Word: civilianization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rapidly evolving into a dictatorship of the far left. In Portugal, the dream that the April revolution would lead to a democratic and pluralistic society is fast fading, and the nation's 8 million people have only sum hope of seeing a centrist or even moderately socialist civilian government. As a mechanic in the rural town of Benedita recently put it: "The revolution is being betrayed...
Almost as important as the rivalry among the triumvirs will be the ongoing struggle between the Socialists and Communists. The members of the M.F.A. are, on the whole, suspicious of civilian politicians. The officers also have an almost mystical belief that the military can be directly responsive to the will of the people by skipping such niceties as political parties, constitutions and free elections. Not surprisingly, this naive attitude has been exploited by the Communists, who are well aware that they stand no chance of winning an honest election. At the same time, Cunhal has tried to moderate his party...
...famous soccer star of Lisbon's Benfica team, Gonçalves spent most of his active military career as an engineer. While still in the army, he earned considerable civilian income as stockholder and manager of a construction firm. A veteran of the wars in both Mozambique and Angola, he was an early opponent of (and frequent plotter against) the Salazar and Caetano regimes. The leftist ideas he picked up in the military also made him an opponent of Spínola after that conservative general became President. When the M.F.A. decided a year ago that the revolution...
...were less generously treated. A wave of walkouts in public services left the country without adequate power or water supplies for weeks at a time. Meanwhile, student demonstrators, angry over Gowon's announcement that he would be unable to keep a longstanding promise to return the country to civilian rule by 1976, forced three universities to shut down...
...week dozens of terrorist bombings shook Buenos Aires, leaving one dead and several wounded. Six police stations were also attacked. So far, the armed forces have obediently stayed in their barracks. Still, sources close to the military acknowledge that chaos in the streets, coupled with continued failure of the civilian government to head off economic ruin, could eventually provoke a coup...