COPCON

Comando Operacional do Continente
COPCON
Active 1974–1975
Disbanded 1975
Country Portugal
Allegiance Armed Forces Movement
Branch Army
Anniversaries 8 July
Engagements Coup of 25 November 1975
Commanders
Commander Major Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho

COPCON - Comando Operacional do Continente (Operational Command of the Continent) was a military command for Portugal created by the Armed Forces Movement in the period following the revolution of 25 April 1974 and was dissolved after the Coup of 25 November 1975.[1]

COPCON was created on July 8, 1974 [2][3] by President António de Spínola, with the aim of protecting the democratic process initiated by the Carnation Revolution. It consisted of special military forces such as marines, paratroopers, commandos, military police. The commander of COPCON was Major Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho.

COPCON was heavily involved in the land occupations and agrarian reform during the PREC.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Presos 400 militantes do MRPP - Domingo - Correio da Manhã". cmjornal.xl.pt. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  2. ↑ "Centro de Documentação 25 de Abril | Universidade de Coimbra". www1.ci.uc.pt. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  3. ↑ https://dre.pt/application/dir/pdf1s%5c1974%5c07%5c15702%5c00170018.pdf
  4. ↑ Hammond, John L. Building popular power: Workers' and neighborhood movements in the Portuguese revolution. Monthly Review Press, 1988.
  5. ↑ “Scenes from the Class Struggle in Portugal = Cenas Da Luta De Classes Em Portugal.” New York Cinema Co., 1976.
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