On 26 April 1970, the British weekly newspaper The Observer describes the determination of Mário Soares, an opponent of the Portuguese dictatorship, to return to the country, despite the threats made against him.

In 1974, General António de Spínola, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Portuguese Armed Forces in Africa, is dismissed for having published his book entitled Portugal e o Futuro. Análise da conjuntura nacional [‘Portugal and the Future'] in which he advocates an end to the colonial wars. His dismissal incites military insurgents to take part in the coup d'état of 25 April 1974 and what becomes known as the ‘Carnation Revolution'.

On 25 April 1974, at the outset of the military revolt and the ‘Revolution of the Carnations', Portuguese soldiers take up their positions in the centre of Lisbon.

On 25 April 1974, during the ‘Carnation Revolution', the Portuguese army is cheered by the crowds of people gathered in the streets of central Lisbon.

On 25 April 1974, reporting on the early stages of the military insurrection and the ‘Carnation Revolution’, the Portuguese daily newspaper Diário de Notícias assesses the situation in Lisbon.

In April 1974, the French cartoonist, Plantu, illustrates the consequences of the military coup d’état and the ‘Carnation Revolution’ in Portugal and looks at the ambitions of the new military regime.

On 26 April 1974, the French daily newspaper Le Monde considers the consequences of the military insurrection and of the ‘Carnation Revolution’ in Portugal and analyses the ambitions of the new military regime.

On 29 April 1974, four days after the military coup d'état in Portugal, the Junta for National Salvation holds its first press conference. From left to right: Captain António Alva Rosa Coutinho, Captain José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, General Francisco da Costa Gomes, General António de Spínola, Brigadier Jaime Silvério Marques and Colonel Carlos Galvão de Melo.

On 1 May 1974, crowds of people throng the streets and squares of Lisbon to celebrate the overthrow, one week previously, of the Salazar dictatorship.

On 18 May 1974, the President of the National Salvation Junta, General António de Spínola, is proclaimed the new President of the Portuguese Republic at the Queluz National Palace in Lisbon.

On 15 May 1974, in Lisbon, Mário Soares, Secretary-General of the Portuguese Socialist Party, was appointed Foreign Minister of the Provisional Government by the President of the National Salvation Junta and subsequent President of the Republic, General António de Spínola.