Día de la Libertad en 🇵🇹 Portugal

Portugal's Freedom Day (Dia da Liberdade) on April 25th commemorates the 1974 Carnation Revolution that ended 48 years of dictatorship; celebrated with carnation-carrying marches, concerts, and democratic spirit—it remains deeply emotional for older Portuguese.

South African national holiday on April 27 celebrating the first post-apartheid democratic elections in 1994, when all South Africans regardless of race voted for the first time.