Word: anteing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...supported it as their real enemy rather than the African revolutionaries. Toppling the old regime, the military found, was surprisingly easy-the coup was almost bloodless, and it was accomplished in 17 hours. Ambitiously dubbing itself the Junta of National Salvation, the new regime chose as its head António de Spinola, the popular general who had publicly criticized the Caetano regime for continuing the war against the rebel movements in Portugal's African territories. Spinola and the M.F.A. pledged that within a year elections would be held for a Constituent Assembly empowered to draft a democratic constitution...
...April 1974 revolution, he was the first choice of the captains and majors who led the armed forces to head the Junta of National Salvation. After the coup succeeded, he was appointed chief of staff of the armed forces by the new government. When his old friend António de Spínola was ousted as President of the revolutionary government, Costa Gomes was the logical man to take over...
...Using the truce as a cover, M.P.L.A. troops attacked and destroyed F.N.L.A. offices in Luanda, forcing its leaders to flee to the north of the country. Fearful for their lives and property, storekeepers and many industries shut down. As food and fuel ran out, the Portuguese High Commissioner, General António da Silva Cardoso, appealed to the United Nations for emergency relief supplies...
...return from exile of Soares and Communist Party Chief Alvaro Cunhal after the 1974 revolution. Three weeks ago workers who wanted a say in the radio's editorial policy seized control and began broadcasting. When 3,000 anticlerical leftists turned out to demonstrate at the residence of António Cardinal Ribeiro in Lisbon last week, they were met by 700 Catholics. The Catholics, including 150 priests and 30 nuns, hoisted paper crosses and rosaries. The leftists rushed them, shouting "Death to the fascists!" and pelting them with rocks...
...exact role of the Communists in the two incidents is unclear. Last week António Dias Lourenço, editor of the Communist newspaper Avante, denied that the party was behind the República takeover. But there are already signs of a backlash against the Communists in the heavily Catholic north, where gun battles between conservative and left-wing elements have been reported. In addition, troops were called into one village to restore order after a left-wing politician shot his way out of a mob armed with shotguns, whips and hoes...