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Queen M ARIA II and in World War II when
the Salazar government ended its posture
of neutrality by welcoming British air units
(1943). The Azores subsequently became a
base for the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-

tion (NATO), used by U.S. forces from the
1950s onward.

Azorín

See M ARTÍNEZ R UIZ , J OSÉ .