Mário Neves (1912–1993) was a

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journalist, born in

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He worked for 42 years as a journalist for Portuguese newspapers such as ''

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'' and ''

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'', and was the associate director of ''A Capital'' between 1972 and 1974. Neves also served as the director of the Portuguese Institute of Oncology. After the

Carnation Revolution The Carnation Revolution ( pt, Revolução dos Cravos), also known as the 25 April ( pt, 25 de Abril, links=no), was a military coup by left-leaning military officers that overthrew the authoritarian Estado Novo regime on 25 April 1974 in Lisbo ...

he was the Portuguese ambassador in Moscow and the chief of the Portuguese embassies in Mongolia and North Korea. In 1979 he was appointed Portuguese secretary of state for migration.NEVES, Mario. ''La matanza de Badajoz.'' Junta de Extremadura, 2007, Mérida. In 1936 he covered the

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for the ''Diário de Lisboa''. Together with Daniel Berthet and Marcel Dany, he entered

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after the fall of the city in the early morning of 15 August. They were the first foreign correspondents in Badajoz after the battle and they witnessed the mass executions inside the city.Thomas, Hugh. ''The Spanish Civil War.'' Penguin Books. London. 2003. p.361 Neves's chronicle was the first about the

massacre of Badajoz The Badajoz massacre occurred in the days after the Battle of Badajoz during the Spanish Civil War. Between 500F. Pilo, M. Domínguez y F. de la Iglesia. La matanza de Badajoz. Madrid. Libros Libres. 2010. p. 254 and 4,000 civilian and military ...

. Neves died in 1993.

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Los corresponsales extranjeros en la Guerra Civil Española

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