and Mozambique: unrest, chaos, killings, Administrative collapse. Cape Verde and São Tomé escaped, because being Islands they never had guerrilla movements. You will understand why many older black people miss the times of peace in a well regulated, peaceful and safe society...

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@ Well given that the colonies descended into Civil-War and mass-murder. I get the sentiment.

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

That's literally a LIE!!! He's hated from Minho to Algarve, only fascists simps miss him. Stop lying!

[@sketchi7306]

This made is a national HERO! he made so much for us! If only he could save us now..... Salazar! We love you! Thank you, for you have dedicated your life to serve our great nation!

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

No he's not lmfao Only fascists see him as "Hero", to the overwhelming majority of portuguese people he's a villain. Stop lying lmfao

[@MGBranco]

Este homem construiu 8 países em 50 anos e ainda deixou 400 toneladas de ouro! O que fizeram nos últimos 50? Governaram mal um país e deixam uma dívida em constante crescimento! Claro que muitos não gostaram de viver sob o jugo do estado novo... Eram outros tempos e não eram bonitos! Eu tbm não gostaria de viver sob esse regime...nem tudo são rosas neste mundo!

[@paulomaia966]

The Man....the Myth👍

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

😂😂😂 🤡🌍

[@rntablette9388]

whats the point to put so much background noise ... no one understand what you say

[@Thehistoriann]

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused. A technical issue was identified after the video was uploaded.

[@j.h.arnold]

I would have loved to watch the entire video, as this subject is not discussed very often (outside of Portugal), but the LOUD MUSIC made it unbearable to watch to the end. Perhaps a reupload without the music? Best Regards.

[@Thehistoriann]

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. As mentioned in the comments, a small part of the video does have a higher background music, but the rest of it should be fine. We hope you’ll consider giving it another try and sharing your feedback. Thank you for bringing this to our attention!

[@addabboo]

It's so sad that we are forgeting how ruthless and corrupt Salazar really was. The misery of the big majority of Portuguese at the time, the torture and persecution for all those who thought diferently. Even Salazar stupidity in trying by force, at the cost of thousands of portuguese dying fighting to keep the colonies in Africa a lot longer that acceptable. Sad sad time when we believe far right is the answer.

[@duartesimoes508]

What on Earth does this has to do with corruption?! Government ingrained corruption is what we have _nowadays,_ with a former prime Minister who served time in prison for corruption and bribery and the _current_ Finances Minister about to go on Trial. The Government related corruption examples are nearly endless. Fortunately, corruption is rife but Portuguese Courts appear to be as exempt and ruthless as necessary.

[@batsattacks]

Shut your lying mouth. Salazar had to rebuild the country after many failed goverments.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

If you mean the Angola and Mozambique, they both had Civil-Wars that killed more Africans than the Wars against Portugal and this is leaving Guinea-Bissau which murdered 7,000 African troops who had fought for Portugal and whose ruler later fled to Portugal. Look at the results please.

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

​​@@batsattacksShut your lying mouth!!! Salazar did less in 46 years in power than the rest of Europe totally destroyed by WWII did in 10 years!!! Almost half a century in power to leave it an illiterate dump ridden by poverty and oppression. He left Portugal the poorest and most illiterate country in Europe, wasted thousands of lives of young portuguese men, left Portugal a country of women because thousands of men fled abroad to dodge being killed in Africa in a pointless war everybody knew was lost. He was dvmb, a narcisist and a paedo, the disgusting pos. My father was born and lived near his estate in Santa Comba Dão. What Salazar did with the Church boys sent by cardinal Cerejeira was a badly kept secret that everybody knew but nobody dared to speak of. He r4ped Church boys sent by Cerejeira. Foh with your paedo "Dear Leader".

[@nunomartins2209]

Salazar was the best Portuguese, defender of Portugal 🇵🇹

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

😂😂😂 🤡🌍 He left Portugal the poorest country in Europe. He was a narcisistic 🤡 and a paedo.

[@junkboxxxxxx]

Ibero-fascism of Franco y Salazar is the applied politics of the Roman Catholic church. It has positive and negative attributes. It is good for the simple and common people, but not so good for the individualistic who want to be creative, or get rich.

[@SomePotato]

The simple and common people fought hard against Franco but were unfortunately defeated.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@ Simple and common people also fought for him.

[@WazowPT]

No one in Portugal remembers his era as something that brought any good. The constant oppression and underdevelopment made Portugal a joke to other European countries, the only thing he did good was shielding Portugal from the war and profiting from it. Portugal still feels the effects of his rule, the country is still late to everything when it comes to other European nations. Progress is being made and we’ve been modernizing ourselves since the late 80’s but we still have a long to way to go Awesome documentary

[@PapitchuloConquistador1488]

You still blame him for the the shortcomings of democracy? the left is in power since 1975 and yet PT still behind other EU nations, also under salazar the private sector had way more liberty to prosper the regime that replace Estado novo finds every reason to tax even more those that produce, viva a democracia right?

[@Thehistoriann]

We’re glad you liked it!

[@JoXcalibur]

Then I must be the only one, but the fact is that I'm not I'm Portuguese and assure you a great number of Portuguese admire Salazar. The patriots not the traitors

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

​@@PapitchuloConquistador1488And Salazar was 46 years in power and left Portugal as the poorest country in Europe despite plundering Africa of its wealth. 🤡🌍

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

​@@JoXcalibur😂😂😂 90% of the portuguese hate Salazar. Are 90% of us traitors?

[@goncalvesdiogo1881]

The best leader portugal had. A great man.

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

Lmfao no, he wasn't. He left Portugal as the poorest country in Europe despite plundering Africa of its wealth. He wasn't the smartest bulbin the box, but of a low IQ, high narcisist paedo.

[@Evemeister12]

Portugal was a poor country under salazar's rule. Many people fled the country, including members of my family, to live a better life. The colonial wars in africa were a bigger drain on resources. The 1974 revolution changed portugal for the better.

[@duartesimoes508]

Unfortunately, it took about a dozen years after the revolution for Portugal to really turn for the better. Regarding the former Colonies, they're just hopeless. Some fifty years later they remain as miserable as during the Civil wars that followed the Independence wars, and disregarding the meaningless Independence their people tries tirelessly to emigrate to Portugal and return no more... They will never learn to take care of themselves.

[@MAIORIANVS]

The portuguese still migrate, around 30% of portuguese aged 15-39 emigrated, that's about 850.000 people. Portuguese fertility rates reached an all-time low in 2013 with 1.21 births per woman. 10 years later and the number is at 1.44 births per woman, still below the replacement rate, which has been the case since 1983 in which there were 1.96 births per woman. This is simply not sustainable and the portuguese government, which has basically been a two-party oligarchy since 1974, doesn't care, they will just wipe their tears with the billions Brussels sends their way and just say foreign migrants will solve all of the country's problems, including fertility. "To be portuguese is to be universal" - Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, so get ready to be replaced by people from the former colonies, the middle east and india, gotta keep up with the rest of the EU, you know what I mean? The past 25 years Portugal was basically ruled by the same leftist political party dragging the country ever to misery. I say good riddance, it's democracy at work, what the people vote for is what the people get and they love being ignorant and miserable.

[@xmaniac99]

Better for who? The brain drain of the past 20 years has left PT devoid of any technical talent, only to be replaced by invadors from overseas. Liberal democracy is a cancer to any nation.

[@ivario]

​@@duartesimoes508Well, not all of them turned out bad at least - take Cabo Verde, Sao Tome and Principe, partially Angola

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@@ivario Take two small group of islands and Angola...the State that went into a War more devastating than against the Portuguese.

[@joycelima3051]

Viva SALAZAR !!!

[@terra7066]

Salazar legacy remains divisive if you listen to the 5% of communists that still exist in the country because even socialists like Mario Soares hated to see people calling him a fascist , Portuguese society is very divided , 5% hate Salazar and 95% in spite of the poverty , colonial war and censorship e was a good leader for the country. USA society is also very divided in subjects like abortion. 50% of the Americans are pro abortion 50% of the Americans are against abortion. 80% of the Americans that are pro abortion are pro abortion but under certain conditions like being carried out in the first 3 month of the pregnancy gestation , congenital abnormalities of the fetus , a gestation from rape and health risks for the mother. 80% of the Americans that are against abortion are against but not if it is carried out in the first 3 month of gestation , if there are health risks for the mother , rape and congenital abnormalities . American society is very divided about the abortion law because 80% of the Americans agree how it should be and 10% of left extremists and 10% of right extremists don't. Nowadays people , specially those in the media , only listen to the minorities yelling and tantrums , no one listen to the silenced majority.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

That is barely a split. Also not all of those things are bad, there was poverty and he does deserve blame of course but the country was improving, given how many of the colonies transpired I will write that it was good of him to try to keep them and censorship happens today under different names.

[@judeirwin2222]

You are misinformed. The vast majority of voters are in favour of a woman’s right to control her own body.

[@duartesimoes508]

One thing I learned is that the majority can't ever afford to be silent or it will be manipulated, neutralized and thrown overboard. If you intend to remain safe within the majority be ready to complain and raise your voice at all times. Otherwise, woe of you. Just remember how the filthy communists in revolutionary ruzzia started by calling themselves _Bolsheviks,_ which means "Majoritarians", and called all others _Mensheviks,_ which means "Minoritarians". That was never true, but see the result.

[@humbertomonteiro6742]

Great man, vivaaa dr Salazar....

[@O1khrude]

Make no mistake.....the best leader ever .

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

He left Portugal as the poorest country in Europe lmfao 🤡🌍

[@O1khrude]

😂😂😂😂 you should see your self a Doctor

[@LeonardGalit]

In the Baha'i Writings the three social evils are communism, fascism and materialism. Other teachings are the elimination of the extremes of wealth and poverty, and the elimination of prejudice. You may consider this Faith for yourself; that's another teaching: individual search for truth.

[@loubaxo9339]

there's a contradiction there, you cannot eliminate poverty and extreme wealth without establishing a socialist/communist society 🤔

[@ize1000009]

Doesn’t sound too bad tbh.

[@lima_plays2492]

it was very bad, people were poor, analphabet, isolated and tortured as my grandfather for prostesting against the regime and he was also sent to jail because of that

[@cyo439]

When my neighbour was a child his mother was refused permission to take him to Lisbon to a hospital to treat an eye problem. he went blind in that eye. You could not complain about these decisions.

[@PapitchuloConquistador1488]

@lima_plays2492 good, you also go jail in this democracy if you make fun of the gods of this regime (gays, minorities, women , etc...)

[@mrrn100]

Excellent documentsry eith all thst was very good and very bad with the Regime of this honest but very complex Grand man

[@Thehistoriann]

We’re glad you liked it!

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

He left Portugal the poorest country in Europe. There was nothing "grand" about the mfkr.

[@MaGioZal]

It’s incredible that Portugal was accepted as founding member of NATO in 1949…

[@timtyoutube87]

All in the name of fighting the USSR. Look at Greece when the Junta took power in 1967 until 1974 the big powers of NATO, could live with dictators then and now. But it was worse during the cold War.

[@duartesimoes508]

It is not is the least incredible. Salazar loathed communists and the Soviet Union, was a reliable ally, and just think of all the Bases not only in the Azores but worldwide that Portugal had to offer.

[@timtyoutube87]

@duartesimoes508 Yes but does not make it right.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@@timtyoutube87 It was not that bad.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@@timtyoutube87 The Greek situation was embarrassing though.

[@bernardopratta3076]

Salazar was one of the greatest blessings Portugal has ever had.

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

Yeah, one that left Portugal as the poorest country in Europe despite having access to insane wealth plundered from Africa. 🤡🌍 of liars

[@yarlkymcfirblatherington9879]

Conformity and obedience to the state seems to prevail in Portugal. I'm newly resident here and am always amazed at the politeness of this society. Improvements have been made in escaping the grip of the Catholic church and most Portuguese seem to be non-religious and atheist. The drift away from religion is an encouraging trend across Europe. Secular societies are happier.

[@Darkfawfulx]

Studies prove the opposite.

[@Corvus001]

How ironically backward. Secular society is dead, having never truly existed until the American Revolution and subsequent French Revolution. And secular societies are *miserable* and wallow in the filth of what it creates, namely impurity, depression, purposelessness, nihilism, war, and mass execution of infants. What a track record for a civilization less than a few centuries old.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

Bruh!

[@Darkfawfulx]

​@johnnotrealname8168 are you bruhing him or my deleted comment?

[@duartesimoes508]

No one forces no one to be a Catholic believer! you don't have to "escape its grip"! 😂this is not the Dark Ages nor Poland here, where the Church has arguably more Power than the Government. Abortion is rightly fully allowed in Portugal (you don't even have to pay for it, which I find excessive!😱) and those who go to Church to marry do so by option. I personally am an atheist but I strictly respect the Catholic Church, here on Earth. Could not imagine my Country without it. I promptly agree when you say that conformity and obedience to the State are prevalent. Way too much, actually. During the COVID crisis the population was severely intimidated and fully obliged to the most stupid, whimsical, restrictive and illogical determinations issued by the amateur Government, without complaining nor arguing. Basically, we were all detained in house arrest without a complaint - I personally disobeyed 🖕- but the Government was quick to add that those restrictions did not apply to Government members... _That_ is typically Portuguese! 🤬🤬

[@pedroncfidalgo]

It's easy to have "economic stability" when you don't spend shit on making people's life better 😂

[@johnnotrealname8168]

He did though. Education for one (Even if only Primary-School.).

[@carlossousa4874]

This video tells such a superficial story, that I don’t even know where to begin. The only people that salutes this regime and believes it made any good to Portugal are the privileged. Most of the Portuguese population was below the poverty line, in hunger even, with no access to education to the point that only a small percentage knew how to read and write. I appreciate that someone from the outside tries to make a video about it, but please get your facts right. We should remember estado novo as just something that we don’t want to go back never again!

[@Thehistoriann]

The video is based on solid research from Portuguese historians, not the ‘superficial’ content you claim. Thus, if you’re going to criticize, make sure it’s based on real facts, not just empty opinions.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@ Any sources?

[@johnnotrealname8168]

The literacy point is so disingenuous though. He inherited rampant illiteracy and he cut it a huge amount (Practically wiped it out in the younger generation.).

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

​@johnnotrealname8168Salazar had 46 years to fix illiteracy. In 46 years in power he could only fix half of it. 46 effing years!!! Salazar was an incompetent 🤡. In 46 years he did less than the rest of Europe did in 10 after WWII.

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

​@johnnotrealname8168 "Pratically wiped out in younger generations" 😂😂😂 That's a total lie.

[@bradhardaker8814]

You pronounced the name wrong straight away 😂

[@gilbrandao6929]

You can see the Mussolini pic at 1,19" ...enough said

[@royale7620]

So quick to judge, enough said about you actually

[@wonjubhoy]

You do know that Salazar condemned Italy's invasion of Ethiopia before supporting the allies during world war 2 don't you?

[@rosemarymccarron3887]

Hi.

[@Paul-r3v]

Long live Salazar!

[@hallitoff3883]

The surveillance and repression to achieve order has so many parallels to the DDR!

[@lima_plays2492]

VIVA O 25 DE ABRIL! VIVA A LIBERDADE!

[@PapitchuloConquistador1488]

Liberdade de ser taxados até o cu

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

VIVA !!!

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

​@@PapitchuloConquistador1488No tempo do Salazar não pagavas impostos porque o regime ia buscar dinheiro às riquezas que pilhou em África e com o ouro dos judeus com que o Hitler pagava o volfrâmio a Salazar🤡 Agora já não podemos pilhar África e tens que pagar pelo que o Estado precisa. Pois é, o tempo da pilhagem e escravatura acabou, assim como acabaram os tachos para os colaboracionistas do Regime.

[@paulkenneally789]

No one knows about Salazar.. decades ago,Portugal doesn’t want to remember him.. no biography in English for years (one recently)… Salazar was a murderous racist waging war on 2 continents…

[@Mussrich]

You are definitely a communist or a liberal (leftist). You're not even Portuguese. If you were intellectually honest you wouldn't write so many untruths. I suggest you go to North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, etc. You will find in these "paradises" the type of society that you apparently defend.

[@wonjubhoy]

Salazar was far from bloodthirsty. Look at nazi Germany or the Soviet Union under stalin and then compare those regimes to Salazar's Portugal. Salazar gave sanctuary to Jews during the holocaust, hardly the behaviour of a racist.

[@MAIORIANVS]

You must not remember him as well because he was not the crazy murderous lunatic that you seem to be describing, plus the wars weren't waged because he wanted to, but because communist terrorists were being financed by the US, USSR, Cuba, China, etc. to cause mayhem, death and destruction on the colonies. In Angola, even UNITA, led by Jonas Savimbi, switched to the portuguese side after 1972 and kept on fighting the commies until 30 years later in 2002 when Savimbi was killed. Many africans fought on the portuguese side. The most condecorated portuguese soldier ever, was a member of the Commando Regiment (Regimento de Comandos) named Marcelino da Mata, who was born in Portuguese Guinea in 1940 and fought for Portugal in the Colonial War. Not everything is black and white. Good or bad. Salazar did many good things, many bad things as well, every ruler does, but he certainly did more good than bad.

[@duartesimoes508]

Suuure. And the Guerrilha from the MPLA, FNLA, UNITA, FRELIMO and PAIGC were terrific, tolerant and harmless people... 😂 ..

[@duartesimoes508]

​@@MAIORIANVS Now you're talking. 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@henriquemanuelgoncalvesgon6198]

Grande Semhor

[@sergiomanchester1109]

The ruthless dictator Salazar was a devout Catholic, as well as his Spanish counterpart Generalissimo Franco.

[@duartesimoes508]

Yes. And Catholics and communists just don't mix.

[@fabiorosario3501]

Viva Salazar! 🇵🇹

[@HenriqueSilvestre-c5u]

VIVA SALAZAR! 🇵🇹

[@sararodrigues3470]

Você por a voz e Inglês e sei mas naqueles anos vocês não eram melhor minas tudo o resto vai lixar o teu País

[@joseguedes2548]

Benfica!

[@VascodaGamaGeral]

all portuguese think of him as the best of very best

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

Lmfao no. He's hated from Minho to Algarve. You fascists lie so much you believe yourselves lol

[@VascodaGamaGeral]

as everyone says where he dies 40 years of nice life nobody takes from us

[@VascodaGamaGeral]

the regime exist before him

[@VascodaGamaGeral]

no salazar posts in schools

[@VascodaGamaGeral]

was the best ever government

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

He left Portugal as the poorest country in Europe 🤡🌍

[@VascodaGamaGeral]

thats no true pide it was FBI no one were executed

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

Btw, the FBI in Portugal was and still is Polícia Judiciária, ignorant 🤡

[@VascodaGamaGeral]

you are describing CNNand usa comntrol of media

[@pedrorodrigues7285]

Salazar gives 100 zero to Franco in intelligence.