Which country was ruled for 40 years by the dictator Antonio Salazar?
António de Oliveira Salazar "the dictator has built the nation". "Life" declared that "most of what is good in modern Portugal can be credited to Dr. Antonio de Oliveira Salazar (...) The dictator is everything that most Portuguese are not – calm, silent, ascetic, puritanical, a glutton for work, cool to women. He found a country in chaos and poverty. He has balanced the budget, built roads and schools, torn down slums, cut the death rate and enormously raised Portuguese self-esteem." Sir Samuel Hoare, the British Ambassador in Spain, recognised Salazar's crucial role in keeping the Iberian peninsula neutral during World War II, and
Antonio de Salazar (composer) Bruno Turner considers that Salazar "represents the last of the truly conservative Hispanic composers before the all-conquering Italian style took Spain and its Empire by storm". Salazar also composed lighter pieces including Christmas "villancicos," including several in the "negrillo" genre imitating the dialects and dances of African slaves. Motets "Villancicos" Antonio de Salazar (composer) Antonio de Salazar (or Zalazar) (c.1650–1715) was a Novohispanic composer. Salazar was born in Puebla de los Angeles, current Mexico. In 1698 he turned into the master of the chapel of Puebla Puebla Cathedral, then later held his final position at Mexico City Cathedral. It is