 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Kubva muna 1933 kusvika muna 1974, Portugal yakava nyika yaidzvinyirira yaitongwa naAntónio de Oliveira Salazar. Pakanga pane kutsunga kwakasimba kwokuchengeta zvinhu zvamakoloni nomutengo upi noupi, uye kukurira nokushingaira kupandukira kupi nokupi. Muna 1961 India yakabatanidza Goa uye negore rimwe chetero masimba emarudzi akatanga kuronga muPortugal, uye kumukira kwakapfuura Hondo yePortugal yeColonial yakapararira kuAngola, Guinea Bissau neMozambique. Lisbon yakawedzera basa rayo muhondo: somuenzaniso, yakawedzera nhamba yavagari vomunyika yacho muuto rechikoloni uye yakavaka misha inokosha. Portugal yakatumira vamwe vagari vemo vokuEurope 300 000 kuAngola neMozambique kutozosvikira muna 1974. Muna 1974, chimurenga chokuruboshwePortugal mukati yakaparadza gadziriro yekare uye yakakurudzira zvinhu zvinotsigira Soviet kuedza kutora udzori mumakoroni. Mugumisiro wacho wakanga uri hondo yevagari vemo yakareba uye yakaoma zvikuru yemapato akawanda muAngola, uye kumukira kuduku muMozambique. 