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None of that about Portugal is true.

• alephnerd 2y ago
  What's wrong about that? Salazar absolutely did a massive number on Portugal, with a horrible economic policy, and spending ungodly amounts on colonial wars in Angola, Mozambique, Guinea, East Timor, and Goa. Portugal to this day has fairly weak human capital compared to it's peers.
  • speeder 2y ago
    From where I understood Salazar got power in first place because he improved an even shittier economy, and this was his early source of popular support.
    • alephnerd 2y ago
      His economic reign was bunk even compared to neighboring Spain On the eve of the Carnation Revolution, Portugal had one of the lowest literacy rates in Europe, one of the lowest GDP per Capitas in Europe, one of the lowest electrification rates in Europe, etc [0] In the early 1970s, it was unimaginable for Portugal to become a developed country, and if it wasn't for its ascension into the EC, it would have stagnated. [0] - https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00875R001700010027-0.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00875R0017000...