What is he talking about? Liberation from the Moors in mid-13th Century or occupation by France during the Napoleonic Wars. Portugal has been one of the most stable countries in Europe with essentially the same border since 1255.
What is he talking about?
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as the article says he was “referring to what Portugal experienced in history.”
Well, they did have a "military coup by left-leaning military officers that overthrew the authoritarian Estado Novo regime on 25 April 1974 in Lisbon."
When I got stationed in the Azores in 1978 things were still very sensitive. We were told in incoming briefings not to be seen in gatherings with locals that might be political without our knowing it. It was a real culture shock to walk out of our Top Secret access Tech Control Facility and see a Soviet "Cargo Aircraft" on the pad right next to the building, hammer and sickle and all.