Word: carvalho
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...abortive coup was virtually over by late Wednesday. Next day the government flew planes, singly and in squadrons, over Lisbon to show that it was in full control. Moderates on the Revolutionary Council finally ousted General Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, the Castro-admiring military-security chief, and sent home the security police. Army Chief of Staff General Carlos Fabião, Navy Chief Armando Filgueiras Scares and Admiral Antonio Rosa Coutinho ("Red Rosa") were also forced to resign for supporting the radicals...
Moderates on the Revolutionary Council were helpless against moves by organized pressure groups in the army and among the workers. Attempts to replace maverick leftist General Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho−who openly sympathizes with riotous workers' demonstrations−as military commander of Lisbon failed when leftist commanders of the Lisbon units met and refused to accept Otelo's successor. The defeat was an ominous one for Pinheiro de Azevedo's Sixth Provisional government...
...profiles of the candidates were written by: Thomas S. Blanton, David N. Carvalho, Stephen J. Chapman, James J. Cramer, Henry Griggs, David B. Hilder, Thomas W. Janes, Daniel E. Larkin and Charles E. Shepherd...
...even that is not certain. Says a Western diplomat of Saraiva de Carvalho: "He wants to run with the hare and ride with the hounds." As COPCON chief...
Saraiva de Carvalho was responsible for enforcing the Premier's order to seize the broadcasting stations. When he met with the radio and television network chiefs at the Ministry of Information early in the week, he strongly urged compliance and scourged them for creating the kind of tense political climate that could lead to a right-wing coup. Later, when confronted by a leftist mob outside the ministry, he silenced their jeers by saying that he was only carrying out orders; when the crowd suggested that he join them in a protest march on the Premier's palace...