Portugal marks 40 years since end of dictatorship It should have been a moment for dual celebrations in Portugal as the 40th anniversary of democracy on Friday coincided with the end of the country's international bailout and its crippling conditions. But with anger running high after years of economic austerity, many leaders of the 1974 revolt that brought down the Salazar dictatorship refused to join the festivities, saying the spirit of the revolution has been betrayed. Images and soundbites