This man survived an assassination attempt by the leader of the General Confederation of Labour, a trade union whose downfall had vaulted him to power, and used future Piazza Fontana bomber Yves Guerin-Serac to run the Aginter Press. His brutal order to massacre civilians and then commit suicide frightened a subordinate into surrendering in the face of Operation Vijay, while he crushed an early uprising led by the "blueshirts"or National Syndicalists. The friendship between this organizer of the shadowy PIDE and Ian Smith kept Rhodesia afloat for years, though it led to his government losing ground to movements like FRELIMO and UNITA, whose efforts towards independen
This man survived an assassination attempt by the leader of the General Confederation of Labour, a trade union whose downfall had vaulted him to power, and used future Piazza Fontana bomber Yves Guerin-Serac to run the Aginter Press. His brutal order to massacre civilians and then commit suicide frightened a subordinate into surrendering in the face of Operation Vijay, while he crushed an early uprising led by the "blueshirts"or National Syndicalists. The friendship between this organizer of the shadowy PIDE and Ian Smith kept Rhodesia afloat for years, though it led to his government losing ground to movements like FRELIMO and UNITA, whose efforts towards independence led to the ouster of this man's successor, Marcelo Caetano, in the Carnation Revolution. For 10 points, identify this former political economist who like Getulio Vargas presided over an Estado Novo, the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968.
This man survived an assassination attempt by the leader of the General Confederation of Labour, a trade union whose downfall had vaulted him to power, and used future Piazza Fontana bomber Yves Guerin-Serac to run the Aginter Press.
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar