Manuel Viegas Carrascalão (24 October 1901 – 24 October 1977) was a

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journalist and trade union leader.

Biography

Manuel Viegas Carrascalão was born on 24 October 1901 to Manuel Viegas Carrascalão and Maria Faustina Cavaco. On 14 April 1927 Carrascalão was deported to

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with 63 others on board the Pêro de Alenquer. The trip took them to

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(where some prisoners landed) and

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. Upon his arrival in Timor on 25 September 1927 Carrascalão was arrested in Aipelo prison but released in 1928 due to good behaviour. Carrascalão founded the Commercial, Agricultural and Industrial Association of Timor (ACAIT) in 1953. In 1975, Carrascalão had to go to Portugal for medical treatment because he had lung cancer. The

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had overthrown the dictatorship and

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was preparing for independence. His sons

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, Mário and

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founded the

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(UDT), which competed with Fretilin for political leadership. The UDT tried to take power in a coup but was defeated in the short civil war with Fretilin. The three brothers had to flee to Indonesian

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. On 28 November Fretilin unilaterally proclaimed the independence of Timor-Leste. On 7 December, Indonesia began an open invasion of Timor-Leste, citing an alleged request for help from UDT.

References

1901 births 1977 deaths Anarcho-syndicalists East Timorese people of Portuguese descent Portuguese anarchists {{Anarchist-stub