Word: alentejo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Political Binge. No matter: from the poor, heavily Communist Alentejo region in the south to the staunchly Roman Catholic north, Portugal went on a political binge, seeming to revel in the pure joy of participating in any kind of balloting. Although the number of political parties had been pared down from more than 50 to twelve (some parties have been banned by the M.F.A.), one Lisbon schoolboy aptly described the confusion of it all. "My father belongs to the Revolutionary Brigades, my mother is a Socialist, my brother is a Maoist," he said. "In a way, I'm glad...
...Chief Alvaro Cunhal, 60, Minister Without Portfolio in the provisional government, has become the best-known politician in the country. The Communist program is relatively moderate, calling for agrarian reform and nationalization of banks and insurance companies. Its heaviest support comes from workers and tenant farmers in the impoverished Alentejo region in the south...