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In 1961, something, really, weird happened: A group of Portuguese and Spanish political exiles, led by Henrique Galvão, hijacked the Portuguese ship Santa Maria. The plan was to take the Spanish island of Fernando Po, which is, now Bioko, in Equatorial Guinea, and, then, attack Luanda, which would be the starting point to overthrow Salazar and Franco. However, they were caught by the US, Royal and Dutch navies and forced to stop at Brazil, where they surrendered the ship, and, in exchange, received, political, asylum. However, they had been able to escape the US and Royal navies for several days. What if they had managed to arrive at Fernando Po? I don't believe, that, they, ever, had any chance of success, but I'm curious as to what would have happened if they had managed to arrive at Fernando Po.
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