Woman behind flowers of Carnation Revolution dies at 91 // Seven deaths probed amid emergency service crisis

Portuguese news in English on Tuesday, November 19, 2024.

Nov 19, 2024

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Woman behind flowers of Carnation Revolution dies at 91

Celeste Caeiro, the woman who handed out red carnations to soldiers on their way to ending Portugal’s 40-year right-wing dictatorship, has died aged 91, The New York Times reports, in English. The flowers had been meant to celebrate the first anniversary of the Lisbon restaurant where she worked as …

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