“Portugal, after almost 50 years, is another country different from that and today we are here celebrating freedom,” said a Portuguese who now lives in Venezuela.
A group of Portuguese residents in Venezuela celebrated, on Saturday, the 49th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, commemorating the anniversary of the fall of the Oliveira Salazar dictatorship, in April 1974, and “celebrated freedom.”
The festivities were organized by the American Federation of Descendants of Luso (Fedeamelude) and the Portuguese Institute of Culture (IPC), and took place in Turumo (east of Caracas), at the Maritime Center of Venezuela, and included the participation of the group Luso-Venezuelan solidarity Heróis do Mar and students of Portuguese language and culture from that club.
“We meet here once again to leave high our traditions and our cultural and historical heritage of our land, which in one way or another marked the fall of the dictatorship in 1974,” said the president of Fedeamelude.
Jany Moreira, who is also part of the IPC board of directors, explained that the institute “did not want to overlook” such an important date and that is why “in alliance with the Maritime Center of Venezuela, we celebrate this April 25, 49 years of the Revolution de los Carnations, already at the gates of the 50th anniversary of this great historic event”.
“Portugal, after almost 50 years, is a different country from that one and today we are here celebrating freedom,” he stressed.
For his part, Fernando Costa, president of the Venezuelan Maritime Center, explained that it is important to continue celebrating Lusitanian traditions and such important dates as April 25.
According to Simão Rocha, from the IPC, “to celebrate April 25 is to celebrate the end of any dictatorship”.
“We have to celebrate the end of all dictatorships in the world,” he said.
Source: Observadora
