Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho

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Otelo Nuno Romão Saraiva de Carvalho, GCL (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɔˈtɛlu sɐˈɾajvɐ ðɨ kɐɾˈvaʎu]; 31 August 1936 – 25 July 2021) was a Portuguese military officer and revolutionary. He was the chief strategist of the 1974 Carnation Revolution, he was a key figure during the Ongoing Revolutionary Process (PREC) and later became accused of being a militant leader. The Movement of Armed Forces (MFA) started with the Portuguese military serving in Portuguese Guinea including Otelo to gather hundreds of officials. The military coup against the 48 year old dictatorship was being prepared in Lisbon, but the coordinator was deployed to Azores by Estado Novo. Otelo stepped in as chief strategist. From the evening of 24 April 1974 to 26 April, he and his colleagues coordinated the military coup, which gathered strong popular support. After the Revolution, Otelo assumed an influential role as the head of military defense force COPCON, alongside Portuguese Provisional Governments Prime-minister...

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