Special Report: Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975-1979
In part one we saw how the Salazar regime used Eurovision as a propaganda tool to promote itself and its brutal colonial war.
In part two, find out how Post-revolutionary Portugal both celebrated its new freedom at the Eurovision Song Contest by celebrating its new sense of pride while also mourning the loss of millions of people in a war they did not want.
Part Two of our special report.
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- Special Report: Portugal at Eurovision in the 1960s & 1970s (joyeurovision.com)
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