Images show protest in front of São Bento Palace?

A post circulating on social media claims that a group of protesters demonstrated in front of Luís Montenegro's official residence, at the São Bento Palace. The accompanying video shows the protesters waving Angolan flags, which has sparked several racist comments.

But the claim is false.

The building shown in the video is clearly not the official residence of the Portuguese prime minister. In fact, images of São Bento Palace easily prove that both the street and the building shown in the video are very different.

Furthermore, to understand which building it was, the Observer analyzed a frame of the video in Google Lens and discovered that, in fact, it was the Portuguese Embassy in London, which is confirmed by a search on Google Maps , which proves that it is exactly the same street and the same building.

But was the Angolan community's demonstration in front of the Portuguese Embassy in London somehow related to Luís Montenegro?

No. The protest took place at the end of June this year to demand justice for the death of Maria Luemba , a young Angolan woman found dead on June 12, 2025, in Sever do Vouga, in the Aveiro district. The demonstration also aimed to pressure the Portuguese authorities and justice system to take action regarding the young woman's death and investigate her cause.

Conclusion Therefore, it is not true that a group of Angolan protesters demonstrated in front of Luís Montenegro's official residence. The protest actually took place in front of the Portuguese Embassy in London, with the purpose of pressuring Portuguese authorities to act regarding the death of a young Angolan woman in Portugal in early June of this year.

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