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The word "finally" makes it seem that Aristides Sousa Mendes work was not recognized by Portugal. Maybe it hadn't been officially recognized until now, but we a

• jacobush 6y ago
  But not as proud as over Salazar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Os_Grandes_Portugueses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Os_Grandes_Portugueses
  • antonioalegria 6y ago
    If you read the post you see that those results were likely from repeat voters organized for that.
  • lcam84 6y ago
    Sadly populism is growing everywhere
  • odshoifsdhfs 6y ago
    I don't think people should take much from this. It was a poll, made by a public TV channel (RTP) where people phoned in. This skews a lot to the older population (and idiots). While I am not in favour of the dictatorship we had at all, many in the old generation weren't so against it since their lives weren't affected by it so far (except the ones fighting in the colonies, but they blame the 'blacks' more than Salazar on that. My father (close to 70 now) says he felt safer during Salazar's time than now (which may be true). For that generation, saying 'the only good cop is a dead cop' in a march isn't important at all, it is even insulting and they will say that he deserves a beating, so their values and wants are different than 20-30 years old with our freedom of speech and gay kissing.