The Azores Liberation Front, more commonly known as FLA (Portuguese: Frente de Libertação dos Açores) was a right-wing paramilitary organisation with independentist goals that appeared in the Azores, right after the Carnation Revolution. Motto: Antes morrer livres que em paz sujeitos (Rather die free than in peace subjugated) Anthem: A Portuguesa (national) Hino dos Açores (local) Capital Ponta Delgada (Presidency of the Regional Government) Angra do Heroísmo (Supreme Court)1 Horta (Legislative Assembly)2 Largest city Ponta Delgada Portuguese Government Autonomous... The Carnation Revolution (Portuguese, Revolução dos Cravos) was an almost bloodless, left-leaning, military-led revolution started on April 25, 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, that effectively changed the Portuguese regime from an authoritarian dictatorship to a liberal democracy after a two-year process of a Left-wing semi-military...

The organisation (which, according to some sources, was backed by the CIA) became very popular in the first months after the Revolution. As the Communists accumulated more and more power, fear of Portugal becoming a Soviet puppet started to grow. Besides, the PREC (with its nationalisation policies) became very unpopular among Azorean farmers and industrialists, who organised themselves to resist the "red danger". The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ...

Even though the organisation gained widespread support for some time, it was virtually dead by the end of the 70's. Autonomy was granted to the Azores in 1976, cooling the explosive situation, and the communist threat was slowly eroding.