Por uma democracia sem liberdades democráticas: Plínio Salgado e os católicos portugueses no difícil contexto de 1943 a 1946

This article aims to analyze the final period of permanency of the “National Chief” of Brazilian integralism, Plínio Salgado, in Portugal, between 1943 and 1946 and the doctrinaire elaboration occurred at that time. In this period, Salgado deepened his interaction with intellectuals, catholics and Salazar’s political leaders, delivered countless lectures and launched several books. The international defeat of Nazi-Fascism made necessary a new discourse, and because of that he has developed, in an intense cooperation with the Portuguese Catholic hierarchy, the “Christian concept of democracy”, according to which “democratic” amounted to defend the eternal truths of Christianity