Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho

In a stroke of luck, a group of journalists who were friendly to the cause were able to get on the air and begin broadcasting more detailed information.

One of the most important moments came when Captain Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, one of the masterminds of the coup, spoke on the radio, explaining the MFA's goals.

He said that the military was not interested in power, but in restoring democracy and ending the colonial wars.

This was a crucial message, and it began to reassure the public that this was something different.

The captains and majors who had quietly plotted in secret were now the heroes of the nation.

They were seen as the saviors who had ended the long, draining colonial wars and toppled a decades-old dictatorship.

Figures like Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, one of the coup's chief architects, and Vasco Gonçalves, a politically astute and left-leaning officer, emerged as the most prominent faces of this new era.

These men, once anonymous soldiers, were suddenly national celebrities, their faces plastered on newspapers and their names spoken with reverence.