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lower deck for train tracks). Originally named for the dictator Salazar, the bridge was re-
named for the date of Portugal's 1974 revolution and liberation. For a generation, natives
have shown their political colors by choosing which name to use. While conservative Por-
tuguese still call it the “Salazar Bridge,” liberals refer to it as the “25th of April Bridge”
(just as Washington, D.C.'s airport is called “National” by some and “Reagan” by others).
Imagine that before 1966, there was no way across the Rio Tejo except by ferry.
António Salazar
Q:
What do you get when you cross a lawyer, an economist, and a dictator?
A:
António Salazar, who was all three—a dictator who ruled Portugal through harsh
laws and a strict budget that hurt the poor.
Shortly after a 1926 military coup “saved” Portugal's floundering democracy from it-
self, General Oscar Carmona appointed António de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) as
