Coup d'état in Portugal

April 26, 1974

THEY WILL BUILD THE TRUCK PLANT. Representatives of the federal concession transportation lines and Communications and Transportation will be in Los Mochis to meet with municipal authorities and activate the bus station project, scheduled for a long time in this city. The information was released by Mayor Nicanor Villarreal, at the end of a telephone conference that he held with an official from the SCyT, who will meet with the federal transportation concessionaires, to soon activate the project.

COUP D'ÉTAT IN PORTUGAL. Lisbon. The Portuguese armed forces overthrew Prime Minister Marcelo Caetano, after conquering his last refuge in an assault with tanks and cannons, ending his authoritarian rule in protest against the long and costly Portuguese wars in their African territories. The resistance of groups loyal to the Caetano government continued a few hours ago, although in isolation. Caetano, 67, handed over the government to General Antonio de Spínola, a military hero with liberal ideas who was recently removed from office by Caetano, for stating that Portugal could not guarantee security after 13 years against the guerrilla national liberation movements. . Caetano surrendered to the coup leaders at the national guard headquarters, where he had barricaded himself, 12 hours after the rebels sent a column of tanks to the center of Lisbon and announced that they controlled the situation throughout the country. The rebels announced a democratization program and promised free elections in this nation, the last great colonial power left in the world, ensuring that a military junta will rule the country until these elections are held. “The hour of freedom has arrived,” the rebels stated in proclamations broadcast on radio and television. There are still several pockets of resistance, in buildings where some members of the government took refuge. The population flooded the streets of Lisbon with red carnations that they placed in the muzzles of the army's rifles, achieving social change without blood or violence.

SHOWER FOR LIDUVINA DE HERRERA. The beautiful lady Liduvina Laura de Herrera received many gifts when she was entertained by a group of her friends on the occasion of the stork's next visit to her residence. The members of the Wednesday Club took on the task of inviting their colleagues and friends. The event took place at the residence of Mrs. Silva Lazcano de Lozoya, where Beatriz de Grandío, Mayra Elizondo de Orduño, Esperanza Pillado de Wong and many more arrived.

April 26, 1999

THEY STEAL WATER AT GUNPOINT. With a gun, some producers are proceeding to take water from the canals to irrigate corn and broom sorghum crops planted outside the program, which are about 11,486 hectares. The planting programs authorized by the agricultural committees of the irrigation districts were prepared based on the availability of water in the dams and what is estimated can be rescued from underground and surface aquifers through pumping. To date, no serious incidents have been reported.

NEONAZI ATTACK. London. The neo-Nazi organization “Combat 18” claimed responsibility for a bomb attack in Brick Lane, where seven people were injured. The group also claimed responsibility for an attack in Briton, a multi-ethnic neighborhood, in which 39 people were injured. The police highlighted the similarity of the nail bombs used in the two attacks and recognized that the racist motive heads the list of investigations. The investigations launched into the crimes are being treated as racist crimes.

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Sylva Mónica Ruffo Kelly, who completed her basic and high school studies in Los Mochis, stayed two years in El Centro, California, where she perfected the English language. She joined El Debate in September 1994 as a translator and later, in 2000, she became an assistant editor at El Debate de Los Mochis, tasks that led her to take charge of the entertainment page for more than 10 years and the newspaper archive. Upon the death of the City Chronicler, Don Evaristo Fregoso, in September 2003, who wrote the Los Mochis column 50 and 25 years ago, Ruffo Kelly took over the history column, which he later changed to Mi Ciudad 50 and 25 years, in which he narrates what happened in those years on the same day of publication of the newspaper EL DEBATE of Los Mochis.

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