Word: caetano
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Lisbon's decision to grant independence to its African colonies had been a much-discussed possibility ever since the April coup in which dissident army officers overthrew the right-wing dictatorship of Marcello Caetano. One of the officers' main goals was to stop the wars in the colonies, which consumed 40% of the Portuguese budget and struck many of the young soldiers as the arrogant actions of a dying empire. But no one thought independence would be achieved quite so soon-or quite so easily. Portuguese right-wingers, and even some Liberals, were religiously convinced of Portugal...
...Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO) have an upper hand in the armed conflict with the Portuguese. This is an aspect of the Portuguese-African relations Lisbon tried to conceal during the first few days following the April 25th coup d'etat. Yet hardly a month after the overthrow of the Caetano regime Antonio de Almeida Santos, a member of the provisional government set up after the coup and a minister in charge of Portugal's overseas colonies, as reported in The New York Times of May 23, conceded that "there is no doubt that the majority of the people of Mozambique...
...dismay of more conventional politicians and bureaucrats addicted to Portugal's leisurely working hours and three-hour lunches, and they seemed equally tireless in keeping their identities hidden. Last week the young officers of the Armed Forces Movement, the rebel group that overthrew the regime of Marcello Caetano last April and ended half a century of dictatorial rule in Portugal, finally decided to flex their muscles publicly. In short order, the men of A.F.M. forced the resignation of civilian Prime Minister Adeline da Palma Carlos, a moderate, and got their own man installed as his successor. They then presided...
...Portugal's uncertain future was the corps of young officers of the Armed Forces Movement, the group that overthrew the Caetano dictatorship on April 25. The A.F.M. appointed old soldier António de Spínola, 60, as Provisional President and established an unlikely coalition government of Communists, socialists, military men, left-center groups and independent technocrats. But the government simply could not govern. Divided, buffeted by an annual 30% inflation rate and demands for price controls and sweeping economic reforms, lacking in political experience and hobbled by an A.F.M. requirement of unanimity on all projects, it could...
After long and heated discussions, the President also won reluctant approval from his Cabinet for some new press curbs, which some leftists criticized, a bit unfairly, as a throwback to the bad old days of the Caetano regime. The press law bans "ideological aggression against the program of the Armed Forces Movement," like inciting soldiers to desert or workers to walk off their jobs. Violating editors are subject to fines of up to 500,000 escudos ($20,000) and a six-month ban on publication of their papers...