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 ...

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, ...

Franco’s fellow Iberian dictator. Portugal’s António de Oliveira Salazar, was also faced with flaring discontent. Crowds of antigovernment rioters in Lisbon had to be dispersed by police flinging tear ...

NEW BEDFORD – Infamously known as PIDE, the International and State Defense Police that existed during Portugal’s Estado Novo regime of António de Oliveira Salazar has traditionally been associated ...

LISBON (Reuters) - Thousands are expected to take to the streets to celebrate the 50th anniversary on Thursday of Portugal's "Carnation Revolution" that toppled the longest fascist dictatorship in ...

As Antonio Salazar’s life ticked away in a Lisbon clinic, his successor, Premier Marcello Caetano, was cautiously trying to revive the political life of Portugal that has been comatose for the past 40 ...

LISBON (Reuters) - The Portuguese prefer not to talk, much less joke, about the 1932-1968 fascist dictatorship of Antonio Salazar - which may explain why it has taken a "superhero" to broach the topic ...