The gathering began at 4pm in Jardim Manuel Bívar, with the parade passing through various arteries of the city.
Several hundred people paraded this Thursday through the streets of Faro, in the traditional 25th of April parade, to mark 50 years of the revolution that put an end to 48 years of dictatorship in Portugal.
The gathering began at 4:00 pm in Jardim Manuel Bívar, with the parade traveling through various arteries of the city for around 40 minutes, ending in Largo Catarina Eufémia, with participants holding posters and red carnations and chanting slogans .
“Freedom Always”, “April is more future” and “Stop the war, an opportunity for peace” could be read on some posters while slogans were chanted such as: “April 25 always, fascism never again”, “ Peace yes, war no” and “the united people will never be defeated”.
In the freedom march, organized by the União dos Sindicatos do Algarve/CGTP-IN (USAL), several unions and regional leaders participated who intended to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the 25th of April.
