Marcello Caetano

Querem ouvir todas as conversas.

Um Fiat Palio vermelho chega ao exterior da Capela Seis, do Cemitério dos Famosos, no bairro de Botafogo, onde estão sepultados Tom Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes, Carmen Miranda, Marcelo Caetano e muitos outros.

[porta de carro batendo] Dois homens saem apressados do carro com uma Bíblia na mão.

Quem já chegou ao local onde vai ser feita a última despedida de Rosalina, não reconhece aquelas caras.

Well, actually, I must say this book, sorry, is correcting myself immediately.

It is from 1971, so still a publication under the dictatorship of, not Salazar at this point, but his successor, Marcelo Caetano.

Portugal.

For nearly 50 years, it was a right-wing dictatorship.

This was the heart of the Estado Novo, the new state, a regime that had held a nation in its grip for nearly half a century.

Its leader, the frail and distant Prime Minister Marcelo Caetano, moved through these halls like a ghost, inheriting a legacy of authoritarian control from his predecessor, António de Oliveira Salazar.

He was a man steeped in the traditions of the past, yet he found himself presiding over a country that was increasingly restless, a nation simmering with frustrations that were no longer a secret.

The very stones of the palace seemed to absorb the whispers of discontent from the city outside, a city that was a mix of faded grandeur and stark poverty.

The atmosphere in Lisbon was festive and joyous, more like a street party than a coup.

People sang, danced, and cheered in the streets, celebrating a freedom they had been denied for so long.

The most intense moment of the day came when the forces of Captain Salgueiro Maia, who had secured the Praça do Comércio, confronted the Prime Minister, Marcelo Caetano.

After realizing that his government had lost control, Caetano had taken refuge in the GNR, National Republican Guard barracks, in the Carmo barracks.