‘Otelo’, architect of Portugal’s 1974 revolution, dies aged 84

Lisbon: Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, architect of the so-called Carnation Revolution that ended more than four decades of dictatorship in Portugal, died Sunday aged 84, the April Captains group announced.

Known in Portugal simply as Otelo, he died at Lisbon’s military hospital, spokesman for the group behind the April 1974 revolution, Colonel Vasco Lourenco, told national media. The high-profile but controversial figure played a key role in the bloodless coup that brought sweeping social, economic and political changes to Portugal.