Word: oporto
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Portugal itself, aging but agile Dictator António Salazar was having trouble with his own aftermath of the Santa Maria. He decided to allow people to let off a little steam. Newspaper editors in Oporto and Lisbon were given permission to publish an open letter addressed to the government by three opposition leaders. "Speaking in the name of many we know," the petition asked for "a government capable of inspiring the confidence of the country," and demanded "restitution to the Portuguese of their fundamental liberties-those same liberties which the constitution promises and which have become, to our regret...