Word: caudillo
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Under the new Constitution, 65 of the 563 seats in Parliament will still be chosen personally by el Caudillo. Two weeks ago, Franco stopped off in Madrid from a summer holiday in Galicia, announced his choices, then left again for some hunting in Andalucia. An other 394 members of Parliament will be picked by Spain's municipal councilmen, trade unions, Falange, and professional and cultural organizations. The big change will come in the selection of the remaining 104 members. They will be popularly elected by Spain's family heads and married women over 21, representing half of Spain...
...ward the day when Franco will no longer be around, and the regime was taking absolutely no chances that it would be turned down. Any and all arguments against it were relentlessly suppressed. What the Franco government wanted was a simple vote of confidence in the wisdom of El Caudillo...
...years, Spain's Generalissimo Francisco Franco has ruled his country with an iron hand - although in recent years the velvet glove has been more visible. Last week, in 55 minutes, the aging (73) "Caudillo of Spain by the grace of God" announced a new consti tution that will liberalize Spanish life and politics and prepare the country for the day when he is gone. The constitution dilutes Franco's dictatorial powers, strengthens the Cortes (Parliament), and paves the way for the government to develop into a constitutional monarchy...
...more tertulias going at the same time, their participants eagerly trading opinions, rumors and jokes about everything from women to bullfighting, but most often about Franco himself. In one recent cafe joke, Franco asks his seven-year-old grandson what he wants to be when he grows up. "The Caudillo of Spain, just like you, Grandfather," answers the boy. "Don't be ridiculous," huffs Franco. "There's only room for one Caudillo at a time...
...seldom even speaks. Seated in his high-backed chair at the head of the table, the Caudillo allows his ministers to do most of the talking, cuts in only to ask a question, change the subject-or announce his decision. There is no nonsense about majority rule in Franco's Cabinet. The only vote that counts is Franco...