Word: bourguibaism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most perishable commodities in the Arab world seems to be gratitude. When Algeria won independence from France after seven years of bloody war, its people were deeply indebted to neighboring Tunisia, whose President Habib Bourguiba, 59, had given shelter to 200,000 Algerian refugees and provided a refuge for the training and equipment of 18,000 Algerian fighting...
...last week, in a shouting, gesticulating speech in the vast Casbah Square of Tunis, Bourguiba said it was "surprising" to discover that Algeria has "become a residence for criminals and plotters against the government of Tunisia." He seemed mostly upset by the fact that Algeria has refused to extradite one Boubeker Mustafi, a Tunisian accused of being party to the Christmas assassination plot against Bourguiba (TIME, Jan. 4), for which 13 Tunisians have been condemned to death...
...Bourguiba ridiculed 46-year-old Algerian Premier Ahmed ben Bella as "an inexperienced, excited youth," and "a simple-minded peasant," but conceded that "not all members of the Algerian government were involved." In any case, boasted Bourguiba, "we have enough power and strength to face any adversary. I don't intend to keep up hypocritical relations with any government...
...week's end Bourguiba made his displeasure official by summoning home Tunisia's ambassador to Algeria. But there was no break in diplomatic relations, nor any sign that Tunisia's 10,000-man army was preparing to take on Algeria's 120,000 veteran troops...
...investigating committee in 1961 agreed that Bourguiba was making the right moves to solve Tunisia's economic ills, but warned that he might be asking too great sacrifices of his people. After last week's brush with death, Bourguiba may go forward a bit more slowly, and can undoubtedly draw some support from the fact that last month the U.S. finally agreed to grant Tunisia $180 million in economic aid over the next three years...