50 years ago, and after difficult times with the dictatorship, Portugal became free. This Thursday, April 25th, the country is enthusiastically celebrating the return of freedom, in 1974, and the beginning of the (re)construction of democracy.
Since the early hours of this 25th, several public figures have made a point of highlighting and celebrating, via social media, the importance of this day.
With messages about freedom and comparisons with periods before the revolution, many celebrities enthusiastically highlight the 50th anniversary of April 25th.
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João Baiãowhich this afternoon will be on SIC’s antenna, with ‘Holiday‘, he shared a video of one of the various fireworks displays on the night of the 24th, writing: “April 25! Long live freedom“.
Ana Garcia Martins, the new presenter of SIC Mulher, recalled the verses of a poem by Sophia Mello Breyner. “This is the dawn I was waiting for, the initial day whole and clean, where we emerge from the night and the silence, and free we inhabit the substance of time“, said the influencer.
Already Noemia Costa He opted for a greater reflection, where he remembers what he experienced on April 25, 1974, with his father entering the house and saying “we are free“, on a day in which his parents marked years of marriage.
“50 years have passed, I was nine years old and one thing is certain: fascism never again! Long live freedom, long live my country, Portugal!“, he added.
Luciana Abreu wished everyone a “happy freedom day“, guaranteeing that it is the “best thing that happened to us“, still wishing that “never end“.
Sílvia Alberto shared a photo of countless carnations, writing: “On the 50th anniversary of April we realized that freedom is under threat in several parts of the world; that we cannot take for granted for our children the fundamental rights achieved by their great-grandparents and grandparents“.
“Expressing, living and loving freely, and doing so as a woman, without fear of repression or censorship are April’s achievements. May our memory and history never fail us. May April always be celebrated with this intensity and with us alert and vigilant“, it can be read.
Below, you can see other shares, made by people like Joaquim Monchique, Diogo Infante, Sílvia Rizzo, Isabel Figueira, or Rita Ribeiro.
