PIDE (Portuguese political police)

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law enforcement agency secret police state security service

PIDE (Polícia Internacional e de Defesa do Estado) was the authoritarian secret police of Portugal’s Estado Novo regime, notorious for its surveillance, censorship, and violent repression of political opposition.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
PIDE 3
PIDE (Portuguese political police) canonical 1
Portuguese secret police PIDE 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf law enforcement agency ⓘ
secret police ⓘ
state security service ⓘ
abbreviation PIDE NERFINISHED ⓘ
activeDuring 20th century ⓘ
Estado Novo regime NERFINISHED ⓘ
considered symbol of Estado Novo repression ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
dissolvedAfter Carnation Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy DGS NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName Polícia Internacional e de Defesa do Estado NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideologySupported anti-communism ⓘ
authoritarianism ⓘ
corporatism ⓘ
jurisdiction Portuguese Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfName Portuguese ⓘ
loyalTo António de Oliveira Salazar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marcelo Caetano NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor censorship ⓘ
extensive informant networks ⓘ
repression of anti-colonial movements ⓘ
repression of student movements ⓘ
repression of trade unions ⓘ
surveillance of opposition parties ⓘ
torture of political prisoners ⓘ
violent repression of dissidents ⓘ
operatedIn Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cape Verde NERFINISHED ⓘ
Goa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portuguese colonies ⓘ
São Tomé and Príncipe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Timor NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposed communists ⓘ
independence movements in colonies ⓘ
republicans NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialists ⓘ
partOf Estado Novo NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy PVDE NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryFunction censorship enforcement ⓘ
counter-espionage ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
surveillance of political opposition ⓘ
usedMethod arbitrary arrest ⓘ
censorship ⓘ
imprisonment without trial ⓘ
infiltration of organizations ⓘ
surveillance ⓘ
torture ⓘ
use of informants ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Humberto Delgado → perpetrator → PIDE (Portuguese political police) ⓘ
Mozambican War of Independence → opponent → PIDE (Portuguese political police) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Portuguese secret police PIDE
New State → secretPolice → PIDE (Portuguese political police) ⓘ
subject surface form: New State (Portugal)
this entity surface form: PIDE
Second Republic (Portugal) → secretPolice → PIDE (Portuguese political police) ⓘ
this entity surface form: PIDE
DGS → predecessor → PIDE (Portuguese political police) ⓘ
this entity surface form: PIDE