 Vitoriano akavamba kushanda achiri muduku zvikuru mufekitari yefeki muAlgarve uye akabatana nePortuguese Communist Party muna 1941. Pakati pa1945 na1948 akanga ari purezidhendi weCork Workers Trade Union. Pashure paikoko, muna 1951, akava mumwe wevashandi veParty. Munguvayo, muna 1948, akanga asungwa nemapurisa ezvematongerwe enyika ehurumende, PIDE, achingobuda mujeri muna 1950. Muna 1953 akasungwa zvakare, uye akatongerwa makore mana; zvisinei, sezvo mitongo yechiFascist yevasungwa vezvematongerwe enyika yakanga isingagumi, Vitoriano akabuda mujeri muna 1966. Muna January 1967 akava munhu asingazivikanwi, mutoo unowanzoshandiswa nemitezo yeCommunist Party kudzivisa kusungwa. Aizosiya chinzvimbo ichocho bedzi pashure pechimurenga chedemokrasi cha1974. Vitoriano akapedza makore 17 ari mujeri. 